Keynotes

Dr. Annakaisa Kultima is a Senior University Lecturer at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, where she also serves as the Head of Programme at Aalto for the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Programme in Game Design, REPLAY. She has been teaching and researching game design and game development since 2006 and has published extensively on game development, creativity, game industry trends, and game jams. Her research is centred on game design praxiology, the study of games through the practices of their creation. At Aalto University, she leads the Game Design Praxiology Group. Dr. Kultima is a longstanding member of international research communities, including DiGRA, FDG, and ICGJ, and an active contributor to the game ecosystem in Finland and internationally. She has served in editorial, conference organization, reviewing, and chairing roles, presented at academic and industry conferences including GDC, and is a co-founder of Finnish Game Jam, a founding member of the Finnish Museum of Games, and the founder of Kumma Gallery, an exhibition space dedicated to playful and playable art.

Game Research Days comes to Jyväskylä on 3–4 November, running over two days for the first time. More than 30 talks from universities and universities of applied sciences across Finland will map what game research looks like in Finland right now. Programme and registration coming soon. See you in Jyväskylä!

Second Keynote will be announced in September!