Jussi’s role

At the Centre for Culture and Creativity, Jussi has been involved in providing the angle of user experience design and human computer interaction as related to creative industry and digital cultural heritage. He works at establishing cross-sector and interdisciplinary research projects on these areas as well as taking roles in organising related conferences and other events.

A bit of background

Jussi holds a PhD in Digital Game Development from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. He has been researching game design and gameplay experiences since 1998, having authored or co-authored scores of academic publications.  Jussi serves as a member of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) executive board and is a member of several program committees such as Games and Culture, Game Studies, CHI PLAY, and the DiGRA annual conference.

Before moving to University of Lincoln early 2017, he worked at Centre for Game Design Research, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, after a career of almost seventeen years at Nokia Research Center (NRC) in Finland. At NRC he was involved in coordinating several industry and academia research projects, especially in the area of user experience design for emerging technologies.

Notable publications

Lankoski, P. and Holopainen, J. (eds.), 2017. Game design research: an introduction to theory and practice. Pittsburgh, PA: ETC Press.

Björk, S. and Holopainen, J., 2004. Patterns in game design. Charles River Media, Inc.

And finally…

Besides immersing himself in research, Jussi has tried (and failed) his skills in writing and performing poetry. Currently he is planning to try and fail playing the piano properly. He also plays a lot of videogames, but that is research, right?