Pelitutkimuksen koti - HeGRiC ja pelitutkimus Helsingin yliopistossa

Kirjoittajat

• Ylva Grufstedt Helsingin yliopisto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2001-2282
• Heidi Rautalahti Helsingin yliopisto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0136-0775
• Lysiane Lasausse Helsingin yliopisto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-7292

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33355/tw.100578

Avainsanat:

game studies, research networks, multidisciplinary research

Abstrakti

Game studies refers to a multidisciplinary field of scholarly studies of games and play which is establishing as an independent academic discipline in Finland. Helsinki Game Research Collective (HeGRiC) is an emerging network for game studies, based at the University of Helsinki. Its purpose is to increase the visibility of game studies and to facilitate collaboration and expertise accumulation within the University. This essay discusses the origin and goals of HeGRiC as a network to support game studies, discusses the development of game research at the University of Helsinki, and finally, outlines the network’s declarations of intent.