Frans Mäyrä

@fransmayra.bsky.social

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A professor, Tampere University, Finland. Nature photographer. Fan of fantasy, science fiction, new media and old ideas.

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www.fransmayra.fi (personal blog)

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 3d

Let's remember there has also been bright moments this year. - To a better one! 🥂

A collage of six colourful nature photos, all taken by Frans Mäyrä.

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 5d

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2025, the Finnish yearbook of game research now available: pelitutkimus.journal.fi/issue/view/1...

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2025

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Reposted by Frans Mäyrä

The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 5d

Busy week for the CoE blog! Have a look at this blog post where Matilda Ståhl, Aska Mayer (@amayer.bsky.social), Robyn Hope, Rainforest Scully-Blaker (@rainforestsb.bsky.social) and Nick Taylor (@nickttaylor.bsky.social) discuss intersections between survival games and survivalism.

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Matilda Ståhl, Aska Mayer, Robyn Hope, Rainforest Scully-Blaker, Nick Taylor: Looking to the future? Intersections between survival games and survivalism...

This post introduces SURVIVE, a project that has been a site of collaborative inquiry since 2025, looking at the intersections of ideas and practices of survivalism and preparedness in digital game…

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 5d

New issue of Eludamos is out (with eg review of the Monstrosity book, and many interesting articles) - septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el...

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025) | Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture

ISSN: 1866-6124

septentrio.uit.no

Reposted by Frans Mäyrä

Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social · 7d

We're delighted to share the news that the Foundation for Economic Education has granted funding for our Doctoral Researcher Aasa Timonen's dissertation study 'Transmedia worldbuilding in massive game franchises.' Read more about Aasa's project: gameresearchlab.tuni.fi/the-foundati...

The Foundation for Economic Education awards funding to Timonen’s doctoral research

We are happy to share that the Foundation for Economic Education has granted funding for MA Aasa Timonen for her doctoral research project Transmedia worldbuilding in massive game franchises. Descr…

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 9d

Our new professor, Usva Friman, @usvaf.bsky.social, and her research is introduced also in this video:

youtu.be/W-5MYNyIGic?...

Usva Friman

YouTube video by Tampere University

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Reposted by Frans Mäyrä

Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social · 9d

We are very happy to announce that @koneensaatio.fi has granted funding for the ‘Against the stream of manhood’ project led by @merilainen.bsky.social for 2026–2027. Congratulations to Mikko and his team! You can read more about the project here: gameresearchlab.tuni.fi/new-project-...

New project funded by Kone Foundation

Photo: Project PI Mikko Meriläinen. Photo by Antti Yrjönen. We are happy to announce that Kone Foundation has granted funding for the ‘Against the stream of manhood’ project for 2026–20…

gameresearchlab.tuni.fi

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 12d

One more owl pic, for your weekend relaxation:

Nature photograph of the Eurasian Pygmy Owl, sitting on a branch, in dark, blue-toned forest.

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 12d

Our unit and university are seeking a media scholar who has one leg in the AI research:

tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

Tenure track position (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor) in Artificial Intelligence and Media / Tenure track -tehtävä, Tekoäly ja Media (Apulaisprofessori tai Professori)

tuni.rekrytointi.com

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 17d

Sample of my nature photography: the small ruler of the forest. (Eurasian Pygmy Owl.)

Eurasian Pygmy Owl, sitting on a tree branch.

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 22d

Today in Helsinki, speaking in the Research Council of Finland event about the results and impacts (both of which are numerous and diverse) of our Centre of Excellence, now completing its term. This project has been a decade of life for me and my colleagues. What a trip! It has been worth of it all.

Screenshot from the opening slide of a Centre of Excellence in Game Cultural Studies presentation.

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 26d

Uuden professorimme tutkimushanke:

www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohta...

Uusi tutkimus selvittää suomalaisen pelikulttuurin syrjintää – tavoitteena turvallisempi ja yhdenvertaisempi yhteisö | Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö

Suomen Akatemian rahoittama tuore tutkimushanke selvittää, millaisia syrjiviä rakenteita ja kokemuksia suomalaisesta pelikulttuurista löytyy ja miten pelikulttuurista saisi turvallisemman ja yhdenv...

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 29d

Dear Tampere University colleagues: you can still vote in the Academic Board election until the end of this work week, the deadline is on this Friday, 28 November, at 17:00. You can find the list of candidates and the voting link on this intranet page: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...

intra.tuni.fi

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Nov 3

Kakkoskiintiö: yliopistodemokratia.wordpress.com

Yliopistodemokratia – yhteinen yliopisto!

Yliopistodemokratia-vaalilistan sivut Tampereen yliopiston konsistorin vaaleissa 2025

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Nov 3

Professorikiintiö: myy2025.wordpress.com

Our Multidisciplinary University

Monialainen yhteinen yliopisto -vaaliliitto – konsistorinvaalit 2025 / Academic Board Elections 2025

myy2025.wordpress.com

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Nov 3

Tampere University is having the Academic Board elections again - please do not forget to vote, if you are working here. Many excellent candidates supporting university democracy and autonomy:

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Oct 27

Just a reminder that the deadline for these three postdoctoral researcher positions is already coming close: it will be on Friday, 31 October 2025 (the submission system will close at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2). Thank you all for spreading the word!
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)

tuni.rekrytointi.com

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Oct 20

Please note that the Games and Culture, Volume 20 Issue 8 (December 2025) is already out, online first:
journals.sagepub.com/toc/gaca/20/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Reposted by Stefano Gualeni

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 30

Three (3) new postdoctoral game studies positions are now open for applications. These are related to the exit phase (2026-27) of the CoE-GameCult, and positions will situated in the Tampere University Game Research Lab, COMS/ITC, Tampere University.

tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)

tuni.rekrytointi.com

Reposted by Lieven Ameel, Frans Mäyrä

Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social · Sep 30

Come work with us! We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers working in cultural game studies from the beginning of 2026 until the end of 2027. Read more and apply by 31.10.2025 (at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2):

3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)

tuni.rekrytointi.com

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 22

Pelikulttuuristrategiapäivä 5.11.2025: Pelikasvattajien verkosto sekä PEGASUS-hanke toteuttavat tilaisuuden kansallisen pelikulttuurin strategiatyön edistämiseksi:
pelikasvatus.fi/pelikulttuur...

Pelikulttuuristrategiapäivä 5.11.2025

Pelikulttuuristrategiapäivässä keskustellaan pelikulttuurin merkityksestä, tulevaisuuden mahdollisuuksista ja siitä, miksi Suomi tarvitsee yhteisen pelikulttuuristrategian.

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 22

New issue of the Games and Culture journal is out:

journals.sagepub.com/toc/gaca/20/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

Reposted by Erik Champion, Stefano Gualeni, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 20

If you have stuff in Academia.edu, it might be good to reconsider?

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 17

Remember that our Oasis Talks are also usually streamed (via YouTube) and archived as video - today Prof Nick Webber talked about TTRPGs/Remnants of Play:
www.youtube.com/@oasis_tuni

oasis_tuni

OASIS is a social learning space and living lab at the Tampere University. OASIS is the home for Game Research Lab game and book collection and a meeting point for students, staff and visitors of the ...

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 15

Issue 16 for the International Journal of Role-playing is out. This special issue focuses on Consent and Analog Role-playing Games. Susan Haarman joined the editorial team to lead this publication.
journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...

No. 16 (2025): International Journal of Role-playing Issue 16 | International Journal of Role-Playing

Special Issue: Consent in Analog Role-playing Games

journals.uu.se

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 15

Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research invites authors to submit papers for issue 1/2026. Research into any and all aspects of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres is welcome from a range of disciplines.
DL 31 Dec 2025: fafnir.journal.fi/about/submis...

Reposted by Erik Champion, Stefano Gualeni

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 2

DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026.
The 2026 conference theme is Intersectional Pleasures.

digra.org/digra-2026-h...

DiGRA 2026 Conference Announcement - DiGRA

The DiGRA Executive Board is pleased to announce that DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026.

digra.org

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 1

The game industry in Finland, 2024 figures, the free report is out:
neogames.fi/the-finnish-...

The Finnish Game Industry Report 2024 | Neogames Finland

According the latest report, the Finnish Game Industry employed 4,300 people at the end of 2024. Finnish game studios are optimistic about the future, and are seeking growth after couple of challengin...

neogames.fi

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Aug 30

I started in Tampere University as a comparative literature student in Fall 1985. Decades later, I opened this week the latest iteration of the Introduction to Game Studies course, with c. 50 students enrolled. Show goes on, students just keep getting younger.

Cover of the slideset for Introduction to Game Studies course, by Frans Mäyrä.

Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Aug 4

Joram - I have deleted my post, and will think about my position regarding digital filters more when I've recovered. Indeed in in flu and slightly feverish right now - sorry!

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