Raine Koskimaa Editor

Frans Mäyrä, PhD, is a Professor at the Tampere University and founder of the Game Research Lab, with its over 50 externally funded game research projects, having served also as the Director of the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies. As a leading expert in socio-cultural issues relating to games, play and playfulness, he has published widely on topics ranging from game cultures, meaning making through playful interaction and online social play, to borderlines, identity, and transmedial fantasy and science fiction.
Raine Koskimaa, PhD, is a Professor of Contemporary Culture Studies at the University of Jyväskylä and the Vice Director of the CoE in Game Culture Studies. He conducts research in the fields of game studies, transmedia storytelling and digital culture. Koskimaa has published widely, and his writings have been translated to several languages. His current research interests include eSports, games and transmedia, and machine learning based digital humanities methods.