Research

Our performing arts research group unites researchers and postgraduate students to explore artistic research, art research, artist pedagogical research, and applied research. We critically examine and redefine stage performance boundaries, investigating various artistic forms and their global impact. Our research aims to push the limits of performance practices and innovate within the performing arts field.
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We study interpersonal interaction among people in different contexts and from various perspectives. Our research is connected to society, technology, and health. In addition to technology-mediated and health-promoting interactions, our research group is interested in social communication, particularly in politics and workplace communication.
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The DILEWO research group focuses on the digitalizing and mediatizing society, offering insights into the evolving digital landscape in work, education, and civic life. As an interdisciplinary team, we evaluate how digitalization and media influence socio-technical environments and individual navigation through these changes, providing valuable research-based findings on adapting to digital and media challenges.
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We study games, players, gaming, and game production. Our research combines perspectives from the humanities, social sciences, and art studies. We examine games and gaming as forms of culture and self-expression, performances and interactions, and products and services. Additionally, we provide game research education at the University of Tampere.
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InfUSE is a group of researchers and post-graduate students in Information Interaction and Use. We study all aspects of information searching, information use in various contexts, interactive information retrieval, and information interaction. We are interested in how the current information environment and its changes augment human behavior and performance.
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Our research group draws from the social sciences to investigate media structures and systems, journalistic practices and cultures, journalistic content and presentation, audiences, and the significance of journalism for people. We conduct significant research in collaboration with media companies, journalists, and civil society organizations.
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Our Media Studies Research Group explores the social impact of media and its dynamic relationship with society. We focus on datafication, digitalization, mobility, participation, work, production, equality, sustainability, and emotional experiences. Our research highlights the evolving role of media in shaping societal interactions and structures.
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RIME comprises researchers and postgraduate students in Information and Media Practices. RIME focuses on practices by which individuals, teams, and organizations process information during its life cycle. The main activities constitutive of such practices include producing, seeking, using, sharing, managing, and organizing information.
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The Sound & Media Research Group explores sound within journalistic and media-theoretical contexts, following the trend of sound studies. We examine sound as a communicative, meaning-producing phenomenon in technology-mediated life. Our research also addresses accessibility issues, sensory systems, and the embodiment of sound in everyday experiences.
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The TaRC research group specializes in media and cultural studies, focusing on Russian and Chinese media systems. We analyze media technologies, presentations, language, and cultural questions. Our multidisciplinary team includes researchers, journalists, teachers, and students dedicated to understanding media dynamics in these regions.
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We examine questions related to vision, gaze, and visuality. Our work combines sociological and humanistic approaches and multidisciplinary and empirical research perspectives. Our research encompasses various areas, including visual studies, visual culture research, visual journalism, and image science.
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