Below is a comprehensive list of the members of the Research Centre of Gameful Realities, including faculty, researchers, and support staff.
Research Leaders
Johanna Virkki

Group Leader
Augmentative Technology
Associate Professor
Juho Hamari

Group Leader
Gamification Group
Professor
✉️ juho.hamari@tuni.fi
☎️ +358 50 318 6861
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Kristian Kiili
Henri Pirkkalainen

Group Leader
INSIGHT
Professor
✉️ henri.pirkkalainen@tuni.fi
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Mattia Thibault
Group Leader
InterReality
Professor
✉️ mattia.thibault@tuni.fi
🔗 TUNI ● Google Scholar ● Research Group Website
Nannan Xi

Group Leader
XR Economies Lab
Associate Professor
✉️ nannan.xi@tuni.fi
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Oğuz ‘Oz’ Buruk
Group Leader
Gameful Futures Lab
Assistant Professor of Gameful Experience
✉️ oguz.buruk@tuni.fi
🔗 TUNI ● X ● BlueSky ● Personal Website ● Google Scholar
Senior Researchers
Carita Kiili
Maija Lampu
Muhterem Dindar
Tomi Jaakkola
Timo Nummenmaa
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Ana Carolina Tomé Klock
Asif Shaikh
Antti Koskinen
Çağlar Genç
Can Gursesli
Daniel Fernández Galeote
Elvis Ortega-Ochoa
Emma Jane Pretty
Givemore Muchenje
Georgina (Ginnie) Guillén-Hanson
Henri Jalo
Iuliia Avgustis
Joseph Macey
Jenny Elo

Post-Doctoral Researcher
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