Frans Mäyrä
Professorial Fellow, 1 August 2018-31 July 2019
Office: Atalpa 211
Tel. +358 (0)50 336 7650
Email: frans.mayra@uta.fi
Frans Mäyrä is Professorial Fellow at IASR, and Professor of Information Studies and Interactive Media, with specialization in digital culture and game studies in the University of Tampere, Finland. Dr Mäyrä is the founder of the University of Tampere Game Research Lab, having taught digital culture and games since early 1990s. He is widely consulted as an expert in socio-cultural issues relating to games, play and playfulness.
His research interests range from game cultures, meaning making through playful interaction and online social play, to borderlines, identity, as well as transmedial fantasy and science fiction. He is the leader for Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies, Ludification of Culture and Society and over 40 other games research projects. His personal home page is at www.unet.fi and his blog is at www.fransmayra.fi.