I was happy to note the news today that I had been selected as the Professorial Fellow (tutkijaprofessori) into the Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) in the research collegium of the University of Tampere. This will be for a fixed term of one year, and I will also remain in the role of director of Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies. But my job description will change for the coming academic year, so that I will leave most (the idea is: ALL) teaching and administration, and just focus on doing research for one year.
I have done long days in the service of multiple departments, schools and faculties, since 2006 in the administrative roles of Deputy Director, and then as the Vice Dean, so after those 12 years, it feels great to be able to clean the calendar a bit, expand the horizons, and just focus on actual research work for a full year.
My research plan for this year is titled “Empowerment and exclusion – Meaning and agency in contemporary game cultures”, and you can also go and read about all the other new collegium research fellows (in Finnish) from here: http://www.uta.fi/ajankohtaista/uutinen/uudet-kollegiumtutkijat-valittiin-0.
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