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Responsible supervisors in the Doctoral Programme of Humans and Technologies

You will find the responsible supervisors in the Doctoral Programme of Humans and Technologies on this page. If you are planning on conducting doctoral research, please contact a responsible supervisor in the field most suitable for your topic.

Before contacting a prospective supervisor, please think through the following questions

  • Why do you want to become a doctoral student and complete a doctoral degree?
  • In which field do you want to create new knowledge?
  • What learning needs do you have in that research field?
  • What learning needs do you have on scientific methods?
  • Which empirical problem or a question you have in mind for (a) research question(s) and to which scientific field they belong?
  • From where and how are you intending to acquire your research data?
  • What is your intended schedule for completing your doctoral dissertation, i.e. when do you think you will have your public defence?
  • How much of your time are you able to dedicate for your studies and writing your doctoral dissertation?
  • How does your work community and your situation in life support your doctoral studies?
  • Explore different ways of funding and plan how to fund your research?

Juho Hamari

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: Gamification (and its application in any field), games, esports, motivational information systems, XR (vr, ar, mr, wearable technologies), game-based learning, user of technology for sustainability, user/citizen/consumer psychology and behavior, internet commerce (e.g. sharing economy, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding). Short introduction: Juho Hamari is Professor of Gamification and the head of the Gamification Group. Prof. Hamari and his group are internationally recognized and awarded for research impact, quality and volume. The graduates under Prof. Hamari’s supervision have become employed directly either in academia (postdocs/assistant professors) or in the industry (e.g. research lead in companies). http://gamification.group/

Professor

(tietotekniikka)

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Tuomas Harviainen

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: Information practices; the Dark Web, games as information systems, service design, information in marginalized communities, blockchain applications. Short introduction: J. Tuomas Harviainen (PhD, MBA) is Associate Professor of Information Practices at Tampere University, Finland. He currently leads the Academy of Finland research project ENNCODE, which uses machine learning to study drug trading and extremist meme production on the Dark Web. https://www.tuni.fi/fi/tuomas-harviainen

Professor

Informaatiotutkimus ja interaktiivinen media (tietokäytännöt)

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Pekka Henttonen

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: archival science, archives management, records management, electronic records management systems. Short introduction: Pekka Henttonen (D.Soc.Sc.) is university lecturer and adjunct professor who has published research about requirements for electronic records management systems, metadata, knowledge organization, and Finnish archival history. Before university career, Henttonen worked in the National Archives and Military Archives of Finland. Besides scientific publications, he regularly writes to professional journals. He is a member of the International Institute for Archival Science of Trieste and Maribor.

University Lecturer

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Sanna Kumpulainen

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: Information interaction, interactive information retrieval, information seeking, needs and uses. Short introduction: Sanna Kumpulainen is an associate professor of information studies. Her research interests include information interaction, interactive information retrieval and human information behaviors within heterogeneous information environments. She leads the FIRE research group focusing on information retrieval and information interaction. Group members pursue both basic and applied research and use a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods (https://research.tuni.fi/trim/fire/).

Associate Professor

Informaatiotutkimus

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Mikael Laakso

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: Scholarly information and communication, publishing, bibliometrics, open science practices, research assessment and impact. Short introduction: Mikael Laakso is an associate professor of information studies. His research interest relate to scholarly information and communication very broadly, where one of the consistent themes has been research related open access publishing and open science practices. Mikael is experienced in a variety of quantiative and qualitative methods to apply to create new knowledge within the space of scholarly information, ranging from policy/document analysis, bibliometrics & web metrics, surveys, interviews and beyond.

Associate Professor

informaatiotutkimus

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Jussi Okkonen

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: Digital literacy, Sociotechnical environments, and Information ergonomics. Short introduction: Jussi’s work is about how technology affects people’s everyday life. He is interested in different use contexts and users. Digital literacy underpins the topics within the sustainable digital existence. In sociotechnical context human-technology interaction, especially information ergonomics is one of his key research areas.

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Thomas Olsson

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: interaction design, computer-supported cooperative work, socio-technical systems, social computing, user experience, design ethics. Short introduction: Thomas Olsson is an associate professor of Human-Technology Interaction. His research focuses on social applications of information technology, approaching these areas with research through design and empirical study of the experiential, social, and cultural implications of emergent ICT. Olsson is the leader of Technology x Social Interaction research group.

Professor

Human-Centered Design

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Roope Raisamo

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: human-technology interaction, multimodal interaction, interaction technologies, haptics, gaze, extended reality (AR/MR/VR), human augmentation, wearable computing, autonomous driving, in-vehicle interaction, medical applications. Short introduction: Roope Raisamo is a professor of computer science with specialization in human-technology interaction. His activities typically involve both constructive and empirical research, from inventing novel interaction technologies to building multimodal systems that are then studied in experiments and field studies with human participants. He is the head of TAUCHI Research center and its Multimodal Interaction Research Group, https://research.tuni.fi/mmig/

Professor

tietojenkäsittelyoppi, alana käyttöliittymien ohjelmistokehitys

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Ismo Rakkolainen

Tampere University
Research fields and topics: I am broadly interested in Human-Technology Interaction, including novel user interfaces, virtual reality, emerging technologies and displays, 3D, multisensory and multimodal interaction, etc. Short intro: Ismo Rakkolainen is an adjunct professor of Human-Technology Interaction. His background is on computer science, human-computer interaction and virtual reality. He has strong expertise on innovation, development, and evaluation of novel displays and interactive systems.

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Veikko Surakka

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: Psychology (emotion, cognition) and psychophysiology (e.g. facial EMG, SCL/GSR, eyetracking, etc.), psychobehavior (e.g. reaction times), empirical, experimental research. Topic examples: Human olfaction (e.g. olfactory displays, olfaction and memory), VR/XR, point light animations, functional electrical stimulation, multisensory and multimodal information processing, haptics, automotive research. Short introduction: Veikko works widely around psychology and technology in the context of human technology/computer interaction. research consists in many cases of multidisciplinary research widely around psychology and technology in the context of human technology/computer interaction. For more information on the focus and ongoing projects of our research group see https://research.tuni.fi/esc/.

Professor

vuorovaikutteinen teknologia

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Sanna Talja

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: scholarly communication, science and technology studies. Short introduction: Sanna’s current research focuses on scholars’ reading practices. She has published in the areas of scholarly communication, information philosophy, science and technology studies, and information practice research. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vEwbkNEAAAAJ&hl=fi&oi=ao

University Lecturer

informaatiotutkimus, alana tietoresurssien organisointi ja tietohallinto

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Mattia Thibault

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: Semiotics & media, play and gamification research, translation and XR, urban studies, speculative and critical design. Short introduction: Mattia Thibault (PhD) is Assistant Professor in Translation in the Creative Industries. His research focuses on the intersections between meaning-making, technology and playfulness / creativity / bottom-up approaches.

Associate Professor

translation in creative industries

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Markku Turunen

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: multimodal interaction, spoken, auditory and conversational interaction, VR, AR, interactive omni-directional videos, gestural interaction, accessibility, professional user interfaces, interaction analysis, software architectures for complex interactive systems, living labs, user evaluation in challenging circumstances, societal sustainability. Short introduction: Markku Turunen is a professor of Interactive Technology. He is leading a research group on Pervasive Interaction and a M.Sc. programme on Sustainable Digital Life. His background is on computer science and human-computer interaction. He has strong expertise on design, development, and evaluation of interactive systems for different user groups and settings. More information: https://homepages.tuni.fi/markku.turunen/.

Professor

vuorovaikutteinen teknologia

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Johanna Virkki

Tampere University
Research fields and topics: assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, smart clothing, textile-integrated electronics, wearables. Short introduction: Johanna is an Associate Professor of Gameful Technology and Head of Intelligent Clothing Research Group. More information: https://research.tuni.fi/intelligent-clothing/

Associate Professor

pelillistäminen

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Kaisa Väänänen

Tampere University
Research field(s) and topics: Human-Technology interaction, Digital technologies for societal impact and sustainability, User experience in various real-life contexts of use, and Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Short introduction: Kaisa’s research approach is in most cases conceptual design research, using mainly qualitative methods. She is interested especially in multidisciplinary research topics. Kaisa supervises also doctoral students working in industry and other organisations. Personal web page: https://research.tuni.fi/kaisa-vaananen/ , research group’s web page: https://research.tuni.fi/ihte/research/

Professor

Human-Technology Interaction

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences