Jaakko Stenros (PhD) is a University Lecturer in Game Studies working at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies (at the Game Research Lab, Tampere University). He has published nine books and over 50 articles and reports and has taught game studies for a decade. Stenros studies play and games, his research interests include norm-defying play, game jams, queer play, role-playing games, pervasive games, game rules, and playfulness. His work has received many awards, such as the prize for the best dissertation of the year at the University of Tampere. Stenros has also collaborated with artists and designers to create ludic experiences and has curated many exhibitions at the Finnish Museum of Games. University of Turku has awarded Stenros the Title of Docent in 2019 in Game and Play Studies. He lives in Helsinki, Finland.
Jaakko Stenros is an author of Playfulness, Play, and Games: A Constructionist Ludology Approach (2015) and Pervasive Games: Theory and Design (2009), as well as an editor of five books on role-playing games: Larp Design: Creating Role-Play Experiences (2019), The Magic of Participation (2017), Nordic Larp (2010), Playground Worlds (2008) and Beyond Role and Play (2004). He has also published two books are in Finnish; Seikkaluja ja sankareita (2018) provides an overview of tabletop role-playing games in Finland, while Minun pelihistoriani (2018) is an edited collection documenting personal play and gaming histories.
Contact: Game Research Lab, Kanslerinrinne 1, FI-33014, Tampere University, Finland; firstname (dot) lastname (at) tuni (dot) fi (for work), firstname (dot) lastname (at) iki (dot) fi (for personal communications).
Orcid: 0000-0003-0320-7042
Photograph by Jamie MacDonald.
