Gamification Group

GamiFIN 2027 welcomes Research Articles, Work in Progress, Demos, and Posters. All accepted works will feature in our ACM-published proceedings.

REMEMBER: we are also welcoming Special Themed Workshop Proposals!

Check out all the information at: gamifinconference.com/call-for-papers-2027

Remember to submit by OCTOBER 26, 2026.

Call for participants 📢

We’re looking for participants for our upcoming VirtuFashion User Study!

Join us for a 90 minute session exploring new ways of experiencing fashion, and receive a sweet treat as a thank you for your participation.

Scan the QR code to sign up and feel free to share with anyone who may be interested!

"What happens when realities blend, overlap, and respond to each other?,
What’s (really) going on in those in‑between moments as we transition from one reality into another?,
And how can we design futures where our primary realities and alternative realities coexist in ways that feel seamless/meaningful?"

If these spark your curiosity or interest, we warmly invite you to join our one-day workshop: “Designing Multi-Reality Futures: Speculative Explorations of Seamless and Meaningful XR Experiences” at NordiCHI'26.

Together, we’ll explore how transitions between realities work, where friction emerges, and why it matters:. We’ll also imagine what future multi-reality experiences could look like through collaborative scenario building and bodystorming sessions where ideas take shape through doing . Finally, we’ll take a step back and reflect on these alternative futures from social, technological, and broader societal perspectives.

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Location: Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa, Finland
Register here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=r0Rp-nzM2EyRVMARMnmJEFy4zavNTspMuCN4DYRgCzFUNlFHRTFTOEU0MUZEQklWRkVIUE9DQTFKUy4u
More info: https://inter-reality.com/2026/06/10/designing-multi-reality-futures-workshop/

Organizers: Tippayaporn Pavavimol, Xinyan 'Shelly' Zhao, Cansu Cetin Er, Noak Petersson, Aleksandr Ometov, Mikko Valkama, Mattia Thibault

We welcome participants from across HCI, interaction and experience design, media studies, semiotics, telecommunication engineering, and related fields. No prior XR development experience is required, only curiosity and a willingness to speculate!

Looking forward to seeing you in Vaasa in October!

📢 We are hiring!

Tampere University is looking for a University Lecturer in Gamification for a permanent position in the Computing Sciences Unit, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences.

The role focuses on teaching gamification in both Finnish and English, supervising students, and developing research-based teaching.

‼️ Finnish language skills are required, together with good English skills.‼️

📍 Tampere, Finland

📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026

🔗 Apply here: https://tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_RJ&jgid=1&jid=3112

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

2 days left!

Call for Papers 📍

Submit your research to two HICSS 2027 minitracks co-chaired by the Research Centre of Gameful Realities:

🎮 Gamification
📚 Game-based Learning

We welcome work on gamification, gameful design, educational games, serious games, gamified learning, simulation, training games, and related topics from diverse disciplinary perspectives.

🗓 January 5–8, 2027
⏰ Submission deadline: June 15, 2026, 11:59pm HST

Read more: https://research.tuni.fi/gameful-realities/news/call-for-papers-hawaii-international-conference-on-system-sciences-hicss-2027/

🩵GamiFIN 2027🩵

The 11th Annual International GamiFIN Conference will be held in Pyhä, Lapland, Finland, on March 15–19, 2027.

We invite researchers and practitioners to submit their latest work on gamification, gameful experiences, motivational information systems, and related topics.

This year's conference includes new submission formats for our ACM IPCS published proceedings.

March 15–19, 2027
Pyhä, Lapland, Finland
More information:
https://gamifinconference.com/call-for-papers-2027/

10 days left ⌛

Submit your research to two HICSS 2027 minitracks co-chaired by the Research Centre of Gameful Realities:

🎮 Gamification
📚 Game-based Learning

We welcome work on gamification, gameful design, educational games, serious games, gamified learning, simulation, training games, and related topics from diverse disciplinary perspectives.

🗓 January 5–8, 2027
⏰ Submission deadline: June 15, 2026, 11:59pm HST

Read more: https://research.tuni.fi/gameful-realities/news/call-for-papers-hawaii-international-conference-on-system-sciences-hicss-2027/

📢 Call for Papers: HICSS 2027

Submit your research to two HICSS 2027 minitracks co-chaired by the Research Centre of Gameful Realities:

🎮 Gamification
📚 Game-based Learning

We welcome work on gamification, gameful design, educational games, serious games, gamified learning, simulation, training games, and related topics from diverse disciplinary perspectives.

🗓 January 5–8, 2027
⏰ Submission deadline: June 15, 2026, 11:59pm HST

Read more: https://research.tuni.fi/gameful-realities/news/call-for-papers-hawaii-international-conference-on-system-sciences-hicss-2027/

GamiFIN’s registration deadline is coming closer, but you still have time to join us and discuss your work with experts and peers! Or simply, to learn more about the fascinating world of gamification and its many applications.

How? Participating in the Special-Themed workshops!!

The workshops are still accepting submissions, learn more about this opportunity at:
https://gamifinconference.com/program2026/

Theme 4️⃣. GamiForest: The Future of Nature Knowledge, Artistic Expression, and More than Human Forest Interaction.

➡️https://gamifinconference.com/workshop4/