Jaakko Väkevä
I'm studying aesthetic player experiences, focusing on how videogames can evoke emotional experiences that are personally meaningful, reflective, and transformative.
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Email
jaakko.vakeva@aalto.fi
Areas of expertise
aesthetics, videogames, player experience, meaningfulness, transformative experience, reflection, eudaimonia, user experience, human-computer interaction
Honors and awards
CHI'25 Honorable Mention Award
Honorable Mention recognition awarded to papers in the top 5% of the conference submissions
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Computer Science
Mar 2025
CHI'24 Best Paper Award
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Computer Science
May 2024
Publications
Jaakko Väkevä, Perttu Hämäläinen, Janne Lindqvist
2025
CHI 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Emmi L.K. Kärnä, Jaakko Väkevä, Heidi Rautalahti, Janne Lindqvist
2024
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Jaakko Väkevä, Elisa Mekler, Janne Lindqvist
2024
CHI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems