Jaakko Väkevä
I'm studying aesthetic player experiences, focusing on how videogames can evoke emotional experiences that are personally meaningful, reflective, and transformative.
Full researcher profile
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 2025 Honorable Mention Award
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Computer Science
Mar 2025
CHI 2024 Best Paper Award
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Computer Science
May 2024
Research groups
- Professorship Lindqvist Janne, Doctoral Researcher
Publications
Supriya Dutta, Joel Oksanen, Jaakko Väkevä, Shamit Ahmed, Markus Kirjonen, Perttu Hämäläinen
2026
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’26), April 13–17, 2026, Barcelona, Spain
Jaakko Väkevä, Jan Vornhagen, Heidi Rautalahti, Janne Lindqvist
2026
CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Nina Tepponen, Prabhav Bhatnagar, Jaakko Väkevä, Perttu Hämäläinen
2025
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
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