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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Happy to join the book publication party hosted by Tanja Sihvonen at @univaasa.bsky.social, celebrating this cool new book by Ask, Guajardo, Sihvonen and Tompkins! The book questions who gets to be a fan (fangirl) and what fangirling tells us about "cringe" pleasure and the fangirl gaze.

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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

As I have ongoing supervision and collaboration at the Game Research lab at Tampere University, I will remain affiliated with them as well for the upcoming year. So please, do not hesitate to reach out in either capacity!

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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Guess who's back?! After three years as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at @gameresearchlab.bsky.social and @coegamecult.bsky.social, this year, I will function as a University Lecturer in Education at Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa!

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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Some highlights from DiGRA 2026 in Maynooth, Ireland: the beautiful old campus, @mellowne.bsky.social presenting his first peer-reviewed paper (proud supervisor moment!) and having the opportunity to represent SURVIVE together with @amayer.bsky.social and @rainforestsb.bsky.social!

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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

In addition to our book being OA, the teacher association SMLF (Swedish as L1 and Literature Education in Finland), gave us the opportunity to discuss our findings in their member magazine ARENA. I am so happy that we were able to make our research accessible this way! www.smlf.fi/arena/#flipb...

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Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Delighted to see that the Routledge Companion to Video Games and History now has a webpage and a cover! There will be an ebook (which given the length of this I imagine will be many people's preferred reading approach), it just doesn't show on the page yet. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

Purple cover to book The Routledge Companion to Video Games and History, edited by Kate Cook, Robert Houghton and Chris Kempshall. Below the title is a screenshot from an old Civilisation game showing Caesar in 3980BC and some possible player actions. The cursor hovers over "move".

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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Ludwig Sandbacka has provided wonderful illustrations for the book based on empirical examples. The one above is one of my favorites, as I find that it captures the presence of participatory researcher very well. Please check out his other work as well: www.ludwigsandbacka.com

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The Art of Ludwig Sandbacka

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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Our (Ståhl & Rusk) Open Access book "Learning and Identity in Competitive Gaming - An Empirical and Methodological Discussion" is finally published! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... It is based on in-game material of CS:GO recorded by the youth participants, a group of Finnish men, themselves.

Blue book cover with the title Learning and Identity in Competitive Gaming - An Empirical and Methodological Discussion, author info Matilda Ståhl and Fredrik Rusk, and publisher info: Open Access, Palgrave Macmillan. On the cover is an illustration of a young man with his face reflecting the light of a computer screen. In the background are soldiers in green clothing, holding weapons, suggesting that he is playing a shooter game.

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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Glimpse of yesterday's sneak-peak of our upcoming OA-book "Learning and Identity in Competitive Gaming: An Empirical and Methodological Discussion" at ÅAU, Vaasa. link.springer.com/book/9783032... We are also giving a public book talk at Vapriikki, Tampere on June 12th! www.vapriikki.fi/tapahtumat/

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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

So sad to miss it this year (especially in terms of the cool venues I am missing out on), but I wish you all a lovely symposium!

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Usva Friman @usvaf.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Today, we gave a presentation with @matildastahl.bsky.social about 'Gender as portrayed, experienced, and observed in women’s Nordic esports events' at @gameresearchlab.bsky.social 22nd annual spring seminar. The vibes were strong and I guess the photo says it all (thanks to Lobna Hassan)!

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amayer.bsky.social @amayer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Travelled to ECQI with @matildastahl.bsky.social to discuss the role of identity, safety, and danger in "riskful" ethnography! This work-in-progress brings together some of our previous experiences of risks and challenges in fieldstudies, using them as a base for our future work in SURVIVE.

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A picture of a banner of ECQI 2026 in front of the conference venue.

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matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Finally made it to Bluesky so that I can share this awesome project with everyone!

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