Dr. Annakaisa Kultima is a university lecturer at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. She has been teaching and researching game design and development since 2006 at several universities in Finland and Sweden, as well as traveling as a visiting lecturer around the world, including universities in the US, China, Denmark, South Korea, and Japan. Her research focuses on game development cultures, creativity, game industry trends, and game jams. Kultima’s PhD dissertation, "Game Design Praxiology," examined the multitude of issues in understanding 'games as created,' spanning the period from 2006 to 2016, with an ethnography of hundreds of game professionals. Kultima is also an active member of the game ecosystem in Finland and internationally. She serves as a judge in several game competitions, consults game companies and non-profit organizations, organizes and participates in game jams, and curates exhibitions on games. Additionally, she is a member of the founding team of the Dibner-awarded Finnish Museum of Games and the co-founder of the influential non-profit organization Finnish Game Jam. Her latest project involves running Kumma Gallery, an art space dedicated to playful and playable art.
