Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

• Name: Petri Lankoski
• Sex: Male
• Nationality: Finnish

Contact Information

• E-mail: given name dot family name at sh dot se

Languages

• Native Language: Finnish
• English: Good to very good
• Swedish: Fair
• Japanese: Basics

Education

• D.Arts, Aalto University, School of Art and Design, 2010.
• MA (New Media), University of Art and Design Helsinki, 2003

Work Experience

• Senior Lecturer, Department of Media Technology, School of of Communication, Media and IT, Södertörn University, 1.8.2011–present (Game Studies)
  
• Lecturer, Department of Media, Aalto University, School of Art and Design, 1.1.2010–31.7.2011 (Game Design and Production)
• Lecturer, Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki, 1.11.2009–31.12.2009 (Game Design and Production)
• Research Assistant, Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki, 01.05.2006–31.10.2009 (doctoral research on character-driven game design)
• Researcher, Hypermedia Laboratory, University Of Tampere, 01.07.2005–30.4.2006 (projects: Wireless Gaming Solutions for the Future, research on designing location-aware games; IPerG, Integrated Project on Pervasive Gaming, research in designing pervasive games)
• Senior Assistant (acting), Hypermedia Laboratory, University Of Tampere, 01.01.2004–30.6.2004
• Researcher, Hypermedia Laboratory, University Of Tampere, 18.05.2000–31.12.2003 (Research on adaptive location-aware services; games and digital television)
• Trainee / Software designer, Nokia Telecommunications, 23.01.1995–16.04.1999

Academic Boards

• Chair, student selection committee, game design and production (Aalto University)  2010
• Vice member, student selection committee, new media (Aalto University)
  2011
• Member, evaluation group (MA thesis) / New Media  (Aalto University)
  2010-2012
• Vice member,  commitee of academic affairs of school of  art and design, (Aalto University)
  2010-

Awards

• Teacher of Year 2010 of TAIK (Awarded by the Student Union of the Aalto University)
• Special Recognition: Adventure Game Development / Lies and Seductions, Unity Awards 2008

Academic Events

• Nordic Digra 2010: Experiencing Games: Games, Play, and Players. International game research conference, Stockholm. Program Chair.

• Playing Roles, International research seminar on role-playing, Tampere 2006. Organized with Markus Montola

Extracurricular Activities

• Judge, Imagine Cup, Game Competition, 2010.
• Nordic DiGRA (the Nordic chapter of DiGRA  intent to facilitate co-operation between game researchers in Nordic countries), a founding member.
• Tieteentekijöiden liitto, Member of the Board, 2010–2011
• Aalto-yliopiston tieteentekijät, Chair, 2010–2011
• Taideyliopistojen tieteentekijät, Member of the Board, 2007–2009
• Tampereen seudun roolipelaajat (Tampere role-playing association), Chair, 2001–2006
• Excalibur (Role-playing association), Memeber of the Board, 1991–1994, 1996, 1999

Other Experience

• Digital Games Research Association DiGRA, admin & webmanster, from 2005 (includes designing and developing Digra digital library)
• Lomakostia OY, Handyman & bouncer, summers 1990–1994