I work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies (CoE GameCult) and the Tampere Game Research Lab (Gamelab) at Tampere University (TAU).

My postdoctoral research project focuses on the monetization and commercialization of fictional characters in video games, with a special interest in East Asian games. I teach courses on games and media at the Game Studies master’s programme at TAU. I am also an editor for Eludamos.

I am the author of the book Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling (2023), and a co-editor of the edited collection Monstrosity in Games and Play (2025), both of which are published at the Amsterdam University Press.