HSSH seminar on VR methodology 27.5.2025 15:00-18:00
In this interdisciplinary seminar we will have a look at innovative ways in which virtual reality (VR) technology has been employed to enhance research, teaching and public engagement within the humanities and social sciences. Increasingly sophisticated and accessible VR methods offer novel opportunities for investigating social and cultural phenomena, also at UH centre campus. We will explore theoretical frameworks, practical implementations, and ethical considerations of utilizing VR with five presentations by scholars familiar with applications of these state-of-the-art methods in their fields.
Join us and get inspired!
LOCATION AND REGISTRATION:
Seminar room 524, Fabianinkatu 24 A (access via door, not courtyard), 5th floor.
Online participation possible, zoom link upon registration. Event is targeted for UH Centre Campus researchers, but everyone is welcome.
PROGRAMME:
15:00-15:30 Rūta Kazlauskaitė (Faculty of Social Sciences, UH)
VR Storyworlds in Political Communication: A Framework for Qualitative Analysis
15:30-16:00 Omkaranathan Ravindran (Department of Geosciences and Geography, UH)
VR Environments in an Urban Context: Cycling Experiment
16:00-16:30 Anna Vatanen (Department of Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, UH)
Applying VR and 360°-video in studying multi-layered social interaction
16:30-17:00 30 minutes power break
17:00-17:30 Anton Berg (Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, UH)
Investigating Predictive Neural Processing in VR
17:30-18:00 Ville Harjunen (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, UH)
Embodied Realities: Leveraging Multimodal VR for Social Neuroscience and Psychological Research
ONLINE
More information:
Pentti Henttonen
Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH)
+358504491284
pentti.henttonen@helsinki.fi
