Jan B. Vornhagen

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I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Good Life Lab at Aalto University.

I am a psychologist with a background in empirical aesthetics and hold a PhD from ITU Copenhagen. In my research, I focus on emotional player experience, theory use, and metascience in Human Computer Interactions.

In my free time, I make pixel art and Doom WADs.

Sometimes I write down my thoughts here.


Education

PhD: Challenges in Conducting Theory-Informed Empirical Player Experience Research
ITU Copenhagen | 2025


MSC Psychology
University of Vienna | 2019

BSC Psychology
University of Vienna | 2019


Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher
Aalto University | Feb. 2025 - Ongoing


PhD Fellow
ITU Copenhagen | Jan. 2023 - Dez. 2024

Doctoral Candidate
Aalto University | Oct. 2019 - Dez. 2022


Student Assistant
University of Vienna | Oct. 2017 - Jul. 2019