Scientific Publications

2024

Peer-Reviewed

• Ylipulli, Johanna; Luusua, Aale, and Pouke, Matti (2024): Metaphoric Spaces in Virtual Reality Design: From Simulation to Participatory Functionalism as a Design Approach. In Proceedings of the 27th International Academic Mindtrek Conference (Mindtrek '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 46–57. https://doi.org/10.1145/3681716.3681730

• Sihvonen, Lilli; Suominen, Jaakko, and Ylipulli, Johanna (2024): Ludic Interventions in Studying Urban Play: Learning from Lack of Participation. Extended abstract. Digital Games Research Association Conference DiGRA, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1–5 July 2024.

• Vigren, Minna and Ylipulli, Johanna (2024): Eco-digital Agency and Imagining Sustainable Futures in the Times of Planetary Crisis. Extended abstract. International Communication Conference ICA, Gold Coast, Australia, 20–24 June 2024.

• Gilman, Ekaterina; Bugiotti, Francesca; Khalid, Ahmed; Mehmood, Hassan; Kostakos, Panos; Tuovinen, Lauri; Ylipulli, Johanna; Su, Xiang; and Ferreira, Denzil. (2024): Addressing Data Challenges to Drive the Transformation of Smart Cities. Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. 63 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663482

Other (juried, editorial etc.)

• Häkkinen, Anne; Chajed, Avanti & Ylipulli, Johanna (2024): Recognition of linguistic diversity and justice in integration services in Finland. Abstract book of the 22nd Nordic Migration Research Conference (NMR): The politics of mobility and precarity – and the Alternatives, Bergen, Norway, 14–16 August 2024. The conference page and the abstract book

• Ylipulli, Johanna (2024): Digital inequalities as a lens to urban AI. Abstract book of the 10th Nordic Geographers Meeting (NGM): Transitioning Geographies, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24–27 June 2024. The abstract book

• Chajed, Avanti; Ylipulli, Johanna & Häkkinen, Anne (2024): Using trust to facilitate interdisciplinary conversations. 3/6/2024. Blog of Trust-M project.

• Häkkinen, Anne & Ylipulli, Johanna (2024): Exploring service providers views on building inclusive cities. Abstract book of Mobile Futures Conference: Re-imagining integration in a just society, Turku, Finland, 16–17 May 2024. The abstract book

• Zaman, Sara; Castellazzi, Eugenia, and Ylipulli, Johanna (2024): Cities in the World Multiple: Research Methods for Becoming-with the More-than-human. Abstract Book of Ethnology Days: Voices and Practices in Research. Helsinki, Finland, 14–15 March 2024. The abstract

2023

Peer-Reviewed

• Ylipulli, Johanna, and Vigren, Minna (2023): From Skilled Users to Critical Citizens? Imagining and Future-making as Part of Digital Citizenship. In Danica Radovanović (ed.): Digital Literacy and Inclusion: Stories, Platforms, Communities. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30808-6_2

• Ylipulli, Johanna; Pouke, Matti; Ehrenberg, Nils, and Keinonen, Turkka (2023): Public Libraries as a Partner in Digital innovation Project: Designing a Virtual Reality Experience to Support Digital Literacy. Future Generation Computer Systems, 149, 594-605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2023.08.001.

• Olsson, Thomas; Pyyhtinen, Olli; Rantasila, Anna; Laaksonen, Salla-Maaria; Vigren, Minna; Ylipulli, Johanna, and Sawhney, Nitin (2023). A User-Centered Lens into Digital Excess: Exploring the Superfluity and Environmental Burden of the Digital World. Ninth Computing within Limits 2023. LIMITS. https://doi.org/10.21428/bf6fb269.a5916a92 . Link to the full text

• Ylipulli, Johanna, and Hämäläinen, João. (2023). Towards Practice-oriented Framework for Digital Inequality in Smart Cities. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 180-190. https://doi.org/10.1145/3593743.3593781 

• Drobotowicz, Karolina; Truong Nghiep, Lucy; Ylipulli, Johanna; Gonzalez Torres, Ana Paula, and Sawhney, Nitin. (2023): Practitioners' Perspectives on Inclusion and Civic Empowerment in Finnish Public Sector AI. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 108-118. https://doi.org/10.1145/3593743.3593765

Other

• Vigren, Minna, and Ylipulli, Johanna (2023): Eko-digitaalinen toimijuus ja eettisemmän tulevaisuuden kuvittelun taito [‘Eco-digital agency and the skills needed for imagining ethical futures’]. Abstract Book of the Finnish Conference of Cultural Studies, 2023.

• Ylipulli, Johanna (2023): Professional Cultures as an Obstacle and an Enabler for Radical Transdisciplinary Creativity. Co-How blog, 2023/08. Link to the full text

• Luusua, Aale; Ylipulli, Johanna; Foth, Marcus, and Aurigi, Alessandro (2023): Urban AI: Understanding the Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities. Editorial. AI & Society 38, 1039-1044 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01537-5

• Luusua, Aale; Ylipulli, Johanna; Kalarikalayil Raju, Dani, and Rönkkö, Emilia. (2023): Bridging Distances for Global Participation: Conducting and Theorizing Participatory Design and Research in Hybrid Contexts. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 335, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573823

• Ylipulli, Johanna, and Eskola, Riikka (2023, May): “Artificial Intelligence is a Cold Thing”: Understanding Experiences of Older Citizens to Design Municipal Digital Support Services. Workshop Designing the City: Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Public Service Design. 11th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T ’23), May 29– June 02, 2023, Lahti, Finland. 1-3. Link to the full text

Edited Scientific Special Issue

• Luusua, Aale; Ylipulli, Johanna; Foth, Marcus, and Aurigi, Alessandro (eds.) (2023): Urban AI: Understanding the Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities, Special Issue for AI and Society: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication, 38(3). Link to the special issue

2022

Peer-Reviewed

• Pouke, Matti; Ylipulli, Johanna; Uotila, Elmeri; Sitomaniemi, Anna-Kaisa; Pouke, Sakaria, and Ojala, Timo (2022): A Qualitative Case Study on Deconstructing Presence for Young Adults and Older Adults. PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality (31), 257-281. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres_a_00397

Other

• Ylipulli, Johanna (2022): Federico Cugurullo 2021: Frankenstein Urbanism: Eco, Smart and Autonomous Cities, Artificial Intelligence and the End of the City. Book review. AI & Society 38, 1253-1255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01487-y

2021

Peer-Reviewed

• Luusua, Aale and Ylipulli, Johanna (2021): Nordic Cities Meet Artificial Intelligence: City Officials' Views on Artificial Intelligence and Citizen Data in Finland. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech (C&T '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1145/3461564.3461571 

Other

• Vigren, Minna, and Ylipulli, Johanna (2021): Imagining as a Critical Citizenship Skill. Abstract Book of the Finnish Conference of Cultural Studies, 2021.

  Vigren, Minna, and Ylipulli, Johanna (2021): Taitavista käyttäjistä kriittisiksi digiyhteiskunnan kansalaisiksi? [‘From skilled users to critical citizens of the digital society?’]. Abstract Book of the FERA Conference on Education, 2021.

• Ylipulli, Johanna, and Luusua, Aale (2021): In Search of the Alternative Future: Developing Participatory Digital Citizenship to Address the Crisis of Democracy. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3441318 

• Ylipulli, Johanna (2021): Science Fiction to the Rescue! Harnessing Anthropological Design Fiction for Paradigmatic Changes in the World of Collapsing Ecosystems. Review article. WiderScreen Journal, 12/2021. Link to the full text

2020

Peer-Reviewed

• Ylipulli, Johanna, and Luusua, Aale (2020): Smart Cities with a Nordic twist? Public Sector Digitalization in Finnish Data-rich Cities. Telematics and Informatics, Volume 55, December 2020, 101457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2020.101457 

• Luusua, Aale, and Ylipulli, Johanna (2020): Artificial Intelligence and Risk in Design. In Proceedings of DIS '20: Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 6-10 July 2020. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1235-1244. https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395491 

• Ylipulli, Johanna; Pouke, Matti; Luusua, Aale, and Ojala, Timo (2020): From Hybrid Spaces to Imagination Cities? A Speculative Approach to Virtual Reality. In Katharine Willis & Alessandro Aurigi (eds.): The Routledge Companion of Smart Cities. Routledge, London. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315178387  Link to the full text (final draft)

Other

• Luusua, Aale, and Ylipulli, Johanna (2020): Urban AI: Formulating an Agenda for the Interdisciplinary Research of Artificial Intelligence in Cities. In Proceedings of DIS '20: Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 6-10 July 2020. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 373-376. https://doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3395905

2019

Peer-Reviewed

• Ylipulli, Johanna, and Luusua, Aale (2019). "Without Libraries What Have We?" Public Libraries as Nodes for Technological Empowerment in the Era of Smart Cities, AI and Big Data. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, Vienna, Austria, 3-7 June 2019. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 92-101. https://doi.org/10.1145/3328320.3328387 

• Luusua, Aale; Ylipulli, Johanna, and Pouke, Matti (2019). Meso-Level Strategies for Design Participation and Education. Libraries as networked learning spaces. In Proceedings of the FabLearn Europe - an International Conference on Creativity and Making in Education, Oulu, Finland 28-28 May 2019. Article No. 23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3335055.3335078 

• Ylipulli, Johanna, and Luusua, Aale (2019). Broadening Horizons of Design Ethics? Importing Concepts from Applied Anthropology. In Proceedings of the 8th Biannual Nordic Design Research Society (Nordes) Conference, Espoo, Finland 2-4 June 2019: 1-5. Link to the full text

• Pouke, Matti; Ylipulli, Johanna; Rantala, Satu; Alavesa, Paula; Alatalo, Toni, and Ojala, Timo (2019). A Qualitative Study on the Effects of Real-World Stimuli and Place Familiarity on Presence. In Proceedings of the 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces. 5th Workshop on Everyday Virtual Reality (WEVR). IEEE: 6 pages. Link to the full text

Other

• Ylipulli, Johanna (2019): Digitalization and urban life. Eetvartti, publication of the City of Espoo 1/2019: 6-7.

2018

Peer-Reviewed

• Pouke, Matti, Ylipulli Johanna, Minyaev Ilya, Pakanen Minna, Alavesa Paula, Alatalo Toni, and Ojala Timo (2018): Virtual Library - Blending Mirror and Fantasy Layers into a VR Interface for a Public Library. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Cairo, Egypt, 25-28 Nov 2018. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 227-231. https://doi.org/10.1145/3282894.3282927 

• Holappa, Harri, Ylipulli Johanna, Rautiainen Sami, Minyaev Ilya, Pouke Matti and Ojala Timo (2018): VR Application for Technology Education in a Public Library. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Cairo, Egypt, 25-28 Nov 2018. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 521-527. https://doi.org/10.1145/3282894.3289719 

• Minyaev, Ilya, Pouke Matti, Ylipulli Johanna and Ojala Timo (2018): Implementation of a Virtual Reality Interface for a Public Library. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Cairo, Egypt, 25-28 Nov 2018. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 513-519. https://doi.org/10.1145/3282894.3289718 

• Ylipulli Johanna 2018: Riitasointuja vai olennaista moniäänisyyttä? Havaintoja kulttuurintutkimuksen ja tietotekniikan välimaastosta ['Conflicts or polyphony? Notes from the interdisciplinary terrain']. In Hämeenaho Pilvi, Suopajärvi Tiina & Ylipulli Johanna (Eds.) Soveltava kulttuurintutkimus, SKS, Helsinki: 225-249. https://oula.finna.fi/Record/arto.014373341 

• Hämeenaho Pilvi, Ylipulli Johanna and Suopajärvi Tiina (2018): Johdanto: Kulttuurintutkimus osana yhteiskuntaa ['Introduction: Studies in Culture as a Part of Society'] In Hämeenaho Pilvi, Suopajärvi Tiina & Ylipulli Johanna (eds.): Soveltava kulttuurintutkimus. SKS, Helsinki: 7-27. Link to the full text

• Julin Arttu, Jaalama Kaisa, Virtanen Juho-Pekka, Pouke Matti, Ylipulli Johanna, Vaaja Matti, Hyyppä Juha and Hyyppä Hannu (2018): Characterizing 3D City Modeling Projects: Towards a Harmonized Interoperable System. International Journal of Geo-Information, 55(7): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7020055 

Other

• Ylipulli Johanna, Ridell Seija and Partanen Jenni (2018): City Imaginings and Urban Everyday Life. Editorial. WiderScreen Journal 19(1-2). Link to the full text

Edited Scientific Special Issue and Book

• Ylipulli Johanna, Ridell Seija and Partanen Jenni (eds.) (2018): City Imaginings and Urban Everyday Life, Special Issue for WiderScreen Journal 19(1-2). Link to the special issue

• Hämeenaho Pilvi, Suopajärvi Tiina and Ylipulli Johanna (eds.) (2018): Soveltava kulttuurintutkimus ['Applied Studies in Culture']. SKS, Helsinki. The publisher’s introduction to the book

2017

Peer-Reviewed

• Kukka Hannu, Ylipulli Johanna, Goncalves Jorge, Ojala Timo, Kukka Matias, and Syrjälä Mirja (2017): Creator-Centric Study of Digital Art Exhibitions on Interactive Public Displays. In Proceedings of MUM 2017: The 16th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. Stuttgart, Germany, 26-29 Nov 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 37-48. https://doi.org/10.1145/3152832.3152835

• Luusua A, Ylipulli Johanna and Rönkkö Emilia (2017): Nonanthropocentric Design and Smart Cities in the Anthropocene.  it - Information Technology, 59(6): 295-304. https://doi.org/10.1515/itit-2017-0007 

• Ylipulli Johanna, Luusua A and Ojala Timo (2017): On Creative Metaphors in Technology Design: Case "Magic". In Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Communities & Technologies. Troyes, France, 26-30 June 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 280-289. https://doi.org/10.1145/3083671.3083691 

• Luusua A, Ylipulli Johanna, Kukka Hannu and Ojala Timo (2017): Experiencing the Hybrid City: The Role of Digital Technologies in Public Urban Places. In John Hannigan and Greg Richards (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies, SAGE, London: 535-549. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412912655.n33 

2016

Peer-Reviewed

• Ylipulli Johanna, Kangasvuo Jenny, Alatalo Toni and Ojala Timo (2016): Chasing Digital Shadows: Exploring Future Hybrid Cities Through Anthropological Design Fiction. In Proceedings of NordiCHI 2016: Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-27 Oct 2016. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article No. 78. https://doi.org/10.1145/2971485.2993923

• Luusua A, Pihlajaniemi Henrika and Ylipulli Johanna (2016): Northern Urban Lights: Emplaced Experiences of Urban Lighting as Digital Augmentation. In Nicholas S. Dalton, Holger Schnädelbach, Mikael Wiberg and Tasos Varoudis (Eds.) Architecture and Interaction, Springer International Publishing, London: 275-297. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-30028-3_13

Other

• Ylipulli Johanna (2016): Kohti tarunhohtoista teknologiakaupunkia? Utopiasta dystopiaan ja takaisin. ['Towards glimmering visions of the technologizing city. From utopia to dystopia and back.']. Review article. Futura, Journal of the Finnish Association of Future studies, 35(2): 98-102.

2015

Peer-Reviewed

• Ylipulli Johanna (2015): A Smart and Ubiquitous Urban Future? Contrasting Large-scale Agendas and Street-level Dreams. Observatorio (OBS*) Journal, Media City - Spectacular, Ordinary and Contested Spaces: 85-110. https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS002015833 

• Luusua A, Ylipulli Johanna, Jurmu Marko, Pihlajaniemi Henrika, Markkanen Pia and Ojala Timo (2015): Evaluation Probes. In Proceedings of CHI'15: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Seoul, Korea, 18-23 Apr 2015. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702466 

Other

• Jurmu Marko, Ylipulli Johanna and Luusua A (2015): "I've had it!" Group Therapy for Interdisciplinary Researchers. In Proceedings of The Fifth Decennial Aarhus Conference. Aarhus, Denmark, 17-21 Aug 2015. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 27-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/aahcc.v1i1.21393

2014

Peer-Reviewed

• Ylipulli Johanna, Luusua A, Kukka Hannu and Ojala Timo (2014): Winter is Coming: Introducing Climate Sensitive Urban Computing. In Proceedings of DIS '14: Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. Vancouver, Canada, 21-25 June 2014. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 647-656. https://doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2598571 

• Kukka Hannu, Ylipulli Johanna, Luusua A, Dey Anind K. (2014): Urban Computing in Theory and Practice: Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach. In Proceedings of NordiCHI '14: Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Helsinki, Finland 26-30 Oct 2014. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 658-667. https://doi.org/10.1145/2639189.2639250 

• Foth Marcus, Heikkinen Tommi, Ylipulli Johanna, Luusua A, Satchell Christine and Ojala Timo (2014): UbiOpticon: Participatory Sousveillance with Urban Screens and Mobile Phone Cameras. In Proceedings of PerDis '14: The International Symposium on Pervasive Displays. Copenhagen, Denmark, 3-4 June 2014. https://doi.org/10.1145/2611009.2611034 

• Ylipulli Johanna, Suopajärvi Tiina, Ojala Timo, Kostakos Vassilis and Kukka Hannu (2014): Municipal WiFi and Interactive Displays: Appropriation of New Technologies in Public Urban Spaces. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 89: 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.037 

• Kukka Hannu, Luusua A, Ylipulli Johanna, Suopajärvi Tiina, Kostakos Vassilis and Ojala Timo (2014): From Cyberpunk to Calm Urban Computing: Exploring the Role of Technology in the Future Cityscape. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 84: 29-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.07.015 

2013

Peer-Reviewed

• Ylipulli Johanna and Suopajärvi Tiina (2013): Contesting Ubicomp Visions through ICT Practices: Power Negotiations in the Meshwork of a Technologised City. International Communication Gazette, 75(5-6): 538-554. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048513491911 

• Kukka Hannu, Kostakos Vassilis, Ojala Timo, Ylipulli Johanna, Suopajärvi Tiina, Jurmu Marko and Hosio Simo (2013): This Is Not Classified: Everyday Information Seeking and Encountering in Smart Urban Spaces. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 17(1): 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-011-0474-1

2012

Peer-Reviewed

• Suopajärvi Tiina, Ylipulli Johanna and Kinnunen Taina (2012): 'Realities Behind ICT Dreams'. Designing a Ubiquitous City in a Living Lab Environment. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 2(4): 231-252. http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/viewArticle/194

Edited Scientific Book

• Kinnunen Taina, Ylimaunu Timo and Ylipulli Johanna (eds.) (2012): Elämäntarina - Elinkaari ['Life Stories - Life Cycles']. Proceedings of KUTU'09: The seminar of cultural studies 2009. University of Oulu.

2011

Peer-Reviewed

• Kinnunen Taina, Suopajärvi Tiina and Ylipulli Johanna (2011): Connecting people - Renewing Power Relations? A Research Review on the Use of Mobile Phones. Sociology Compass, 5(12): 1070-1081. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00427.x

2010

Other

• Suopajärvi Tiina and Ylipulli Johanna (2010): Kulttuuriantropologit ubiikkia kaupunkia tutkimassa ['Anthropologists studying a ubiquitous city']. Elore, 17(2): 147-151.

2008

Peer-Reviewed

• Ylipulli Johanna (2008): Taistelevat kaunottaret: menestystuotteen reseptin ja taustojen hahmottelua ['Fighting heroines: Exploring the background of a successful media product']. In Sanna Karkulehto (Ed.) Taajuuksilla värähdellen - Sukupuolen tiloja ja tuntoja kirjallisuudessa ja elokuvassa. University of Oulu Press.