Hanna-Riikka Roine

Hanna-Riikka Roine is a Principal Investigator at Narrare: Centre for Interdisciplinary Narrative Studies at Tampere University, leading the Kone Foundation-funded project Imagine, democracy! (2023–2025). She holds a docent title in Contemporary Culture from the University of Jyväskylä (2023) and a PhD in Contemporary Culture from the University of Tampere (2016). Her research focuses on speculative fiction, narrative theory, digital media, and game studies, particularly examining the intersections of imagination, democracy, and computational technologies. She serves as Editor-in-chief of Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen aikakauslehti Avain (2023–2024).

• Current Project: Investigates how narrative fiction shapes democratic imagination in Finland
• Prior Work: Explored human-computer entanglements in speculative narratives (Academy of Finland-funded CO-SPEC project, 2020–2023)
• Key Expertise: Worldbuilding, digital ecologies, and ethical dimensions of speculative storytelling

Her research spans over 38 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and edited volumes. Recent work emphasizes democratic narratives, digital environments, and interdisciplinary narrative methodologies.