Triinu Jesmin

Triinu Jesmin is a Research Fellow at the School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University, specializing in serious games and technology-enhanced learning. With over a decade of experience at the same institution, she holds a Doctorate (2024) and Master’s (2011) in Educational Psychology.

• Research Interests: Game-based learning, sustainable education, digital collaboration tools, and soft skills development in STEM
• Projects: Co-developer of virtual environments for natural resource management, emotional intelligence games, and European educational frameworks

Her publications focus on:

• 2025: Teacher adoption patterns of classroom games (Education, Technology, Psychology)
• 2024: Climate education through digital tools (Environmental Science, Pedagogy)
• 2022: Board games for complex systems (Systems Thinking, Non-Digital Methods)
• 2021: Agile methodology games (Engineering, Management)

Awards:

• 2022: Tunnustus tulemusliku teadustöö eest (Outstanding Research Work Recognition)

Collaborations span European institutions in Portugal, Spain, Poland, and Estonia, with key contributions to IEEE and Springer publications. Her 2024 doctoral thesis Exploring Game-Based Learning in Estonian Classrooms established frameworks for meaningful game integration in education.