Information Studies

The Information Studies specialization is a field within the multidisciplinary degree programme in Communication Sciences that focuses on the interaction between people and information. It provides the skills needed to work as an expert in the information field, for example in information management, web service design, and information mediation tasks in different organizations. Through these studies, students learn to understand information seeking, information organisation, information use in varying contexts and digitalisation in work and education.

Master’s Programme (In Finnish)

Doctoral Programme

Doctoral studies in Information Studies at Tampere University are completed within the Doctoral Programme in Humans and Technologies (DPHAT). The doctoral programme focuses on several fields, including information studies, human–technology interaction, and game studies.
• Field of research: Information Studies is one of the programme’s research areas, examining the production, organization, and use of information.
• Admission: Applications for doctoral studies are submitted directly to the doctoral programmes, and applicants must be granted the right to pursue a doctoral degree at Tampere University.

Research Groups

RIME
We study information practices, such as information seeking, sharing, avoidance, and preservation, as well as information literacies. Our research focuses include the internet, social media, different forms of reading, educational technology, and interaction in virtual environments. 

InfUSE
We study information interaction and information use. We examine phenomena related to information retrieval, interactive information retrieval, and information use. We are particularly interested in the current information environment and its changes, and in how these changes affect people’s activities and task performance. 

DILEWO – Digitalisation and Media in Learning, Work, and Participation
The mission of our multidisciplinary research group is to deepen understanding of the phenomena and practices of an increasingly digitalised and mediatized society and to evaluate them critically. We produce research-based knowledge about the changing digital landscape in work, education, and civic participation, and about how these changes affect people at the individual level.