Hi, I am Jonas Oppenlaender (), an Adjunct Professor (Docent) at the Centre for Applied Computing, University of Oulu.

I hold the Title of Docent in Computer Science and Engineering – Creative Generative AI and a Doctor of Science (Technology) in Computer Science (Human-Computer Interaction; with distinction) from the University of Oulu. I was awarded a Master of Science in Computer Science (with distinction) from the University of Southampton, and a Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur degree from TU Darmstadt. Prior to coming to the University of Oulu, I held academic positions at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, University of Jyväskylä, and Freie Universität Berlin, and worked in industry positions at Elisa, Alstom, Seme4, and Liip.

My work focuses on the creativity and creative applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in science and work, with a specific emphasis on prompt/context engineering and text-to-image generation, as well as meta-research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). In the past, I have focused on crowdsourcing complex creative work, ontology engineering, and facilitating knowledge transfer.

My current research interests, based on the academic literature I read, are reflected on this page and in my personal research ontology.

In my spare time, I enjoy dabbling with AI-generated art and I am a kettlebell salesman. I have lived, studied, and/or worked in several countries including Switzerland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Macedonia, the United States, and Finland.