Facebook Applications and playful mood: the construction of Facebook as a "third place". - Valentina Rao (MindTrek, 2008)

Social game studies at CHI 2011. - Ben Kirman; Staffan Björk; Sebastian Deterding; Janne Paavilainen; Valentina Rao (CHI Extended Abstracts, 2011)

How to Say Things with Actions I: a Theory of Discourse for Video Games for Change. - Valentina Rao (DiGRA Conference, 2011)

A Framework for Evaluating Behavior Change Interventions through Gaming. - Valentina Rao (Advances in Computer Entertainment, 2013)

Heuristic Evaluation of Persuasive Game Systems in a Behavior Change Support Systems Perspective: Elements for Discussion. - Valentina Rao (BCSS@PERSUASIVE, 2014)