As an Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU), I have over 20 years of experience in teaching and researching games. I started working on game education curriculum development in 2005 designing one of the first game educations in Finland. My research expertise includes topics such as gender, identity, co-creativity, emerging player groups, play in China, and non-human animal play. I currently serve as the President of the international professional organisation for games researchers, DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association). I have worked and studied in 5 countries (Finland, Hong Kong, UK, Denmark, Czech Republic) and enjoy drawing on the different cultural approaches to games.