Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen has been Professor of Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki since 2012. She is the vice-dean for research and the founding member and scientific director of the Playful Learning Center (www.plchelsinki.fi) where she leads several research projects focusing on digital creative learning, multiliteracies and teaching. She also holds an adjunct professorship at the University of Turku. Previously Professor Kumpulainen has directed the national interdisciplinary research network on learning, CICERO Learning at the University of Helsinki and been Director of the Information and Evaluation Services Unit at the Finnish National Agency for Education (2009-11).