International Advisory Board

The International Advisory Board plays a vital role in the STRATEGIES project, providing advice on direction, enhancing links to policy making and professional practice, and ensuring that our work responds directly to the opportunities and challenges facing Europe’s cultural and creative industries. The International Advisory Board’s membership includes academics, game industry experts, transnational trade organisations, as well as experts in climate science, communication, and social action. 

  • Benjamin Abraham

    Founder of AfterClimate, Author of Digital Games After Climate Change (2022), Australia.

  • Minang Acharya

    Programme Assistant, Policy Coordination Unit, UN Environment Programme, Kenya.

  • Micha Le Bourhis

    Head of CSR, Asmodee, Asmodee Research and Game In Lab, France.

  • Alenda Y. Chang

    Associate Professor of film and media studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Author of Playing Nature; Ecology in Video Games (2019), USA.

  • Gabrielle Fauste

    Consultant and Teacher, Co-Director of Game in Lab, France.

  • Arnaud Fayolle

    Co-Chair of the IGDA Climate Special Interest Group and Game Sustainability Project Director at Ubisoft.

  • Kishonna Gray

    Associate Professor in Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies, The University of Kentucky, Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming (2020) and Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice (2018), USA.

  • Guido Heinecke

    Managing Director, Spiel des Jahres, Germany.

  • Yasmin Kafai

    Professor of Learning Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Designing Constructionist Futures: The Art, Theory, and Practice of Learning Designs (2020) and Connected Gaming (2016), USA.

  • Karol Jałochowski

    Chief science journalist for Polityka, Poland.

  • Ann Light

    Professor of Design and Creative Technology, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, Co-lead for Creative Practices for Transformative Futures (CreaTures), UK.

  • Léa Martinez

    CSR Project Manager, Asmodee

  • Lisa Pak

    Project Lead, Playing for the Planet, United Nations Environment Programme, Germany.

  • Susanna Pollack

    President of Games for Change, USA.

  • John Stacy

    Executive Director, The Game Manufacturers Association, USA.

  • Clayton Whittle

    Lead author of the Environmental Game Design Playbook and co-chair of the IGDA Climate SIG.

  • Trevin York

    Founder and Director at Dire Lark, A Game Design For Change Studio

  • Milica Zec

    Head of Creative Strategy, The Sandbox, Co-Creator of Tree VR, USA.