Katharina Tillmanns is a researcher, designer and lecturer for interactive media at the Cologne Game Lab, an Institute for Game Development and Research at TH Koeln. In her studies and work, she explores and promotes the expressive qualities of games as a means of art and activism. A founding member of the Games for Change Europe network, Katharina has been involved as project lead for a multitude of research and development-oriented projects on the communal federal within Germany and even on the greater European level.