Niels Erik Ruan Lyngdorf is an assistant professor at the UNESCO Centre for Problem Based Learning in EngineeringScience and Sustainability (UCPBL Centre), at the Department of Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark. His academicbackground includes a BA in China studies and anthropology from Aarhus University, and a MA in learning and inno-vative change from Aalborg University in Denmark. He also received his doctoral degree at Aalborg University on inter-nationalisation of higher education, focusing on intercultural education and competence development as well asdevelopment of teaching and learning culture in the context of student mobility. In recent years, he has facilitatedProblem Based Learning programs in domestic and international contexts, and researched on PBL training for engin-eering staff, and digitalisation of PBL.