Azadeh Jamalian

Azadeh (Azi) Jamalian, PhD, is the founder of The GIANT Room, global innovation hubs for kid inventors and creatives. She is a TED resident, former head of education strategy at littleBits, and co-founder of Tiggly, an award winning learning company based in NYC. Azadeh has a PhD in cognitive studies in education from Columbia University, and has published journal articles and book chapters on a broad range of topics such as designing learning platforms for children, emerging educational tech, game design, and learning sciences. Dr. Jamalian has received numerous awards including “IES Prize for Excellence in Research on Cognition and Student Learning” and “The Cooney Center’s certificate of innovation in Children’s Learning”.