Joris Weijdom MA (1974) is an international lecturer and PhD candidate researching interdisciplinary creative processes in collaborative mixed reality environments at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht. He initiated and led the HKU Media and Performance Laboratory, a practise led research environment, until 2015. He is teacher and coach at several BA and MA programs at HKU Theatre, has a background in 3D computer animation and got his MA in interactive multimedia.