Dr. Anne Dolan is a lecturer in primary geography with the Department of Learning, Society and Religious Education in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. An enthusiastic educator Anne is passionate about primary geography and she is keen to share this passion with her students. She is particularly interested in creative approaches to geography, inter-disciplinary collaboration and the use of the arts in geographical explorations. As a researcher, Anne focuses on outdoor learning, geoliteracy, children’s concepts of place and creative approaches to geography. Her teaching is directly informed by her research and collaborative projects. Anne has edited a book about teaching climate change in primary schools which will be published later this year. She is the author of ‘Powerful Primary Geography: a toolkit for 21st Century Learning’ published by Routledge in 2020. Anne is one of the leading experts on the use of picturebooks for teaching social and justice issues. Her book You, Me and Diversity: picturebooks for teaching development and intercultural education (Trentham Books and IOE Press, 2014) was shortlisted for the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) Academic Book Award 2015 and it received a Silver Award from the Geographical Association, Sheffield. She has experience in several education settings, formal and non-formal, primary and higher level education, in Ireland and in a number of African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, The Gambia and Lesotho. Anne is a lifelong learner and her experiences as a parent, a primary teacher, a mature student and an education enthusiast have shaped her philosophical and conceptual frameworks for teaching and learning.