Prof Jenny Gibson introducted me to Play in Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL) Research Centre while I was visiting the University of Cambridge.
Here is the website: https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/pedal/
Here are some papers about the centre
Yiran Zhao, V., Kulkarni, K., Gibson, J., Baker, S., & Ramchandani, P. G. (2019). Introducing the Play in Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL) Research Centre. International Journal of Play, 8(3), 308–319. https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2019.1684144
Janik Blaskova, L., Le Courtois, S., Baker, S.T., Gibson, J.L., Ramchandani, P.G., O’Farrelly, CH., & Fink, E. (2020). Participant engagement with play research: Examples and lessons learned from the Centre for Play in Education, Development and Learning. International Journal of Play, 9(4), 365-381. https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2020.1843804