I am a designer, researcher and organiser, working on commoning practices, post-capitalist transition and eco-social justice.

Current Projects

Petrocultures

Postdoctoral research at the University of Amsterdam, on the creative repurposing of fossil energy infrastructure to embolden and accelerate the just transition. Collaborating with E-WERK Luckenwalde, a lignite power plant turned into renewable energy provider and art centre.

de Nieuwe Meent

Founding member and resident of the housing cooperative based on the patterns of commoning, care, diversity and sustainability. The building combines co-living groups, social housing, shared functions and public spaces for a community of 50 people in Amsterdam Oost.

Previous Projects

Postcapitalist Design

PhD research conducted in University of Amsterdam, on commoning practices in postcapitalist design, understood as the shared valorisation of labour, knowledge and artefacts.

New Earth

I taught transition design, climate justice, system change and collective action to students from various creative disciplines interested in ecologically and socially reparative practices.

NieuwLand

A postcapitalist commune in Amsterdam Oost, combining a co-living group, affordable work spaces and social centre serving grassroots collectives and non-profit projects.

After Shell

A summer school for spatial design students and led by climate justice organisers, on how ~~Royal Dutch~~ Shell infrastructure will be decommissioned and repurposed in the coming decades.

Future Beyond Shell

Collaborative research and coalition building in collaboration with think-tanks and grassroots campaigners, taking ~~Royal Dutch~~ Shell as a case study for a rapid and just transition.

Shell Must Fall

Mass civil disobedient campaign to disrupt shareholders meetings, aiming to dismantle ~~Royal Dutch~~ Shell by any legal, economic political means necessary.

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