Who we are

Sophie is a political economist and co-founder and director of Commons Network. She has been active in civil society for over 15 years, working from a feminist perspective on ideas, proposals and projects for a post-growth economy.

Florine is a community organiser and group facilitator, with a focus on Community Wealth Building. She has been coordinating and developing different public programs and neighbourhood initiatives creating inclusive spaces for collective reflection, mutual learning and active citizenship.

Diane has conducted research on community currencies and has been involved in various forms of activist organising. She is interested in degrowth, monetary transformation and post-capitalist finance.

Ayoub Samadi is a researcher and project officer for the Digital Commons project as well as the operations team. He is a writer and researcher with experience in academic research and editing for local independent magazines. He has an extensive background in media studies, cultural analysis, and philosophy.

Alba is supporting the commons through degrowth and monetary transformation research, design & formatting, operations, as well as in updating our website and social media.

Pieter is business economist for small and medium sized entities with a keen eye for the not for profit organizations. He supports our financial, accounting and fiscal organization.