Our team brings a diversity of perspectives from multiple academic backgrounds, research domains, and methodological approaches.
Priyanka Verma is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. She investigates the role of data practices and algorithmic systems for cooperative housing organizations.
Aarjav Chauhan is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, examines the patterns of conflicts that emerge in the governance of the commons. He draws upon participatory approaches to understand the implications of design of the commons within ``majority world contexts", particularly in India.
Jared Katzman is a PhD candidate in the School of Information at the University of Michigan and a fellow in NCBA-CLUSA Cooperative Leaders and Scholars program. They focus on developing proactive and equitable governance models for AI, and the role of technology cooperatives.
Hongjin Lin is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Harvard University. Her research lies in the intersection of AI and social impact. She is currently developing technologies that support communities oriented towards sustainable futures, such as climate organizations in Boston.
Dawn Walker is an independent researcher and designer interested in how computing intersects with just transitions. She is currently a director at CoSocial, a non-profit cooperative providing democratic open social media for Canada.
Anton Fedosov is a professor of Digital Experience Design at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. He has produced actionable insights for various sharing economy initiatives, cooperatives, and collectives in Switzerland and Canada.Â
Nathan Schneider is an associate professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he leads the Media Economies Design Lab and the MA program in Media and Public Engagement. He is the author of four books, most recently Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life, published by University of California Press in 2024, and Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that Is Shaping the Next Economy, published by Bold Type Books in 2018.
Maurizio Teli is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark, where he leads the Responsible Technology Futures group. His research focuses on participatory design, digital technologies, sustainable futures, and eco-social justice.
Samar Sabie is an Assistant Professor at UofT with training in architecture, software engineering, ethnography, and philosophy. She investigates the role of design as a socio-material practice in how communities develop an adaptive capacity towards sustainable change.