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Adrian was trained in environmental design (UNSW, Sydney) and urbanism (TU Delft), applying design skills to address issues related to infrastructure and resources. He has two decades of experience working across a range of areas and topics such as urban sustainability, mobility, agriculture, ecosystems management, renewable energy networks, production in cities and material cycles.

 

Born in Canada, raised in Australia and Latin America and living for periods in Barcelona, Rotterdam and now Brussels has given Adrian the capacity to work fluently in different cultural, linguistic and geographic conditions.

 

His generalist background and autodidactic attitude has taught him to move comfortably between theoretical concepts and technical detail, an invaluable skill for facilitating multi-disciplinary teams. With an interest in cooperation and stakeholder management, Adrian takes a human-centred approach to any project. This provides him with a strong base for dealing with complex problems that require systemic design, transition planning and strategic leadership.

 

Adrian has a particular interest in production and resource management in urban areas. He developed and coordinated the JPI funded project Cities of Making (2017-2020), exploring manufacturing in Brussels, London and Rotterdam. This resulted in a book called ‘Foundries of the Future’. He supported ESPON developing expertise on spaces for production in European cities in the MISTA project (Metropolitan Industrial Strategies & Economic Sprawl). He supported the Brussels Capital Region with the development of policy associated with the productive city movement for the forthcoming ‘Productive Brussels’ plan. He has provided expertise to France’s PUCA on their productive cities programme and is coordinating the METREX expert group on the same topic. He has lectured extensively at universities and forums across the world such as University College London, TU Delft, TU Vienna, Politecnico di Milano, Global Industrie (Lyon), URBACT, Moscow Urban Forum, Urban Manufacturing Next (Seoul), the Fabcity Summit and the European Week of Cities and Regions.

Education
  • MSc Urbanism – TU Delft (NL)
  • Diploma in Graphic Communication – Escola Massanna (ES)
  • Diploma in European Urbanism – UPC Barcelona (ES)
  • B Landscape Architecture – UNSW (AU)
Professional experience

  • Director and project manager – Osmos Network (BE/NL)

  • Expert in productive cities – METREX (EU)

  • Researcher – ULB BATiR (BE)

  • Project coordinator – Cities of Making (European funded project)

  • Researcher & designer – BUUR (Leuven BE)

  • Researcher & course coordinator – TU Delft Faculty of Architecture (NL)

  • President & board member – Trees of Newcastle (AU)

  • Associate – Terras Landscape Architects (Newcastle AU)

Expertise

Production, ecosystems, user research & engagement, masterplanning & programming, strategic development, governance models, facilitation of events & meetings, leadership & management mentoring.

Language skills

English (native)

Spanish (fluent spoken / fluent writing)

Dutch (fluent spoken / confident writing)

French (fluent / confident writing)

Adrian's insights

Rue Haute

/// Project
Redevelopment of a social 400 unit housing complex in a dense inner-city neighbourhood fit for the 21st century.

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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]]> Eric Haas https://osmosnetwork.com/eric-haas/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 09:22:15 +0000 https://osmos2022.avhill.opalstacked.com/?p=1779 Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

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With an education in business administration and after a decade of experience in corporate business development, Eric moved into conceiving and developing entrepreneurial projects.  

 

Eric is a dynamic thinker, has an entrepreneurial spirit and loves team development based on collective value.  He is a keen listener, a diplomatic facilitator and impassioned communicator: qualities that make him a great asset for co-creation.  Eric has a passion for (social) innovation and urban development with a focus on strategy, business development and entrepreneurship. He is quick to grasp core problems and reach viable ideas built on twenty-five years of business experience.

 

Eric has a particular passion for food, agriculture and HoReCa. He developed strategies to re-activate military forts located around Amsterdam. He launched a grocery shop based on a local farm-to-fork philosophy. He helped develop the Plantage-lab to test community based urban agriculture.    

Education
  • Diploma – Academy of Photography, Amsterdam (NL)
  • MSc Technical Business Administration – University of Twente (NL)
Professional experience
  • Creative strategy and social entrepreneurship – Green Concepts (NL)
  • Freelance documentary photography and concept development (NL)
  • Business development – Business Architects (NL)
  • General Management – ING Bank (NL & PL)

Expertise

Production, business models & financing, business development, Facilitation of events & meetings and training programmes.

Language skills

Dutch (native)

English (fluent)

German (fluent)

Polish (basic speaking)

Eric's insights

Connecting Nature

/// Project
A European research program (H2020) developing nature based solutions: ‘bringing nature to cities and cities to nature’.

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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]]> Francesca Gualino https://osmosnetwork.com/francesca-gualino/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 09:19:46 +0000 https://osmos2022.avhill.opalstacked.com/?p=1769 Francesca is a community development worker, educated in psychology.

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Of Italian-Romanian heritage, Francesca grew up in Turin, living in the south of France before moving to Brussels. She has worked across a range of very different projects including social entrepreneurship, social media and communications, research and culture. Most recently she has worked as a social worker in one of Brussels’ poorest neighbourhoods with an extremely vulnerable population.

 

Francesca is welcoming, dynamic, patient and creative when dealing with people. 

 

Her work has focuses on the intersection of social work and entrepreneurship. Care, connection, sustainability and empowerment are key-values driving her both in her professional and personal life. Inspired by social innovation, Francesca facilitates communities to engage, develop projects and ultimately become self-managing.

Education
  • Intercultural approach – CBAI Centre Bruxellois d’Action Interculturelle (BE)
  • Company creation academy – StarBoost (IT)
  • Social enterprise open camp, gender smart investing – OPES-LCEF Impact Fund (IT)
  • Build your future – YEPP Italia Youth Empowerment Partnership Programme (IT)
  • Leadership, team management and communication training – Orso Social Cooperative (IT)
  • B Psychological sciences and techniques – University of Turin (IT)
Professional experience
  • Community development social worker – Habitat et Rénovation (BE)
  • Solidarity and environnemental projects officer (service civique) – Fédération des acteurs de la solidarité FNARS (FR)
  • Communication management and community development – MuFant | Fantasy and Science Fiction Museum (IT)

Expertise

Public space & community, user research & engagement, strategic communication, facilitation of events & meetings, specific skills development.

Language skills

Italian (native speaker)

French (fluent)

English (proficient speaking and writing)

Romanian (proficient speaking and writing)

Francesca's insights

Rue Haute

/// Project
Redevelopment of a social 400 unit housing complex in a dense inner-city neighbourhood fit for the 21st century.

Connecting Nature

/// Project
A European research program (H2020) developing nature based solutions: ‘bringing nature to cities and cities to nature’.

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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]]> Hanne Van Reusel https://osmosnetwork.com/hanne-van-reusel/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:25:25 +0000 https://osmos2022.avhill.opalstacked.com/?p=684 Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

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Hanne

Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Hanne considers herself an “architect.e”, advocating for architecture to focus on quality of life and wellbeing. She is a pragmatic activist committed to participative design, the commons and sustainability.

 

As a researcher, she developed a practice-based PhD in Architecture (KU Leuven and PoliTo). She has spent part of her career within academia as a lecturer and researcher. Her research has covered topics such as the role of living labs in research, ‘commoning’ in policy and action and community governance in reactivating abandoned spaces.

 

As a practitioner, she approaches urban design within the context of transitions based on the exchange between many interest groups (public, civil and private) to facilitate collective visioning and guide change. She has supported the Brussels Capital Region various transition projects in schools, public housing agencies and in addressing mobility shifts. She has supported towns across Flanders in their shift towards greener, calmer more human town centres. She has supported cities across Europe with activating Nature-Based Solutions in parks and public spaces.

Education
  • Toestand International – ‘Reactivation of an abandoned urban space.’ Socio-Cultural Space Tirana, Albania.
  • Doctor of Architecture – KU Leuven (BE)
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, History and Project – Politecnico di Torino (IT)
  • TRADERS autumn school – The role of participatory art and design in the reconfiguration of work (BE)
  • MSc Architecture – KU Leuven (BE)
Professional experience
  • Researcher
  • Visiting researcher at University IUAV di Venezia for the S.U.N. City project – Sustainable urban neighborhoods in Padova (IT)
  • Co-founder – Josaph’Aire NGO (BE)
  • Co-founder – Recup’Kitchen asbl (BE)
  • Researcher and project manager ‘Incubators of Public Spaces’ –  KU Leuven (BE)

Expertise

Public space & community, user research & enagement, systemic and service design, masterplanning & programming, project development, prototyping, governance models, facilitation of events & meetings, training programmes.

Language skills

Dutch (native)

English (fluent)

French (fluent spoken, confident writing)

Italian (fluent spoken, intermediate writing)

Hanne's insights

Heist-op-den-Berg

/// Project
Engaging stakeholders in the urban study for a new unified administrative centre.

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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]]> Julia Rocha https://osmosnetwork.com/julia-rocha/ https://osmosnetwork.com/julia-rocha/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2022 09:24:36 +0000 https://osmos2022.avhill.opalstacked.com/?p=1781 Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

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Originally educated in architecture and urbanism, Julia developed her design skills working on territorial scale masterplan projects across Brazil.  These included territorial, environmental, economic and socio-spatial diagnoses, and then crafting technical material to support legislation and zoning. Through the planning projects, Julia was exposed to communications and public engagement moments which helped grow her interest in geography and participative processes. In 2019, Julia relocated to Europe to study a Master’s of Urban Studies and Geography (VUB-Cosmopolis) to expand her knowledge in the human dimension of spatial design. This contributed to her decision to join Osmos.  

 

Julia is concerned with how people and communities help to shape their environments. She has a strong interest in understanding the drivers underlying community and local dynamics. She has worked on the redevelopment of social housing sites in Brussels and studied gendered aspects of public spaces. Julia has been involved in community engagement events with migrant communities using physical activities such as gardening, to enable interactions.

 

She is a very adaptable and fast learner, quickly translating abstract ideas into graphics and schemes, making her a great asset in participatory and multi-disciplinary contexts.

Education
  • MSc in Urban Studies – Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
  • MSc in Geography – Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
  • B Architecture and Urbanism – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
  • Technical Architecture – Escola Politècnica Superior d’Edificació de Barcelona (ES)
Professional experience
  • Facilitator – Urban Foxes Intern (BE)
  • Architect and urbanist – Ethos Urbanismo e Arquitetura LTDA (BR)

Expertise

User research & engagement, systemic and service design, masterplanning & programming, and facilitation of events & meetings.

Language skills

Portuguese (native speaker)

English (fluent)

Spanish (fluent)

French (proficient speaking and writing)

Julia's insights

Rue Haute

/// Project
Redevelopment of a social 400 unit housing complex in a dense inner-city neighbourhood fit for the 21st century.

Connecting Nature

/// Project
A European research program (H2020) developing nature based solutions: ‘bringing nature to cities and cities to nature’.

Designing means not ends

/// Publication
Humanity has a good idea of what a sustainable future looks like, but struggles to get there. Process Design – an Explorer’s Guide

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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]]> https://osmosnetwork.com/julia-rocha/feed/ 0 Laurens Van der Cruyssen https://osmosnetwork.com/laurens-van-der-cruyssen/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:26:03 +0000 https://osmos2022.avhill.opalstacked.com/?p=686 Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

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With a fascination in how the mind interacts with its environment, Laurens holds a Master’s in clinical psychology (VUB) and a PhD in the field of social neuroscience (VUB). His PhD thesis was entitled ‘Beyond the individual: How the brain reacts to social categories.’ After a decade as a researcher and lecturer (VUB & UGent), he left academia to apply his skills in practice as a human-centred designer. This worked in practical contexts within public administrations, inside businesses and as a partner of European research programmes where psychology is integral for design and organisational development.

 

As both a psychologist and a designer, Laurens offers a unique combination of analysis and strategy skills. As a researcher he is interested in how problems are defined, how knowledge is derived, how to analyse stakeholders, how divergent interpretations are observed and how to channel quantitative and qualitative research into a narrow scope for action. As a designer he is interested in process, messaging and how solutions ultimately align with the needs of end-users. In his spare time, Laurens volunteers for the NGO Pool is Cool, advocating public outdoor swimming in Brussels.

Education
  • Doctor in Philosophy – VUB (BE)
  • Master in Psychology – VUB (BE)
Professional experience
  • Social psychologist (OSMOS network)
  • Service Designer (Knight Moves)
  • Guest lecturer (Design Academy Eindhoven & UGent)
  • Post-doctoral researcher (UGent & VUB)

Expertise

Public space & community, user research & engagement, systemic and service design, strategic communication, prototyping, facilitation of events & meetings, project and process mediation, training programmes, specific skills development.

Language skills

Dutch (native)

English (fluent)

French (fluent)

German (basic understanding)

Spanish (basic understanding)

Laurens' insights

Rue Haute

/// Project
Redevelopment of a social 400 unit housing complex in a dense inner-city neighbourhood fit for the 21st century.

Heist-op-den-Berg

/// Project
Engaging stakeholders in the urban study for a new unified administrative centre.

Connecting Nature

/// Project
A European research program (H2020) developing nature based solutions: ‘bringing nature to cities and cities to nature’.

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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]]> Liana Simmons https://osmosnetwork.com/liana-simmons/ https://osmosnetwork.com/liana-simmons/#respond Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:09:24 +0000 https://osmos2022.avhill.opalstacked.com/?p=1875 Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

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With a Master’s in Development Management (London School of Economics, UK), Liana has been involved in grass-roots political activism and research across the globe. Over the last two decades, she has covered a range of social and political themes, including gang reconciliation in Honduras, civil-military relations in Argentina, peace and conflict research in South Sudan, and feminist farm cooperatives in Nicaragua. Liana has collaborated with local grassroots and global organisations, including MCC, Oxfam, and the United Nations.

 

Having travelled widely and speaking various languages, Liana is very quick to build personal rapport and empathy with stakeholders in a new context. She is highly adept in connecting theory and practice, moving comfortably between scales of action and impact. She also brings practical leadership, patiently looking for ways to avoid tension and conflict within groups.  

 

Liana has a strong interest in social theory and political activism, particularly applied to local and regional food and agriculture networks. As a small-scale farmer, she actively applies years of consulting experience to strengthen agriculture and a bio-based economy in her community in the Marche. She has published policy reports and books on humanitarian protection, gender and agro-ecology and is the co-author of the new book ‘Political Change through Social Innovation’ (2022).  Liana is currently researching and writing on themes of ‘Citizenship and Social Innovation’ and ‘The Governance of the Landed Commons’. 

Education
  • Master’s in Development Management – London School of Economics
Professional experience
  • Freelance editor and writer.
  • Central America Programme Officer – Oxfam (Belgium BE)
  • Research Coordinator – Wedu Fund (Brussels BE)
  • Monitoring and Evaluating Advisor – PUKAR (Mumbai IN)
  • Project Coordinator Gender Unit – RESDAL (Buenos Aires AR)
  • Gender Consultant – UN World Food Programme (Rome IT)
  • Author (Food Security) – UN World Food Programme (Rome IT)
  • Research Coordinator –Department for International Development (London, UK), Canadian International Development Agency (Canada), International Development Law Organization (Rome, IT)
  • Project Consultant – Peace and Justice Project (Honduras), HOPE International (Dominican Republic)
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Expertise

Language skills

English (native speaker)

Italian (native speaker)

Spanish (fluent speaking and writing)

French (proficient reading and writing)

Liana's insights

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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]]> https://osmosnetwork.com/liana-simmons/feed/ 0 Marco Kooistra https://osmosnetwork.com/marco-kooistra/ https://osmosnetwork.com/marco-kooistra/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:19:11 +0000 https://osmos2022.avhill.opalstacked.com/?p=1818 Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

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Marco’s interest in both philosophy and practice-based problem solving brought him to embrace both visual arts and finance in his career path. An early education in business management and accountancy (University of Amsterdam) set Marco up for a career in the mechanics of business. This included business management, fiscal law, financial strategy and more conventional accounting and financial auditing. Marco worked with Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy&, a PWC company) as an independent auditor for almost two decades. Meanwhile, he also worked as a consultant helping others develop businesses and launching his own financial accountancy consultancy firm, Lupa Company. His years of experience in both large and small businesses offer a foundation for him to support in ventures closer to his heart where he can leverage his passion for the arts and creativity.

 

Marco is quick-witted and calculated, giving an honest but well assessed response to any challenge he faces. Though he brings depth of knowledge from years of professional experience, he is not married to his ideas or methods. He welcomes novelty, if and when it proves valuable. He is a systemic, yet pragmatic, thinker. This makes Marco a great asset when exploring projects covering business and organisational dynamics.

 

Marco has a passion for projects involving sustainable food and agriculture. He has supported the financing and development of the Sonian Wood Coop. He has helped launch a number of small businesses and organisations with food and local production such as Stadshout in Amsterdam and the City of Utrecht. He volunteers extensively with the arts and community led agriculture including Stichting Klaterklanken and Stichting Meer Publiek. 

Education
  • BSc. Business economics and accountancy – University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • Diploma in fiscal economy – University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • Diploma in fiscal law – Erasmus University (NL)
  • Photography – Royal Academy of Visual Arts Den Haag (NL)
Professional experience
  • Director and project manager – Osmos Network (BE/NL)
  • Owner and director – Lupacompany (NL)
  • Co-owner and Directeur – Blipartners B.V. (NL)
  • Board director – Sonian wood coop (BE)
  • Chairman – Stichting Klaterklanken (NL)
  • Chairman – Stichting Meer Publiek. (NL)
  • Owner and Directeur – Tatam B.V. (NL)
  • Controller – Strategy& (NL)
  • Vennoot en controller – Artvice (NL)

Expertise

Production, business models & financing, business development, project development, governance models, specific skills development.

Language skills

Dutch (native)

English (fluent spoken and writing)

Marco's insights

Connecting Nature

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A European research program (H2020) developing nature based solutions: ‘bringing nature to cities and cities to nature’.

The wood of the Sonian Forest

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Cities produce vast amounts of resources, much of which goes under used or overlooked. Case study: The Sonian Wood Coop

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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]]> https://osmosnetwork.com/marco-kooistra/feed/ 0 Michael Kaethler https://osmosnetwork.com/michael-kaethler/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:08:39 +0000 https://osmos2022.avhill.opalstacked.com/?p=1873 Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

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Michael’s wistful curiosity has given him a rich and diverse institutional and lived education. Initially, Michael was an expert in Slavonic and Eastern European Studies which led him to live and work in multiple countries of the former Soviet Union.  This was followed by a shift towards human-rights research in conflict and post-conflict countries, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia etc… where he worked for the United Nations and authored a number critical reports and a book on the complex intersection of rights/ relief/ humanitarian crisis.  Later, Michael decided to re-educate, this time with a Master’s in Urbanism and Spatial Planning at KU Leuven (BE) with a focus on social imaginaries and their role in developing space, culture and conviviality.  He followed this up with a PhD and a Post-Doc at KU Leuven that investigated the tensions and possibilities of novel forms of knowledge production in creative media such as art, design and curating.  Michael remains a research affiliate at KU Leuven and is a Docent in Design at the University of San Marino where he teaches Design Anthropology. 

 

Michael has a natural capacity to bridge social-anthropology, philosophy, design theory, politics and contemporary culture, giving him a vital role within multidisciplinary and multi-cultural projects. This makes him an important member of teams exploring fundamental ways for design to release tension and reveal opportunities. He is currently developing new models around sensorial forms of knowledge and methods for uprooting path-dependencies in thinking.  He has published widely across both scientific and practice-oriented literature. His most recent publications include the books Social Matter, Social Design with Jan Boelen (2020) and The Auto-Ethnographic Turn in Design with Louise Schouwenberg (2021); he is currently writing a book on radical methods for design ethnography.

Education
  • PhD in Architecture – KU Leuven (BE)
  • Eng in Human Settlements – KU Leuven (BE)
  • MA Slovonic Studies – University of Glasgow (UK)
Professional experience

Docente in Design – UNIRSM (SM)

Lecturer – Wilem de Kooning Academy (NL)

Lecturer – SciencesPo (FR)

Lecturer/ Masters Thesis Supervisor – Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)

Post-Doc researcher – Department of Architecture, KU Leuven (BE)

Researcher – WFP, United Nations (multiple countries)

Expertise

Language skills

English (native)

Italian (fluent)

French (proficient speaking & writing)

Russian (proficient speaking)

Michael's insights

Rue Haute

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Redevelopment of a social 400 unit housing complex in a dense inner-city neighbourhood fit for the 21st century.

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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]]> Nienke Schachtschabel https://osmosnetwork.com/nienke-schachshabel/ https://osmosnetwork.com/nienke-schachshabel/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:18:10 +0000 https://osmos2022.avhill.opalstacked.com/?p=1815 Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

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Trained in film and graphic design, Nienke spent two decades predominantly as a freelance designer working across the Netherlands. In this time, she covered the breadth of what is commonly considered graphic design: logos, layouts of reports and books, signs, infographics, marketing material, weekly and monthly magazines and newspapers and so on.

 

A career turning point came when she moved into design research. This gave Nienke the tools to better understand what sits behind the design process and how the design process can better understand research problems. More recently, her interest has shifted to food production and community food networks.

 

Nienke now reaches back into her background as a graphic designer to explain complex ideas and help to visually connect theory and practice. This is a great asset in challenging projects where problems are abstract and poorly defined.

Education
  • ‘Foodforest Masters’ with the Voedselboss, Martijn Aalbrechts.
  • Master Design-research – Piet Zwart Instituut (NL)
  • Graphic design – Piet Zwart Instituut (NL)
  • Film production – Filmacademie NFTA (NL)
Professional experience
  • Osmos Network
  • Research & design trainee – Studio 1:1
  • Freelance designer – working with clients such as Het Parool, Üppig Identity Store, Vandejong, Ashoka Netherlands and the City of Eindhoven

Expertise

Production, user research & engagement, strategic communication, governance models.

Language skills

Dutch (native speaker)

English (fluent)

Dutch (proficient speaking and writing)

French (basic comprehension)

Nienke's insights

Rue Haute

/// Project
Redevelopment of a social 400 unit housing complex in a dense inner-city neighbourhood fit for the 21st century.

Everyone else

Adrian Hill

Adrian is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for general operations with expertise in production in cities and ecological systems.

Eric Haas

Eric is a co-founder of the Osmos Network, focused on the organisation’s business development.

Hanne Van Reusel

Hanne is an Osmos Network partner bringing the team expertise on the commons, participative processes and the development of public space.

Julia Rocha

Julia is an Osmos collaborator with expertise in visual communications and public space.

Laurens Van der Cruyssen

Laurens is an Osmos Network partner bringing the network expertise in psychology, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and human-centred design.

Liana Simmons

Liana is an Osmos expert bringing the network a strong foundation in collaboration and cooperation to empower local and regional organisations and communities.

Marco Kooistra

Marco is a founding partner of the Osmos Network responsible for the organisation’s financial management. He brings the network extensive expertise in finance, fiscal strategy, business management and accounting.

Michael Kaethler

Michael is an Osmos expert bringing the network theoretical and methodological skills to address complex and systemic problems often rooted at an epistemological (knowledge) or ontological (being) level.

Nienke Schachtschabel

Nienke is an Osmos expert based Amsterdam (NL). She brings the network extensive experience in visual communication, design research and in agro-ecology.

Stephan Kampelmann

Stephan is a co-founder and expert of the Osmos Network bringing the network practical experience and theoretical knowledge on local economics, resource management and governance within bio-based production chains.

Toha De Brant

Toha is an Osmos expert bringing the network expertise in anthropology and years of practical experience with community building, advocacy and grass-roots development. As a passionate photographer, she also supports the team with documentation of events.

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