Dr Mona Nasseri

Mona is Interim Head of Schumacher College and a Trustee and Director of the Satish Kumar Foundation. She is an educator, researcher, and participatory design practitioner with over a decade of experience in higher education, interdisciplinary research, and organisational leadership, working at the intersection of education, community engagement, and environmental challenges.

At Schumacher College, Mona has held senior academic and strategic roles, including Programme Lead for the MA Ecological Design Thinking, Head of Research, and membership of the College’s leadership team. In her current role, she supports the College’s strategic renewal and its continued commitment to holistic education.

As a researcher, Mona has collaborated with interdisciplinary and international teams on participatory projects focused on soil health, food systems, and smallholders’ wellbeing in East and West Africa. Her work centres on engaging local communities in the co-design of locally rooted pathways for change, grounded in local knowledge and collective agency.

Mona’s practice is rooted in craft and design. She holds a PhD in Design from the University of Dundee, Scotland. Her doctoral research explored experiential learning and continues to inform her approach to education, regenerative practices, and participatory design.