Our People

Schumacher College Team

We are a multi-disciplinary team of educators, systems thinkers, and designers made up of core faculty and supporting roles that are vital for the long-term well-being of the college. Our diverse range of skills allows us to steward the college’s vision with imagination, care, and integrity. We come together in community, not only with each other, but in service to a thriving world for all.

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    Alice Oswald

    CORE FACULTY

    Alice Oswald co-leads the poetics of Imagination course at Schumacher College. She studied Classics at Oxford and then trained as a gardener.  She has written six collections of poetry. Read More…

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    Georgina Campbell

    DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS

    Georgina is a designer, facilitator, and researcher whose work is rooted in emergent processes, exploring how mindsets shape the worlds we create. She is a recent graduate of Schumacher College with an MA in Ecological Design Thinking. Read More…

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    Dr Mona Nasseri

    CORE FACULTY

    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. Read More…

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    Dr Rachel Sweeney

    CORE FACULTY

    Rachel is a practicing movement artist whose research focuses on transdisciplinary approaches to decolonizing body-place relationships, creatively engaging with cultural heritage, and exploring sustainability discourses. Read More…

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    Professor Roberto Fraquelli

    CORE FACULTY

    Roberto designs interactive products, spaces and experiences that allow participants to tune into their innermost curiosity and creativity. Through a sideways approach and gently playful interrogation… Read More…

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    Dr Emma Kidd

    CORE FACULTY

    Emma focusses on meta-design as a practice that fosters awareness of the interconnectedness between being, knowing, and doing. She is passionate about practices that cultivate attention and awareness, allowing for a deeper understanding of life. Read More…

  • Rafael Vargas

    CORE FACULTY

    Rafael holds a degree in Biology and a MSc in environmental biology (University of Mexico), a diploma in community-based forestry (Latin American Social Sciences School), and is pursuing a PhD in ecology and agrienvironmental research (University of Reading). Read More…

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    Sarah Hawkins

    MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    Sarah is a regular guest lecturer at Ravensbourne University, acting as a bridge between regenerative and mainstream education, and has appeared as a speaker and workshop facilitator at The RSA, Civic Square and The House of Hackney. Read More…

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    Satish Kumar

    ORIGINATOR & CO-FOUNDER

    Satish Kumar is the Founder of Schumacher College in the United Kingdom. He was Editor of Resurgence magazine for 40 years. The Guardian newspaper described this magazine as “the artistic and spiritual flagship of the Green Movement”. Read More…

  • Susie Hall

    HEAD OF SHORT COURSES

    Susie has over 20 years' experience across the arts, education, and creative learning sectors. She was previously Head of Learning Programmes at Dartington, and led the award-winning arts programme at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Read More…

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    Tamsin Treleaven

    ADMINISTRATION

    Tamsin has over 18 years’ experience working in Higher Education Administration, 10 years of which have been at Schumacher College, handling admissions and course administration. Prior to this, she managed front-of-house teams at Historic Royal Palaces and the Museum of London. Read More…

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    Dr Valentin Gerlier

    CORE FACULTY

    Valentin Gerlier, scholar, songwriter, and musician, leads the Poetics of Imagination programme at Schumacher College. He is also a Fellow and Tutor at the Temenos Academy, Research Associate in Philosophy at the UC-CERES/Institut Catholique Toulouse and a Visiting Lecturer at several institutions including The University of Notre Dame (London Gateway) and the University of Cambridge. Read More…

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    Dr Sarah Elisa Kelly

    FACULTY

    Sarah’s background is in cultural theory and critical thinking, with interests spanning the arts, movement practice, environmental philosophy and nonduality. Read More…

Schumacher College Guests

We are so grateful for the ongoing dedication and collaboration shown by our network. Our vision is only possible with their expertise and support. Below is a cross-sectional example of just some of the inspirational practitioners and educators who appear as guest teachers on our courses.

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    Dr Andy Letcher

    Andy led MA Engaged Ecology at Schumacher College and Andy has doctorates in Ecology (Oxford University – studying patterns of distribution of mammals at the continental level) and in the Study of Religion (King Alfred’s College, Winchester – researching bardic performance within contemporary Druidry and radical environmental protest movements). Read More…

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    Anne Poelina

    Anne Poelina is a Nyikina Warrwa woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. She is an active community leader, human and earth rights advocate, film maker and respected academic researcher, Winner of the 2024 Geoethics Medal… Read More…

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    Christian Felber

    Christian Felber is a writer, university lecturer, initiator of the “Economy for the Common Good“ and the “Cooperative for the Common Good“. Read More…

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    Helena Norberg-Hodge

    Helena is the director of Local Futures, is a linguist, author and filmmaker. With decades of experience in indigenous cultures, she has been promoting re-indigenisation or localisation while raising awareness about the disastrous impact of the global consumer culture. Read More

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    Lyla June

    Dr. Lyla June Johnston (aka Lyla June) is an Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. Read More…

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    Dr Martin Shaw

    Dr Martin Shaw is a writer, mythographer, and Christian thinker. He founded the MA Myth and Ecology and MA Poetics of Imagination programmes at Schumacher College and Dartington Arts School. Read More…

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    Natasha Hulst

    Natasha is a systems convener, commoner, social entrepreneur, and regenerative strategist with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of food systems, commons governance, and regenerative finance. Read More…

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    Peter Reason

    Peter Reason was Director of the Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice at the University of Bath, and an international leader in the development of participative approaches to inquiry. Read More…

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