Staff &Networking Georgina AylwinResearch and Projects Assistant Georgie is Swarm’s Research and Projects Assistant, working closely with David to help refine and disseminate projects such as Swarm’s animations and subsequent learnings reports. In 2020, Georgie joined the Institute of Development studies for her MSc in Climate Change Science and Policy. Having avoided economics as a…
Staff &Networking Alexandra Stuart-HutchesonBrighton Artists Representative Alex is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of WhyWeCreate.co.uk – The Positive Change Project. Having found the Swarm via the System Change Hive, Alex is now proud to be Brighton’s Artist Rep. Her journey so far includes a move from Brighton to a remote island, the Outer Hebrides. Whilst there,…
Staff &Networking Idil BozkurtCuratorial Advisor Idil Bozkurt (1990) is an artist and independent curator. Also, She is the co-founder of the art collective, New Grounds. After her bachelor’s degree (2008-2012) in Philosophy from Kocaeli University in Turkey, she traveled to the UK and completed her Masters (2015-2016) in Film Studies at Sussex University. She…
Staff &Networking Oxana LopatinaStrategic Advisor Oxana is a strategic advisor at Swarm Dynamics. She is a degrowth activist and researcher doing her PhD in environmental sustainability and well-being. Her research focuses on degrowth as a movement and political project, the capitalist imaginary and Indigenous cosmologies. She is passionate about studying how different ways of thinking about human…
Staff &Networking Ali HinesBoard Ali joined the Board of Trustees in 2024. Ali has over ten years experience in campaigning, investigations and advocacy, working on environmental and human rights issues. She has held senior policy and campaigns roles within the non-profit sector, most recently at Global Witness working on land rights, and environmental defenders, and now…
Staff &Networking Leigh Dowsett Board Beginning her studies in Environmental Science, Leigh decided to become more involved in a hands on approach to environmental matters, and spent 10 years travelling Europe getting involved in many small scale projects including habitat management and self-sufficiency. This led Leigh to realize that in order to address environmental…
Staff &Networking Lauren DaviesChair Lauren is Chair of the Board of Trustees for Swarm Dynamics. She is an arts manager and producer working in the UK arts and cultural sector. She is passionate about the need for embracing new alternatives to the current system. Lauren works with a range of artists, writers, musicians, and theatre-makers…
Staff &Networking David HolyoakeFounder/Manager David is Founder and Manager of Swarm Dynamics. David has a background as an environmental legal policy advisor and activist formerly with environmental law organisation www.clientearth.org in the UK, and as EU campaign leader for Bankwatch network He is also a musician and published composer of new classical music, represented as an Associate Artist of…