About
Designed for grassroots, and volunteer-driven groups and open to all; How to Run a Collective is a series of workshops and lectures strengthening practical skills while nurturing collective knowledge and imagination.
The Workshops
2025 International House
2026 Queer Circle (4 week course)
If you represent an organisation interested in sponsoring or hosting a session, please get in touch via our contact form
The Core Team
This initiative is a collaboration between Maia Ardalla and RESOLVE Collective.
Maia Ardalla is a London-based researcher and cultural practitioner. Her work is strengthened through partnerships with emerging artists, communities, and young people.
Inspired by storytelling and the culture of her upbringing in London, she aims to use creative practice as a mechanism for strategic and socio-political transformation, with joy, sustainability, and an open-source philosophy as key pillars of her approach.
Email: maia@ardalla.com
Socials: Linkedin
RESOLVE is an interdisciplinary design collective that combines architecture, engineering, technology and art to address social challenges.
They have delivered numerous projects, workshops, publications, and talks in the UK and across the world, all of which look toward realising just and equitable visions of change in our built environment.
Directors: Akil Scafe-Smith, Seth Scafe-Smith, Melissa Haniff
Members: Jana Dardouk, Nina Jang, Lauren-Loïs Duah, Celine Topsakal, Katie Matthews, Ella Barrett
Website: www.resolvecollective.com/