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We believe these challenges share a common root: ownership.</p><p>Common Wealth was founded in 2019 based on the insight that ownership is the structuring force in our economy, and that current relations of property and power are social in origin – and therefore can and must be reimagined. </p><p>Working at all levels from community and grassroots groups to national and international policymakers, we combine rigorous analysis and research with bold ideas for an economy that works for everyone. </p></div><div id="w-node-f3a5c159-4863-8eca-fa3f-670867cdf3cb-f783b0df" class="mission_header_wrapper"><div class="mission-header-text"><h2 class="our-mission-header"><strong>Our</strong> <strong>goal</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>simple</strong>: <strong>reimagine</strong> <strong>ownership</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>repair</strong> <strong>past</strong> <strong>harms</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>secure</strong> <strong>a</strong> <strong>future</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>sustainable</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>shared</strong> <strong>prosperity</strong>.</h2><p class="paragraph about-text">To realise this vision, we focus on three key transformations:</p></div></div><div class="line-wrapper"><div class="line-left"><div class="misson-line-bottom"></div></div><div class="line-centre link"><div class="line-link-left"></div><div class="misson-line-centre"></div><div class="line-link-right"></div></div><div class="line-right"><div class="misson-line-bottom"></div></div></div><div class="line-wrapper"><div class="line-centre"><div class="misson-line-centre"></div></div><div class="line-centre"><div class="misson-line-centre"></div></div><div class="line-centre"><div class="misson-line-centre"></div></div></div><div class="line-wrapper-horz"><div class="line-wrapper-vertz"><div class="line-thirds-content"><div class="label">From</div><div class="our-mission-diagram-headers">A fossil-fuelled present</div></div><div class="line-centre _50"><div class="misson-line-centre"></div></div><div class="line-thirds-content"><div class="label">to</div><div class="our-mission-diagram-headers">A thriving post-carbon future</div></div></div><div class="line-wrapper-vertz"><div class="line-thirds-content"><div class="label">From</div><div class="our-mission-diagram-headers">Scarcity & exclusion</div></div><div class="line-centre _50"><div class="misson-line-centre"></div></div><div class="line-thirds-content"><div class="label">to</div><div class="our-mission-diagram-headers">Economic security & dignity for all</div></div></div><div class="line-wrapper-vertz"><div class="line-thirds-content"><div class="label">From</div><div class="our-mission-diagram-headers">An extractive economy</div></div><div class="line-centre _50"><div class="misson-line-centre"></div></div><div class="line-thirds-content"><div class="label">to</div><div class="our-mission-diagram-headers"><strong>A</strong> <strong>democratic</strong> <strong>‍</strong> <strong>economy,</strong> <strong>where </strong><strong>we</strong> <strong>all</strong> <strong>have</strong> <strong>a</strong> <strong>stake</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>a</strong> <strong>say</strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="Our-Team" class="about-sec"><div class="_12col-grid"><div id="w-node-_04290625-42be-2a08-4e90-931096065102-f783b0df" class="con-titlewrapper"><div class="label">Our Team</div><a href="#Top-of-the-page" class="rc-sb-ft-backtotop about w-inline-block"><div>Back to the top</div></a></div><div id="w-node-_04290625-42be-2a08-4e90-931096065105-f783b0df" class="about-con-wrapper team"><div class="team-col w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="collection-list-6 w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63c8250a3b68106469671d41_team-headshot-mat.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Mathew Lawrence</h3><div class="label small team">Director</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/DantonsHead" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:mathew.lawrence@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Mathew is Common Wealth’s Founder and Director. Prior to founding Common Wealth, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research, working on their Commission on Economic Justice. He is the co-author of <em>Owning the Future </em>(Verso) and <em>Planet on Fire</em> (Verso).</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/65fc2549e0e8bd874303714f_team-headshot-sarah.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Sarah Nankivell</h3><div class="label small team">Director of Research and Strategy</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/sarahnanks" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:sarah.nankivell@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Sarah is experienced in research and operations leadership. Before joining Common Wealth, she was Assistant Director of Operations at Forensic Architecture, founding Operations Manager and Advisory Board member at Forensis e.V, and a founding Trustee of Equidem. Sarah is a graduate of the University of Toronto (BSc) and the University of Cambridge (MPhil).</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63c825150d36b19e06c4e34b_team-headshot-chris.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Chris Hayes</h3><div class="label small team">Chief Economist</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/chrismwhayes" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:chris.hayes@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Chris is an economist and data analyst. He has previously worked at the OECD, the Institute for the Future of Work and in the private sector as a commercial media analyst. He holds an MSc from the Stockholm School of Economics.</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/645a5d5194d3bf3d8af5a021_4AAF910F-E3D9-4925-97AF-68F70D52626C.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Melanie Brusseler</h3><div class="label small team">US Programme Director</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/BrusselerMel" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:melanie.brusseler@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Melanie researches green democratic planning and macrofinance. She lives in the US and supports transatlantic collaboration. Prior to Common Wealth, she researched (global) macrofinance, economic management, and industrial planning policy for decarbonisation at E3G. Before that, she researched democratic ownership and planning at the Democracy Collaborative’s Next System Project. Melanie studied global political economy at Penn State and Columbia, but she’s learned the most from lurking on Twitter.</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/669e1ea0396aa7b6b25b887f_adam-khan.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Adam Khan</h3><div class="label small team">Principal Analyst</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://x.com/ailyas_k" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:adam.khan@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Adam leads research on the energy system, with a particular focus on electricity. Before joining Common Wealth, he worked as an economist in the UK Civil Service, where he worked primarily on energy policy. He holds an MSc in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment from UCL. </p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63c82529848e51207868cc68_team-headshot-sophie-flinders.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Sophie Flinders</h3><div class="label small team">Senior Data Analyst</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/SophieFlinders_" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:sophie.flinders@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Sophie is an experienced data analyst whose work focuses on financial analysis and health systems. They have also worked as a research assistant at the Nuffield Trust, an analyst at NHS England and a policy administrator at Health Education England. Sophie holds a BSc in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of York.</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63dbe341487fb389421bd1e7_team-headshot-khem2.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Khem Rogaly</h3><div class="label small team">Senior Research Fellow</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/KhemRogaly" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:khem.rogaly@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Khem's research focuses on green industrial planning and housing. Before joining Common Wealth, Khem worked on decarbonisation and energy efficiency at E3G and on housing policy at Joseph Rowntree Foundation. 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She has an MPhil in Political Theory from the University of Oxford, where she focused on the case for reparations for Caribbean slavery. She is also a historical novelist, writing about the aftermath of slavery and what it means to be free.</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/65fc2d38ec58108144aef74e_team-headshot-sacha-serious.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Sacha Hilhorst</h3><div class="label small team">Senior Research Fellow</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/Sachahilhorst" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:sacha.hilhorst@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Sacha researches regional inequality, work and childcare, with an interest in the intersection between politics, economic change and everyday experience. She recently completed a PhD in Sociology at the LSE. Prior to that, she was a senior researcher at Demos.</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63da9fa91463d6d5d0c32b50_team-headshot-adam-peggs.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Adam Peggs</h3><div class="label small team">Senior Press and Digital Communications Officer</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/Adam_Peggs" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:adam.peggs@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Adam’s areas of interest include the housing emergency, democratic ownership and the politics of working time. He has previously worked for the Royal Economic Society, the Progressive Economy Forum and in Parliament, and has written for Tribune, Red Pepper and the Huffington Post.</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63c824fd4ac9c5350fbf6b3f_team-headshot-amelia.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Amelia Horgan</h3><div class="label small team">Senior Editor & Democratising Work Lead</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/AmeliaHorgan" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:amelia@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Amelia is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Essex, researching work, critical theory, and feminism. She holds an MA in the history of ideas from the University of London and a BA in History from the University of Cambridge. Amelia is also the author of <em>Lost in Work</em> (Pluto Press).</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/637e3ec5c03d739d319c0933_HC_Headshot.jpeg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Helen Craik</h3><div class="label small team">Operations Director</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/helencraik" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:helen.craik@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Helen is experienced in the operational challenges of general management in an SME, and has a particular professional interest in the wider field of employee relations.</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63dbe3223ff189a173496d98_team-headshot-sophie-monk2.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Sophie Monk</h3><div class="label small team">Senior Designer</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/sophiemnk" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:sophie.monk@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Sophie is a designer based in Glasgow with a particular interest in graphic, web, editorial and information design. She also holds a PhD in Modern British History from the University of Brighton.</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper team"><div class="about-team-top-wrapper"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63c824f2ddad7760a18acd13_team-headshot-adrienne.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper"><h3 class="heading-37">Adrienne Buller</h3><div class="label small team">Associate Fellow</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/adribuller" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a><a href="mailto:adrienne.buller@common-wealth.org" class="icon-font"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Before becoming an associate fellow, Adrienne was Common Wealth's Director of Research and led our work on asset manager capitalism. She previously worked on the finance project at InfluenceMap and holds an MSc in Global Governance from UCL. Adrienne is the author of <em>The Value of a Whale</em> (Manchester University Press) and, with Mathew Lawrence, co-author of <em>Owning the Future</em> (Verso).</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id="Our-Boards" class="about-sec"><div class="_12col-grid"><div id="w-node-_0ccb1403-c94b-9bb3-f487-b458a7ec0226-f783b0df" class="con-titlewrapper"><div class="label">Our Boards</div><a href="#Top-of-the-page" class="rc-sb-ft-backtotop about w-inline-block"><div>Back to the top</div></a></div><div id="w-node-_0ccb1403-c94b-9bb3-f487-b458a7ec0229-f783b0df" class="about-con-wrapper team"><div class="board-heading-wrapper"><div>Executive Board</div></div><div class="team-col executive-board w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="collection-list-6 w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper board"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/6604048e98c8be617a67bc10_divya.jpeg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper board"><h3>Divya Siddarth</h3><div class="label small board w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/divyasiddarth" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Divya is the co-founder of the Collective Intelligence Project, a research organisation that advances collective intelligence capabilities for the democratic and effective governance of transformative technologies. She was formerly associate political economist and social technologist at Microsoft, and also holds positions as the Ethics in AI Institute in Oxford and at the Plurality Lab at Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics.</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper board"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/649085dd532e88cbf612e8f2_Ed.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper board"><h3>Ed Collins</h3><div class="label small board w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/edclllns?lang=en" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Ed is Director of LobbyMap at InfluenceMap, an independent non-profit think tank based in London. 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She currently sits on the board of National Ugly Mugs and has authored two books, <em>The Truth about Modern Slavery</em> (Pluto Press, 2021) and <em>Who Cares: the hidden crisis of caregiving and how we solve it</em> (Hachette, 2023).</p></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper board"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63dbe341487fb389421bd1e7_team-headshot-khem2.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper board"><h3>Khem Rogaly</h3><div class="label small board w-dyn-bind-empty"></div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/KhemRogaly" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Khem is a Senior Researcher at Common Wealth and the employee representative elected to the Executive Board. Khem is also one of two union reps that co-lead Common Wealth's NUJ Chapel.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="board-heading-wrapper"><div>Advisory Panel</div></div><div class="team-col advisory-panel w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="collection-list-6 w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="team-item w-dyn-item"><div class="about-team-wrapper board"><div class="about-team-propic-wrapper"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f386df612fe5b9/63c56cda5cdbb292a6319cf8_Miriam%20Brett.jpg")" class="div-block-81 about-team-propic"></div></div><div class="about-team-titlewrapper board"><h3>Miriam Brett</h3><div class="label small board">Research Fellow, Wellbeing Economy Alliance & The Democracy Collaborative</div><div class="about-team-social"><a href="https://twitter.com/MiriamBrett" target="_blank" class="icon-font brands right-margin"></a></div></div></div><div class="about-team-biowrapper"><div class="rtf-bio w-richtext"><p>Miriam is one of the Co-Directors of Future Economy Scotland. 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