Projects

Research, made tangible.

Each project starts with a question and ends with something usable in the world — a tool, a workshop, an exhibition, a framework, a published study.

A JUPITA community-of-practice gathering — transdisciplinary researchers in conversation.

Utrecht University · Centre for Unusual Collaborations

JUPITA

A transdisciplinary community of practice for researchers working on Justice, Power and Transformative Action in Sustainability.

The UnBox toolkit — a tangible research kit developed within JUPITA.

Utrecht University · Centre for Unusual Collaborations

UnBox

A tangible toolkit and game-like journey through metaphors — making collaborative research processes legible and shareable for transdisciplinary teams.

Collaborative Research Manifesto — animated video frame.

UCL Collaborative Social Science Domain

Collaborative Research Manifesto

A diverse collective of UCL Early Career Researchers co-wrote a Manifesto for Collaborative Social Science Research.

Nikolett Puskás facilitating the ‘How’s Life in Camden’ Game.

Camden Council · Public engagement

The Good Life Game — Camden

A board-game format commissioned to co-create indicators of "the good life" with residents.

GRAINS at Nation Station — rooftop herbs growing in upcycled crates, framed by the Beirut city skyline.

Nation Station, Beirut · Urban agriculture

GRAINS at Nation Station

A rooftop urban-agriculture project building 65.68 m² of productive growing space on an approximately US$6,000 budget through DIY, participatory methods.

Our Place in the Game — on-site work with residents of Kings Crescent Estate, London.

UCL · Kings Crescent Estate, Hackney

Performing Planet Activism: Our Place in the Game

A community-based research-to-performance project co-designed with residents of Kings Crescent Estate and artist Hector Dyer — funded by UCL Performing Planet Activism.

MOVE Beirut! community workshop combining Muay Thai and reflective practice.

Beirut · Wellbeing & recovery

MOVE Beirut!

A community wellbeing programme weaving Muay Thai practice with reflective workshops after the 2020 blasts.

The Nisba framework diagram from Nikolett Puskás's PhD research.

UCL Institute for Global Prosperity · PhD research

Collaborative Infrastructures · Nisba Framework

A doctoral programme producing a participatory framework for designing just, ecological urban infrastructures.

Also available

Workshops and short engagements uniquely designed and tailored to client and engagement audience needs. Drawing on methods and tools such as the Movement Cards co-creation tool, the UnBox game-like journey through metaphors toolkit and urban games, including Our Place in the Game (Kings Crescent Estate, London), The Garden of the Malawans (Burj Hammoud neighbourhood, Beirut) and the Sun Tales — Trust in Play! (Elefsina, Athens) open-source game.

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