Nabeel Petersen

Nabeel finds interest in exploring, developing and maintaining inclusive, co-created interventions, collaborative research and engagement between Communities, the Arts/artists and Science/Scientists for mutuality and greater impact. 

Via various structures,  i.e., as a Wellcome Trust International Engagement Fellow,  Director of Interfer, and the Director of a specialized Arts/Graffiti store and visual laborarory called Soema Just (i.e. Just Because) he explores participatory research, inclusive and collaborative engagement and participatory storytelling.  He is one of the founding members of Connectors, an international community of practice supporting Connectors or intermediaries that bridge the gap between research and communities.  

With foundations in Participatory Development and Approaches, Anthropology and research, he believes that inclusive models have the natural inclination to be catalysts for social transformation, build bridges between people, arts and science. His arts- and collaborative-based engagement and research practice challenges traditional boundaries and binaries for relativity and co-learning, to foster greater impact and human connectivity and collective collaboration, which is now needed more than ever. 

“Nothing breathes in isolation. Together we can build and sustain. So Why The Hell Are We Not?!”