Claudia Firth is Senior Research Associate in the Business School at the University of Bristol. Her work is situated in the interstices between Cultural Studies, Political Economy and Organisation Studies. Her research has included work on mutual aid, commons, co-ops, grassroots self-organisation and the contribution and sharing economy, reading groups as critical pedagogy and organisation, and listening as a mode of organising in arts-activism. A connecting thread is an interest in exchange, dialogue and negotiation. Recent publications include articles on political strategy and organisation, and mutual aid and technology. Claudia is also an experienced facilitator, working across the cultural and activist sectors.