A collective of indepdentent professionals building projects for the greater good.

The Good Space Collective is a network of independent professionals with an expertise spanning from psychology and NGO development to communications and branding. We are a non-political and non-religious organisation focusing on mental and physical health, inclusivity and diversity, discrimination and equality, as well as art, design and communications.

Ida Evita

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NGO development consultant, project manager and social entrepreneur specialised in mental health and social innovation.

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Ida is an independent social entrepreneur with ten years of experience with nonprofit projects and organisational structure. Ida holds a BA in Culture and Communication specialised in psychology from the University of Oslo and has been working as a social educator ever since, focusing on social inclusion and exclusion, and majority and minority perspectives. Ida works on a micro, meso and macro level—from helping individuals with their experience of exclusion, to starting debates and setting agendas in society, organisations and media, as well as civil rights work through political influence and on a systematic level. Ida’s experience also includes projects focusing on drugs and mental health, prevention of radicalisation and extremism, discrimination and racism. In 2012 she was hired to build and run Unge LEVE—the only organisation in Norway dedicated to helping young people cope and recover after losing someone to suicide. Ida is also the initiator behind the successful social campaign #mittlys, highlighting World Suicide Prevention Day in Norway. Today Ida is helping organisations make greater social impact, while creating, developing and managing several NGO projects focusing on all the above.

Pia von Hirsh

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Clinical psycologist, author and social entrepreneur promoting a present, concious and loving lifestyle.

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Pia started studying psychology at the age of 20, and completed her dissertation and studies at 26, earning the title doctor of psychology (PsyD). The fascination of human psychology was there from her early childhood years, combined with a deeply rooted drive to work towards improving society, and speak up for social justice, equality, and environmental protection. During her school years she wrote about the subjects mentioned above on a personal online platform, in 2016 she published her first book; a novel about a young girl becoming a woman, gender roles, rape culture, feminism and freedom, and nowadays she is an active voice in social media—spreading knowledge about our shared psychology and promoting a present, conscious, loving, and thoughtful lifestyle. As a clinician, Pia has been working with inpatient and outpatient treatment in hospitals and clinics for several years, and while doing so, always taking the lead developing better services and initiating projects to improve treatment. As well as doing therapeutic work with individuals, groups and couples, leading courses and giving lectures to clients, she has a lot of experience counselling, training and educating other healthcare professionals, and from work life psychology; counselling leaders and teams to build better organisations.

Veronica Mike

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Creative consultant, strategist, AD, writer and entrepreneur specialised in brand development and storytelling.

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Mike started building her career at the young age of 18, when she founded a personal online platform with a mission to inspire other aspring creatives to fulfil their goals and dreams, and in 2011 she was awarded Most Inspiring Blogger, and Blogger of The Year two years later. Mike holds a BA in Art Direction from Westerdals Oslo ACT and in 2014 she was hired as Chief Editor and Creative Director at Oslo based ANTI, where she founded design magazine A New Type of Imprint (awarded Best Design Media 2018). Mike is an active and engaged creative: she’s a frequent international design award juror and a keynote lecturer within the fields of creative thinking and design, and is still very engaged in making young professionals feel more inspired and confident at work and in life in general. In addition to her work as a creative, Mike has always been very interested in psychology, philosophy and human connections, something that led her to study philosophy and multicultural understanding in 2010, and later dived deeper into when she became a yoga teacher in India in 2017. Today Mike is working to combine her two passions; making her creative expertise a benefit of the world.

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A collective of independent professionals building projects for the greater good.