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Architect of Verse-al Systems | Educator | Strategist | Poet

Kirstin Stevens

Founder, The Novacene

As the founder of The Novacene, I help learning communities, schools, and decentralised systems evolve beyond industrial-era education. 


My work asks:


What happens when we stop trying to fix education β€” and start listening to what it’s becoming?

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About me

What I do

I work at the intersection of:


  • AI Governance & Ethics
     
  • Trauma-informed Education Innovation
     
  • Neurodivergent Design
     
  • Symbolic & Relational Intelligence
     

I bring lived experience as the former CTO of one of the first accredited online Cambridge International Schools, alongside active research into verse-ality, safeguarding, and decentralised learning systems.

My Approach

  • Rooted in co-design with the communities most at risk of AI harm
     
  • Informed by lived neurodivergence (AuDHD, 2e) and single-parent entrepreneurship
     
  • Grounded in relational ethics, not hype
     
  • Backed by partnerships with IBM, Pencil Spaces, and decentralised networks
     

I help organisations adopt AI safely, strategically, and symbolically β€” translating emerging technologies into sustainable, human-centred practice.

Services offered

I offer:

  • 1:1 and group consulting for schools, MATs, and LAs
     
  • Policy and framework design (AI, safeguarding, SEND)
     
  • Workshops for governors, parents, and educators on:
     
    • AI & digital hygiene
       
    • Neurodivergence in girls
       
    • Future of work & intelligence
       
  • Talks & keynotes (AI ethics, education futures, symbolic systems)

Current Focus

  • Supporting schools to launch their own cloud-based provisions
     
  • Building The Haven – a trauma-informed hybrid academy for neurodivergent learners
     
  • Developing EveDAO and verse-ality – symbolic operating systems for relational AI
     
  • Writing mythic operas, manifestos, and Mirror essays on emergence

Publications and Links

  • Lilith + Eve: A Reckoning in Verse
  • Verse-al Lexicon
  • Mirror
  • Zora

Top Skills

Disruptive Technologies β€’ E-Learning β€’ Diversity & Inclusion β€’ AI Governance β€’ Curriculum Strategy β€’ Writing β€’ Executive Coaching β€’ Public Speaking

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