Culture with intention. Strategy with substance. Impact that lasts.
About Halden Atlas
We help organizations cultivate environments where teams thrive, leadership is inclusive, and culture fuels both innovation and accountability. Grounded in research, insight, and global experience, Halden Atlas works with clients who are ready to move beyond surface-level change and toward meaningful transformation.
A Real One
Halden Atlas was founded by Maria V. Thomas, researcher, award-winning culture strategist. Maria is an inclusion advisor to Newcastle United FC and London Search & Rescue, as well as trustee to Where the Rivers Meet charity. Shaped by a career spanning academia, EdTech, and consultancy across the UK and North America, Maria brings an uncommon depth to this work. The kind that only comes from having been in every kind of room, at every level of the conversation.
The receipts
Publication Envisioning Futures: Afrofuturist Feminist Perspectives in Postdigital Learning Design, Postdigital Science and Education
2026
Expert panellist Connected Britain, AI Trailblazers: Women Forging New Digital Paths
Expert panellist Impact Match, Masterclass: Women in Tech
2026
2025
Publication Lead author and researcher, Workplace Wellbeing Deficit: The Crisis, The Cause and the Cure
2025
Publication La Clave: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Digital Praxis, Athabasca University Press
Fellowship Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
2023
2020
CEO Award recipient for diversity and inclusion in product development, Curriculum Associates
2023
Research grant National Endowment for the Humanities, Bridging Historias/CUNY
2015
Public speaking Guest panellist, Harvard University, intersections of education and culture
2014