Carme Arcarazo, MA
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Carme Arcarazo is a housing researcher and policy strategist at the Barcelona Urban Research Institute. She holds a bachelor’s degree in politics, psychology, law, and economics from the University of Amsterdam and a master’s in urban and metropolitan studies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her current research focuses on housing inequality and strategies to transform the housing system within the context of a broader just transition. Carme has worked in urban labs in both Mexico and Catalonia. She was part of the Laboratorio para la Ciudad, the experimental and creative think tank for the Mexico City government, as well as at the public innovation lab Coboi. Carme has previously served as an international observer, coordinating advocacy strategies to protect at-risk land defenders in Mexico.
Select Publications
Holm, A., Sakizlioglu, B., Uitermark, J., Arcarazo, C., Palomera, J., Kadi, J., & Kumnig, S. (2022). Municipalism in practice: Can municipalist principles be implemented in the field of housing policy, and if so, how? Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/49474/municipalism-in-practice
Current Research Interests
Housing inequality and transforming the housing system as part of a just ecological transition
Education
- Master's, Urban and Metropolitan Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona
- BS, Politics, Psychology, Law & Economics, University of Amsterdam
- International Baccalaureate, United World College Mostar
