About
carina schneider
MPhil/CIM Dip/MBA PGCert/RSA FellowI am currently team leader for High Streets and Urban Centres in the Urban Policy and Regeneration team in the Cities & Local Growth Unit at MHCLG. I formerly worked as research and policy manager for the urban dynamics lab at The Bartlett, UCL, in Public Policy Engagement for the Office of the Vice Provost - Research at UCL, the Royal Institute of British Architects, and Groundwork UK.
Having worked for Groundwork UK, RIBA and The Bartlett, as well as a number of projects in the field of place and policy, I enjoy programming, contributing to and bringing to life collaborative projects from policy and research knowledge transfer in urban and regional development, to public engagement, participatory practice, arts and community development, with a particular interest in socially engaged artistic pratice, narratives of place, absence and presence, identity, memory, histories and belonging.
My interests lie with alternative economics, inclusive growth, industrial policy, local economic development, economic sociology, economic geography, regional development, complex adaptive systems, networks, clusters, employment and skills, identity, value, social capital, social innovation, social economy, power and agency. I furthermore have a keen interest in history, philosophy, and Jewish thought and practice.
I furthermore hold undergraduate degrees in English Literature, Linguistics and Communication, an MPhil in Modern European History, a Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration, a CIM CAM Marketing Communications Diploma, and 10 years experience in project management and Marketing Communications (design, print, digital, video & radio production, photography, PR, events, project management, relationship management).