Carme Arcarazo

Carme Arcarazo is spokesperson for the Sindicat de Llogateres (Women’s Tenants Union) and a researcher at the Hidra Cooperativa. An economist and political scientist (University of Amsterdam), she has specialised in the study of cities in both Mexico (a postgraduate degree in Urban Management, National Autonomous University of Mexico) and Barcelona (a master’s degree in Urban Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona). She has worked in urban laboratories in Mexico City and Sant Boi (Province of Barcelona). Her work combines research in political economy and the design of urban policies. She has also been an international observer for Peace Brigades International, in missions aiming to assure the security and protection of threatened activists in the south of Mexico.