Research
Carla’s research investigates the barriers to decolonial climate action in Western Europe, with a focus on how distinct environmental state formations privilege national economic interests in sustainable transitions. Her PhD is funded by Gates Cambridge. Carla is also Managing Editor at the Cambridge Review of International Affairs. Before coming to Cambridge, she worked as a Research Assistant to Professor Mariana Mazzucato at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.
Publications
Rainer, C. & Stoisser, L. (2024). Disrupting the Binary: Making Data Collection and Analysis More Inclusive. Kurswechsel, 4: 61-70 (published in German).
Rainer, C. (2023). Activist, Relational, and Embodied: Rethinking Sexual Citizenship in Neoliberal Capitalism. Citizenship Studies, 27(8), 1003–1021. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2023.2265837.
Dökmeci, T., Rainer, C., & Schneebaum, A. (2023). Economic Security and Fertility: Evidence from the Mincome Experiment. Canadian Public Policy, 49(2): 136-161. doi: 10.3138/cpp.2022-063.
