Carole Alazki

Carole Alazki is a research assistant at the Urban Systems Lab, contributing to the NATURA global roadmap project. Her research interests are at the intersection of solidarity economics—emphasizing community stewardship and the decommodification of land and property—and climate justice in a post-capitalist world. Her graduate thesis explored community-led adaptive reuse as a form of vernacular resilience in New York City. Outside of academia, Carole has eight years of experience in the data and technology sector as a technical product manager and data governance specialist. She has collaborated with government organizations like Ontario Power Generation and non-profits such as the Alliance for Innovative Regulation and the Inter-American Development Bank. Notably, she led the design of a techsprint aimed at enhancing government transparency and combating corruption in public spending across Latin America and the Caribbean. She holds a Master of Management Analytics from Queen’s University, an MSc in Ecological Economics from the University of Edinburgh, and is currently a PhD student in the Urban and Public Policy program at The New School.