Dr Carolina Are

Co-Founder

London, England, United Kingdom13 yrs 10 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Published in high-impact journals.
  • Engaged with tech regulators and NGOs.
  • Over 400,000 social media followers.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a digital criminologist with expertise in social media governance and online safety.

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Skills

Core Skills

ResearchSocial MediaPr StrategySocial Media MarketingMedia Relations

Other Skills

Methodology ImplementationSocial Media CommunicationsWritingPlanningBusiness ManagementNew BusinessSocial media strategyClient relationsSocial media content planningAdminCreative brainstormingMedia monitoringBlogger relationsBloggingCommunity Management

About

I’m a digital criminologist researching on the intersection of online harms and freedom of speech, with an emphasis on digital rights in the observation of social media platform governance, artificial intelligence, digital work and marginalised communities. My work has been published in high-impact journals such as New Media & Society, Social Media + Society, Information, Communications & Society and Feminist Media Studies and funded by high-profile research funders. It has resulted in several citations, in engagement with tech regulators, NGOs and governments. As the researcher, activist and content creator behind the @bloggeronpole social media accounts and blog, and as a former public relations professional turned platform governance expert, I am committed to raising awareness of the issues social media users face, from safety to censorship of marginalised communities. Thanks to my combined social media following of over 400,000 and to features in The Guardian, The New York Times, the BBC and Wired, I am a known expert in the field of digital culture, content moderation and online safety amongst colleagues and civil society alike.

Experience

The london school of economics and political science (lse)

LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Social Science

Jan 2026Present · 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Northumbria university

Innovation Fellow

Apr 2022Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos · London; Newcastle

  • A two-year fellowship working as a researcher at the Centre for Digital Citizens, focusing on projects at the intersection between online abuse (my PhD topic) and online censorship (the focus of my activism & of my independent research).
Methodology ImplementationSocial Media CommunicationsResearchSocial MediaWriting

*inspire project: an action research project

Speaker

Jun 2018Jun 2018 · 0 mo · Brussels Metropolitan Area

  • Speaker at the European Union, Erasmus-funded INsPIrE project, for which I produced an academic paper.
  • In six European cities (Brussels, Barcelona, Cluj-Napoca, London, Mechelen and Tübingen), high education institutions and universities create partnerships with non-formal educational programmes and civil society organisations. By organising common courses in journalism and art, they involve young people who are usually under and misrepresented in the mainstream media and have them collaborate with students in journalism.
  • Supervised by a team of teachers and educators, they coproduce media content, following a fully participatory editorial process, debating and analysing the topics they cover. This action research project aims at exploring innovative participatory educational and media practices, fostering media-
  • pluralism as well as assessing the role of journalistic expression for strengthening young Europeans’ social and civic competences.

Self-employed

Social Media Consultant

Feb 2018Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Social media, brand and research consulting towards research projects and/or to become independent with your self-promotion, without hiring your own press officer. (Best suited to: creatives, academics, bloggers, influencers, brands, agencies, NGOs.)

City, university of london

3 roles

Visiting Lecturer

Jan 2018Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Teaching modules such as: Introduction to Criminal Justice; Key Issues in Criminology; Contemporary Criminological Controversies; Social Media Journalism.
  • Also teaching social media and news-writing workshops within the City University, London Journalism department (undergraduate and postgraduate)
  • Marking;
  • Office hours;
  • Obtained Learning, Teaching and Assessment Module certification to qualify as a lecturer.

Research Impact Administrator

Promoted

Jan 2018Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Assisting Dr Mel Bunce with managing the Humanitarian News Research Network's research impact through online content creation and dissemination, as part of her grant's output. My work included: delivering the website’s rebrand; event management; creating relevant content for the website, by summarising research, interviewing researchers and sharing content via the project's social media channels; liaising with a variety of leading academics across the globe; social media management, doubling the HNRN's Twitter following in just six months; assisting with literature reviews and bibliographies for research published during this project.

Application Adviser

Sep 2017Sep 2019 · 2 yrs

  • In charge of advising students and graduates on how to improve their CVs, cover letters, applications and personal statements within the university's careers department.

Blogger on pole

Owner, Founder and Blogger

Dec 2017Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

  • bloggeronpole.com is both a lifestyle, fitness, activism and pole dancing blog and an activist and education research, cited in academic papers as the one-stop-shop to learn about both pole dancing and the online moderation of nudity.

The atticism pr

2 roles

Account Director

Feb 2017Jul 2017 · 5 mos · Greater Sydney Area

  • Planning
  • PR strategy
  • Business Management
  • New Business
  • Social media strategy
  • Client relations
  • Media relations
  • Social media content planning
  • Social media marketing
  • Research
  • Admin
  • Creative brainstorming
  • Media monitoring
  • Blogger relations
  • Blogging
  • Community Management

Account Manager

Oct 2016Feb 2017 · 4 mos · Greater Sydney Area

  • Planning
  • PR strategy
  • Social media strategy
  • Client relations
  • Media relations
  • Social media content planning
  • Social media marketing
  • Research
  • Admin
  • Creative brainstorming
  • Media monitoring
  • Blogger relations
  • Blogging
  • Community Management
PlanningPR strategyBusiness ManagementNew BusinessSocial media strategyClient relations+10

Broadsheet media

Freelance Lifestyle Writer

Aug 2016Jun 2017 · 10 mos · Greater Sydney Area

  • https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/author/carolina-are

The defectors

Social Media Manager

Jun 2016Oct 2016 · 4 mos · Greater Sydney Area

Visualverse.org

Contributor

Dec 2015Dec 2016 · 1 yr

  • Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words
  • One image, one hour, 50-500 words.
  • The picture is the starting point, the text is up to you.

The huffington post

Blogger

Oct 2015Jul 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Writing blogs about travel, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, current affairs.
PlanningPR strategySocial media strategyClient relationsMedia relationsSocial media content planning+8

Italian kingdom

Contributor - Cosmopolitalian column

Apr 2015Jan 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Column about London's nightlife, events and cocktail bar for an online magazine aimed at Italians in London.
  • Rubrica sulla vita notturna, gli eventi e i cocktail bar di Londra per una rivista online per italiani a Londra.

International journalism festival

Speaker

Apr 2015Apr 2015 · 0 mo · Perugia, Umbria, Italy

  • How are media-making millennials influencing journalism, information exchange, and the job market? Five millennial women join forces - and their international experiences - to tackle this question.
  • Giorgia explores the definition of ‘millennials’, specifically focusing on the way their relationship to blogs are shaping their consumption of and contribution to journalism.
  • Carolina shares her personal experience of finding a job through Twitter and LinkedIn to shine a light on how millennials get hired.
  • Chiara considers the potential of Instagram as the latest source of information and as a platform for a new generation of photo-journalists.
  • Francesca examines the world of Pinterest, the photo- and style-sharing social network regularly used by bloggers and advertisers.
  • Costanza discusses the promise and pitfalls of participatory video experiences, another form of alternative media created by millennials.
  • Together - with your input - we will make sense of millennial media in today’s cultural, political, and economic context.
Media relationsSocial media content planningSocial media marketingResearchAdminCreative brainstorming+4

Manifest london

2 roles

Account Executive

Feb 2015Apr 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Media relations
  • Social media content planning
  • Social media marketing
  • Research
  • Admin
  • Creative brainstorming
  • Media monitoring
  • Blogger relations
  • Blogging
  • Community Management

Intern

Jan 2015Feb 2015 · 1 mo

  • Media relations
  • Social media content planning
  • Social media marketing
  • Research
  • Admin
  • Creative brainstorming
  • Media monitoring
  • Blogger relations
  • Blogging
  • Community Management
Media relationsSocial media content planningSocial media marketingResearchAdminCreative brainstorming+4

W communications

Intern

Jul 2014Aug 2014 · 1 mo · 22-24 Eastcastle Street

  • Assisting with all day-to-day tasks to develop a knowledge of public relations in practice in areas such as:
  • Media relations
  • Press office
  • Office Management
  • Social Media
  • Events

Golinharris

Intern

Jun 2014Jun 2014 · 0 mo · London

  • Helping the consumer team with media lists, journalism contacts, product placing, pitching press releases.

The charta

Co-founder and Editor

Feb 2014May 2014 · 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • The Charta provides timely and thorough reporting on major issues and events. By taking a step a back, looking at the bigger picture and giving stories two weeks to unfold. Because we believe that the media needs an alternative to breaking news.
  • Media coverage:
  • http://www.journalism.co.uk/podcast/is-it-time-to-slow-down-the-news-/s399/a556277/
  • https://theconversation.com/inform-not-notify-the-birth-of-participatory-slow-journalism-25381
  • http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/city-students-hope-to-launch-site-for-slow-news-/s2/a556290/
  • catontherocks.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/the-charta/
  • http://www.hercampus.com/school/city-london/charta-starts-crowd-funding-campaign-inform-not-notify

Futureboard consulting

Social Media Assistant

Nov 2013Apr 2014 · 5 mos · 28-29 Great Sutton Street, London

  • Writing on the company's blog, raising awareness through social media.

Journalism.co.uk

Blogger for news:rewired

Sep 2013Sep 2013 · 0 mo · MSN UK, Cardinal Place, 100 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5JL

  • 1-day blogging for news:rewired, Journalism.co.uk's conference. Sessions range from panels offering presentations and discussion around certain topics, to more practical workshops, offering demonstrations and guides to digital tools and techniques. http://www.newsrewired.com/author/carolina-are/

The economist educational foundation

Volunteer - Journalism ambassador

Jul 2013Sep 2013 · 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Promoting the values of journalism in London's schools.

The news hub

Communication Intern

Jul 2013Sep 2013 · 2 mos · London

  • Researching possible contributors and bloggers for the site.
  • http://www.the-newshub.com/

Unitemps

Student ambassador

Jan 2013Sep 2013 · 8 mos · City University London

  • Unitemps, as part of the Career & Skills Development Service at City University London began operations in May 2012. Opportunities advertised through Unitemps are available to students, recent graduates and suitable candidates from the local community. We manage temporary and part-time vacancies at City University London and also work with clients locally ranging from start-ups to multinationals.

Media reform coalition uk

Contributing Editor

Jan 2013Jun 2013 · 5 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Editor of the Media Reform UK blog.

Press gazette

Intern

Jan 2013Jan 2013 · 0 mo · John Carpenter House

  • 2-week work placement. Writer's profile: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/writer/8382
  • Articles appeared on weekly magazine.

City online - city university online newspaper

Contributor

Sep 2012Jun 2013 · 9 mos · City University, London

  • http://www.culsu.co.uk/cityonline/

Aiesec city

Communications Manager

Jun 2012Jun 2013 · 1 yr · City University London

  • AIESEC, the world's largest student and recent graduates-run organization, is the international platform that enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for them to have a positive impact in society.
  • In addition to providing over 7,700 leadership positions and delivering over 470 conferences to our membership of over 35,000 students, AIESEC also runs an exchange program that enables over 5,500 students and recent graduates the opportunity to live and work in another country. AIESEC is present in 107 countries and territories worldwide and has produced an estimated 1,000,000 alumni.
  • AIESEC City is a local entity of AIESEC at City University London.

Uncut magazine

Intern

Apr 2012Apr 2012 · 0 mo · South Bank

  • Editing and layout

C magazine

Contributor

Feb 2012Jun 2012 · 4 mos · London

  • The independent magazine for students by students, produced at City University, London. http://issuu.com/karolinerosland/docs/c_magazine

Islington gazette

Intern

Jan 2012Jan 2012 · 0 mo · Swiss Cottage, London

  • Local newspaper. http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/islington_people_fishmonger_steve_hatt_1_1190451
  • http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/highbury_gymnast_sets_2012_somersault_challenge_1_1189948
  • etc

Heruni.com

My Uni Editor for City University

Oct 2011Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • ‘HerUni.com is the London Uni girl’s go-to-guide; the authority, the ultimate source. It is filled with engaging content on style, beauty, health, love and culture for the smart and sophisticated female student. From financial advice and stories of love, to snagging the best internships and tickets to the next hottest gig, HerUni.com will be with her every step of the way. With branches devoted to each University, HerUni.com’s granular content created by students for students, tackles the problems and issues faced by Uni girls every day. It is her directory to life in the big city.’
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HerUniCityUniversity?fref=ts
  • Twitter: @heruni_cityuni

London's calling - londra chiama

Editor and Creator

Sep 2011Nov 2014 · 3 yrs 2 mos · London

  • Questo blog è nato inizialmente come esercizio di preparazione per il mio corso di giornalismo, ma è poi diventato una scusa per parlare dell’Inghilterra, per assecondare l’anglofilia da cui noi tutti siamo affetti. Qui troverete tutto quello che riesco a fare a Londra, notizie sul mio corso, confronti fra civiltà diverse e cose tipicamente inglesi.

Education

City St George’s, University of London

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Criminology

Oct 2017Feb 2021

University of Sydney

Master's degree — Criminology

Jan 2016Jan 2017

City St George’s, University of London

Bachelor of Arts (BA) — Journalism

Jan 2011Jan 2014

Liceo Classico Antonio Gramsci

Diploma di Esame di Stato

Jan 2006Jan 2011

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