Laura Roth

Laura is a feminist researcher and activist based in Argentina. Her work focuses on radical organising and feminist ways of doing activism, as well as citizen participation and care ethics. She is currently interested in how Feminist Care Ethics can be applied to social movements and organisations, to make them more resilient by focusing on interdependence and relationships instead of merely on justice and outputs. Among other issues, she wants to challenge the way in which care responsibilities are assigned and distributed in political organisations and institutions, but also to deepening our understanding of relational organising. 

Laura co-founded the international Fearless Cities network, the Feminisation of Politics network, the Minim municipalist observatory, and participatory fund FundAction, where she is currently a Supervisory Board member. For over a decade, she has travelled the world investigating, teaching, and advocating for radical municipalism and feminist ways of doing politics. She has published many academic and non-academic texts, including the 'Feminise Politics Now!' handbook with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, which was translated into several languages.

Laura holds a PhD from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and has been a researcher at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Harvard University, Radboud University, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, and University of Stirling, among others. She has also worked as a consultant for numerous organisations and institutions, including the European Commission, Barcelona City Council, Decidim, Guerrilla Foundation, OSIFE, United Cities and Local Governments, and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. She has supported them with the design of participatory processes, organisational transformation, and the implementation of feminist organising practices.