Our People

Our People

Caroline Macfarland

Caroline was the Managing Director of the ResPublica Trust from January 2012 until March 2013. She joined ResPublica before its launch in November 2009 and played an integral part in its development from a start-up to a leading think tank, working on operations, business development, fundraising and communications strategy. In January 2012 she was appointed as Managing Director by the Board of Trustees.

Caroline studied Politics and Sociology at the University of York and the University of Copenhagen, where she was active in student politics. Prior to joining ResPublica she worked in communications and public relations, and has held a number of roles abroad as well as in the UK. Her interests include mutual and social enterprise, civil society structures, and economic localism. She is co-author of the ResPublica report, Clubbing Together: The hidden wealth of communities, published in July 2012, and has written for various UK and international publications including The Staggers (New Statesman) blog, Total Politics, Politics.co.uk, Welsh Housing Quarterly, the LSE British Politics blog, Ilsussidiario and The Information Daily.

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During his campaign, Boris Johnson made it very clear that when it comes to proroguing Parliament, he is “not going to take anything off the...

ResPublica’s submission to CMA

Download the full text of the submission On 3rd July 2019, the CMA launched a market study into online platforms and the digital advertising market...

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Productive Places | WSP and ResPublica

On Wednesday 31st October ResPublica and WSP hosted a panel discussion in Parliament to launch WSP’s Productive Places paper and debate its findings. The report...

ResPublica’s Response to the Autumn Budget 2018

The 2018 Budget delivered by Philip Hammond was the first since 1962 to be delivered on a day other than a Wednesday, and was moved...

ResPublica Response to changes to the National Planning Policy Framework

The Government’s housing announcements on the 5th March were the first substantial change to the planning system since the Coalition reforms six years ago. The...

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