Carlina Rinaldi started working in Reggio Emilia in 1970, first as a pedagogista, then as the pedagogical director of municipal early childhood services. Scientific consultant since 1994 and then (2007-2016) President of Reggio Children, in 2011 she was appointed as President of Fondazione Reggio Children - Centro Loris Malaguzzi. Since 1999 she has been working as Adjunct Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. She was one of the international consultants to the 'Thinkers in Residence' project at the Department of the Premier and Cabinet - Government of South Australia. In 2015 she was awarded with the LEGO Prize.

Introduction: our Reggio Emilia Carlina Rinaldi: writings, speeches and interviews, 1984-2004 Staying by the children's side: the knowledge of educators Participation as communication Malaguzzi and the teachers Documentation and assessment: what is the relationship? Dialogues The space of childhood Issues in educating today Documentation and research Continuity in children's services Creativity as a quality of thought The construction of the educational project: an interview with Carlina Rinaldi Teachers as researchers: formation and professional development in a school of education The organisation, the method: a conversation with Carlina Rinaldi Crossing boundaries: reflections on Loris Malaguzzi and Reggio Emilia In dialogue with Carlina Rinaldi: a discussion between Carlina Rinaldi, Gunilla Dahlberg and Peter Moss Carlina Rinaldi: writings and speeches, 2007 - 2016 The Loris Malaguzzi International Centre. A metaproject The natural complexity of becoming children LEGO, Reggio Emilia. A Story, a Prize The city of Jerome Bruner A system