Carina Schott obtained her Bachelor degree in Work and Organizational Psychology from Twente University in 2008. In 2010, she graduated with distinction in Public Administration and Organization Science from Utrecht University and received the department’s academic prize for the best master thesis (specialization: Strategic Human Resource Management) that year. In 2015, Carina defended her PhD titeld "Playing a role – but which one? How public service motivation and professionalism affect decision-making in dilemma situations" at the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University. From November 2015 until November 2017 she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre of Competence for Public Management at the University of Bern, Switzerland. In 2017, she started as an assistant professor at the Utrecht School of Governance, where she is liked to both the Strategic Human Resource Managemnet (SHRM) as well as Public Management (PM) research group.