Who we are
Dr. Tobias Dürr
Chairman and founder of the Progressive Zentrum, Tobias is a political scientist, publicist, author, speech writer, and political consultant. He has been the editor of the political journal Berliner Republik since 2002. Previously, Tobias worked as a university lecturer and at the weekly newspaper Die Zeit.
Email: td@progressives-zentrum.org
Dr. Olaf Cramme
Deputy Chairman and founder of the Progressive Zentrum. Olaf is also Director of the international think tank Policy Network in London, a university lecturer in European Studies at the London Metropolitan University. Previously he worked as a parliamentary researcher to a member of the House of Commons.
Email: oc@progressives-zentrum.org
Katarina Niewiedzial
Executive Director of the Progressive Zentrum. Katarina studied political science and economics in Berlin, Limerick (Ireland) and Oldenburg. She has also worked as a research assistant and as a project manager for the Commissioner of Integration and Migration of the Senate of Berlin.
Email: kn@progressives-zentrum.org
Konrad Kögler
Researcher at the Progressive Zentrum. He studied politics, coomunication and public law in Berlin and Munich. Concomitantly he worked in Think Tanks, at a party chairwoman’s office during the former red-green coalition government and for TV productions of discussion rounds. He is also a freelance journalist. Email: kk@progressives-zentrum.org
Ellen Duwe
Research Assistant at the Progressive Zentrum. She graduated in Economics and Cultural Studies from the European University Frankfurt/Oder and Sciences Po Paris. Before that she did placements at an accounting office, at a city council and at the European liaison office of the German Association for Towns and Municipalities in Brussels. Email: ed@progressives-zentrum.org
Sepehr Shahin
Student fellow of Das Progressive Zentrum. He completed European Studies in Maastricht, Brussels and Prague.He did several placements at the European Commission and at Deutscher Bundestag (German Federal Parliament).He is committed in the relief organisation of the German section of the Knights Hospitallers (Johanniter). Email: ses@progressives-zentrum.org