Paulina Fröhlich

Paulina Fröhlich was Deputy Managing Director and responsible for the focus area “Resilient Democracy” at Das Progressive Zentrum. There she led the democracy conference “Innocracy” designed dialogue and discourse spaces, and co-authored studies and discussion papers such as The Disregarded. A study on the importance of regional perspectives for the great transformation (2022) and Democratising Democracy: No Transformation without Democratisation (2021). After studying geography, Islamic studies and water management, Paulina, together with others, founded the Kleiner Fünf initiative, which supported people in taking action against right-wing populism with the help of “radical politeness.” In 2020, Capital magazine listed Paulina as TOP40under40 in the “Society and Science” category. As a commentator on political events, she was often heard on Deutschlandfunk Kultur’s lunchtime programme and regularly on Radio3’s “Die Frage des Tages.” In the winter semester 22/23, Paulina taught as a guest lecturer at the University of the Arts. In 2023, she was appointed to the Forum #Zukunftsstrategie at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.