Paulina Fröhlich

Paulina Fröhlich is Deputy Managing Director and Head of the Future of Democracy Programme. She directs innovative dialogue projects, such as “Europa Hört”, designs and curates Innocracy, a conference on democratic transformation, and co-authors discussion papers, such as “Glotzt nicht so romantisch” and the study “Die Talkshow-Gesellschaft”. Fröhlich also heads the development of the digital platform “European Hub for Civic Engagement”. Previously, Paulina worked in water management and development cooperation. In 2016 she co-founded the initiative “Kleiner Fünf”. Capital magazine listed Paulina as TOP40under40 in the category “Society and Science” in 2020. As a commentator on political events, she can often be heard on Deutschlandfunk Kultur’s midday program, as well as regularly on RBB Kultur’s “Die Frage des Tages.” In the winter semester 22/23 Paulina taught as a guest lecturer at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. In 2023 she was appointed to the Forum #Zukunftsstrategie at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.