sixth-form debating competition
chief creative officer, The Real Stuff GmbH Melanie Piorek is Chief Creative Officer at The Real Stuff GmbH – a creative consultancy with offices in Munich and Berlin. Previously, Melanie worked for different companies in the marketing services industry, such as events and live marketing agency VOK DAMS, media production studio United Visions and …
student of City & Regional Planning, Technische Universität Berlin Currently student of City and Regional Planning at the TU Berlin Lysia Leal had a previous career as an award-winning singer. Lysia Leal first studied Music Education at The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Throughout her career as a singer, she participated in several TV …
student, Humboldt-University Celine, born in 2001, graduated from high school in 2020 and is now majoring in cultural studies at the Humboldt-University, Berlin. Throughout the ongoing summer semester she invests more time in her part-time job as a barista in the Cookies and Cream Cafe while working on various photography and art projects in private. …
senior manager, Special Olympic World Games, Berlin 2023 Bettina is a senior manager for the organising committee of the Special Olympic World Games, Berlin 2023 gGmbH. She is responsible for Education, Science, Youth and Schools. Bettina has been part of the Special Olympics family since 2008 where she has been involved in the areas of …
programme director of business management studies, UE University Dr Kai Burkhardt has a PhD in History and has worked in Media Politics, Strategic Marketing and Communications for ministries, governments, corporations and associations including the German National Government, Fifa and Mozilla. He is Programme Director of Business Studies at the UE University and a permanent writer …
student, Humboldt Universität Jenny joined Debating Matters in 2020 as a contestant. When she was 16 she spent a year studying abroad at the East London Science School, where she learned to love Latin. She is now in her second term, studying Latin and Philosophy at the Humboldt University.
head of North America/Latin America Unit, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom; columnist and podcast host, eigentümlich frei Born in 1965, Sascha Tamm studied philosophy, political science and physics in Dresden, Leipzig and Urbana-Champaign. After working as freelance coach, author and ghost-writer he joined Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) in 2001. In 2009 he became head of the …
retired teacher and personal tutor Jutta Lux was a teacher at “Gymnasium Steglitz” for 25 years and taught German Literature and French. She also set up the student exchange programme with the Lycée Louis Le Grand in Paris. She is now retired and teaches Greek students on a private basis. She regularly attends English courses …
student, Humboldt Universität Julian was born in Budapest but has previously lived in Shanghai and Peking and has been living in Berlin for six years, where he attended high school and completed his Abitur. He is currently studying for his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics at the Humboldt University of Berlin. His …
student, Humboldt Universität Kevin’s life has led him far from his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Colgate University with a bachelor’s in history, he moved to Austria, where he worked as a teaching assistant selected by the Austrian Fulbright Commission as well as a freelance English teacher for six years. He has lived …