Katharina Schindel is a summer 2025 Halle Foundation Intern at the American-German Institute. She is a rising second year graduate student in the European Studies program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, pursuing a concentration in international business and transatlantic diplomacy. Originally from Munich, Germany, Katharina earned her BA in political science and sociology from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), where she focused on EU-U.S. relations, and holds a certificate in U.S. politics from American University’s Washington Semester Program.
Prior to her graduate studies at Georgetown, Katharina worked as a project assistant for the Public Affairs Consultancy APCO Worldwide in Munich, where she provided geopolitical risk analysis for international clients in the tech and security space and supported high-profile political events, such as the Munich Security Conference. In addition, Katharina has further experience in transatlantic policy engagement, having previously served as a fellow at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Washington, DC.
Her research interests include the security sphere of the transatlantic relationship (specifically as it pertains to Germany and the United States) and shared issues on the emerging tech frontier for both sides of the Atlantic.
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