Sophie Pornschlegel is Project Manager at the independent think tank "Das Progressive Zentrum", where she mainly works on European policy, French-German relations, as well as populism and the future of liberal democracy. Previously, she has worked as a public affairs consultant, at the European Commission Representation in Berlin and for a Labour MP at Westminster. She is a board member for grassroots think tank for European and Foreign Policy Polis180 and co-founder of the "Post Brexit Europe" Programme Area. She holds an M.Sc. in European Affairs from Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics (LSE) as well as a B.A. in Politics from Sciences Po Paris.