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Joerg Forbrig

Senior Fellow and Director for Central and Eastern Europe
Berlin
Expertise: 
Policy, Civil Society, Civil Society, Central & Eastern Europe / EU Eastern Neighborhood / Belarus / Ukraine / Russia / Political, Social, and Economic Transition / Governance / Civic Participation / Civil Society / Democratization / Elections & Political Processes / Germany
Related Topics: 
Security and Defense Program, Europe's East and Russia, Fund for Belarus Democracy, All Eyes on Germany — Forming a Government

Dr. Joerg Forbrig is a senior fellow and director for Central and Eastern Europe. Based in GMF's office in Berlin, his analytical and policy work focuses on Europe's East broadly, including the Eastern-most member countries of the European Union and NATO, the EU's Eastern neighborhood, and Russia. In addition, he leads GMF efforts to assist civil society in Belarus, and he works closely with the Balkan Trust for Democracy and the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation to bolster democracy assistance to Central and Eastern Europe at large. Prior to joining GMF in 2002, Forbrig worked as a Robert Bosch Foundation fellow at the Center for International Relations in Warsaw, Poland.

He has been published widely on democracy, civil society, and Central and Eastern European affairs, including the books Reclaiming Democracy (2007), Prospects for Democracy in Belarus (2006), and Revisiting Youth Political Participation (2005). He is also a regular contributor to major international media.

Forbrig has studied political science, sociology, and Eastern European affairs at universities in Germany, Poland, and Hungary. He holds a PhD in social and political sciences from the European University Institute in Florence and a master’s in political science from Central European University in Budapest. He speaks English, Russian, Polish, and Slovak in addition to his native German.

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