Katharina Osthoff

Short vita

Katharina Osthoff joined FNF Europe in September 2023 and work as a Senior Policy Advisor, covering international and institutional affairs as well as fundamental rights. Prior to joining the foundation, Ms Osthoff worked as a Policy Advisor for Foreign Affairs at the European Parliament in Brussels and the German Bundestag in Berlin, focusing on Asia and China. During this time, she specialised in German and European foreign and security policy, global human rights issues, such as modern-day slavery and the repression of ethnic minorities, as well as relations with the People's Republic of China. Prior to that, she worked in Berlin as a Research Associate on German and European security policy at the German Atlantic Association. Ms Osthoff holds an MA in International Relations (Security Studies) from Leiden University and a double-major BA in Political Science and Sociology from the Universities of Münster, Ghent and Heidelberg.