Judith Althaus is a policy advisor on Europe and Asia for Germany’s Social Democratic Party (since 2013). During the 2017 elections, she coordinated the activities of prominent supporters of the campaign. She graduated with an MA in International Relations from Durham University, UK, in 2009 and previously worked for the German Foreign Ministry (2003-2008) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in East Jerusalem and Berlin (2009-2012).