Helen Felbek is a first-year Master of Public Policy student at the Hertie School, focusing on climate change. Her academic interests include effective climate action policies and preventing democratic backsliding in the context of the just transition. She holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from St. John’s College in Maryland, USA. Before joining the Hertie School, she worked as a research intern for a climate action non-profit in Massachusetts and as a policy intern for a Berlin-based advocacy group for energy efficiency. She has also worked for the German parliament. Currently, she works for the Europe team at the Hertie Foundation. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, reading and exploring the many museums Berlin has to offer.
