Julia Kaesemann (former)

Biography

Julia Kaesemann was in charge from August 2023 to July 2024 Project on housing for refugees in Berlin at the Berlin Governance Platform. As part of this, she is analysing the status quo in the area of accommodation and transition to the private housing market. She published the results of numerous interviews with stakeholders from civil society, politics, administration, academia and the property industry in June 2024 in the publication "Berliner Stimmen - On housing for refugees in the capital". In addition, the project is inviting Prof. Dr Gesine Schwan to a trialogue at the Berlin Governance Platform at the Brandenburg Gate in June 2024.

Julia studied philosophy, literature, cultural anthropology and European ethnology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, the Charles University in Prague and the University of Basel. Apart from that, she has also been actively involved in projects in the field of migration and political education since her student days.

She previously worked as a communications manager, project manager and consultant for PHINEO gAG, a non-profit consultancy and analysis company in Berlin. In this role, she published on interdisciplinary topics such as collective impact and corporate citizenship. In addition, she organised events and workshops and advised civil society actors in the field of impact orientation.