Verena Ringler is founder and head of European Commons and AGORA, a boutique think and do-tank based in Innsbruck, Austria. She is a close observer of the European Union and an innovator at the intersection between political institutions on the one hand, and players in science, business and civil society on the other. Join us for a conversation around hope, the current situation in Albania and European resilience.

Verena started her career as a journalist and spent several years working for the US magazine Foreign Policy, living in Washington DC. Later, she returned to Europe and joined a team around the Special Representative of the Council of the European Union in Kosovo, as deputy head of Press and Public Affairs. Since then, she has worked independently, but also within institutions, for instance as head of international affairs and Europe projects at Stfitung Mercator. She is also a former visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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Masterclass with Verena Ringler and Jean-Marc Lieberherr Monnet on June 27th, 2026