Karolina Zbytniewska is the Editor-in-Chief of EURACTIV Poland, a leading Polish expert media outlet focused on European affairs. She serves as a Board Member of the Brussels-based Europe MédiaLab, a think-and-do-tank dedicated to fostering a healthy media ecosystem in Europe. Karolina is a political scientist specializing in democracy and populism, a Research Fellow at CEU's Democracy Institute, and a lecturer at the University of Warsaw. She is an alumna of the Fulbright Program, the Marie Curie Research Fellowship, and the Bertelsmann Leaders for Europe program. Currently, she is a Fellow and a member of the 'Women for Foreign and Security Policy' expert network, affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland.