The jury members - NRW debattiert Europa
The jury members
As in past editions of NRW debattiert Europa, we were again supported in the 11th edition of the competition by many jury members from politics, academia and civil society, without whose commitment our event in this format would not have been possible. Here are all the jury members who supported us on 29 January 2026 and evaluated the teams' performances.
Sedat Altinisik
Volunteer at "Ruhrpott für Europa", law student at Ruhr University Bochum
Dr. Norbert Fabian
Chairman of Europa-Union Duisburg-Niederrhein, Deputy State Chairman of Europa-Union NRW, Member of the Presidium of Europa-Union Germany
Simon Gutleben
Regional Director of the Europa-Union North Rhine-Westphalia
Nils Ole Haar
Head of the Office for European Affairs, International Affairs and Sustainable Development of the City of Essen
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kost
Deputy Head of the NRW State Centre for Political Education and Head of the Publications Department
Dr. Christian Krumm
Research assistant at the Institute for Scientific Key Competences (IwiS) at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Carolin Mues
Chairwoman of the Young European Federalists (JEF) North Rhine-Westphalia
Hermann Josef Pilgram
Member of the Board of Directors of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen
Alexandra Radermacher
Member of Pulse of Europe Aachen
Leonora Seibod-Yannakis
Head of European Affairs and Europe Direct Information Centre of the City of Duisburg
Evgenia Strauß
Head of Europe Direct Düsseldorf and Deputy Head of the Office for International and European Affairs of the City of Düsseldorf
Patrycja Sypel
Communications and Public Relations Officer at the European Commission's Regional Representation in Bonn