Stephanie Roth

Steph comes with several languages, a masters degree in International Relations as well as a research & journalism background. Testing her wings she first worked in Nepal, to then hike throughout South America and eventually get stuck in Romania. There she organised grassroots action against destructive proposals & coordinated the ‘Save Rosia Montana!’ campaign which brought to life unparalleled citizen engagement in a post-communist Romania. For her contributions she was awarded the ‘Goldman Environmental Prize‘ in 2005.  Testing citizen engagement at a transnational level, she then worked on EU-wide campaigns such as the latest reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and later managed Stop TTIP/CETA European Citizens Initiative. Stephanie now is the European coordinator for the Open Progressive Engagement Network (OPEN).