Anna-Maria Gramatté is a social scientist by training, holding a degree in British Politics and Communication Studies from the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. After spending a few years in German university administration, she came to the Leopoldina in 2013, where she worked at the International Relations Department, mainly on joint activities and projects with IAP and EASAC. After a brief period at the Leopoldina’s Science-Policy-Society Department, she took on the role as Project Officer for the Global Young Academy (GYA) at the GYA Office in Halle, Germany, in January 2017.