Political analyst, project coordinator and Eu funds specialist. He studied European Studies and History in Leipzig, Newcastle upon Tyne and Berlin. After positions in Dresden (research assistant) and Berlin (lecturer at the Evangelical School of Berlin, the Citizens of Europe's office manager of civic networks ) in 2010, he joined the Polish Robert Schuman's Foundation. Gert is interested in civil society, memory politics and education. He regularly writes about current issues of East and Europe in various magazines and portals, such as Europe & Me, Liberal, Kommune, The European Circle and Visegrad Revue.