Karolina Zbytniewska is Editor-in-Chief of FocusEurope.pl, an independent media platform covering European affairs. She is also a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw, and a Research Fellow at the Democracy Institute of Central European University (CEU). Her research focuses on populism, political communication, party strategy, and political marketing. She is a member of the Team Europe Direct expert network and serves on the board of Europe MédiaLab. Karolina Zbytniewska has a PhD from Central European University.She is based in Warsaw.