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Thimo Gawlik

Thimo Gawlik is an executive board member at the Center for Critical Social Sciences (ZKSW) and a project coordinator for the “Antisemitism in Gaming” project. He is also pursuing a Master of Education degree at Humboldt University of Berlin, studying German and Philosophy/Ethics. Previously, he worked as a project coordinator on the model project “Support f(x) – Awareness, Anti-Discrimination & Violence Prevention,” funded through the Demokratie leben! program, at Initiative Awareness e.V. in Leipzig. He remains actively involved with the organization as a volunteer board member. His main areas of interest include prevention and educational work.

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Since 2026 – Project Coordinator for the “Antisemitism in Gaming” project at the Center for Critical Social Sciences (ZKSW)
Since 2025 – Master of Education student, studying German and Philosophy/Ethics at Humboldt University of Berlin
2021–2024 – Project coordination and management for the pilot project “Support f(x) – Platform for Awareness, Anti-Discrimination, and Violence Prevention” at Initiative Awareness e.V., as part of the federal program Demokratie leben!
2023 – Project Manager for the pilot project “Awareness in Public Spaces in Mauerpark, Berlin,” as part of neighborhood-oriented violence and crime prevention efforts
2018–2021 – Production, directing, and storytelling for the documentary film “Dalit Defenders – United in the Struggle for Dignity and Justice”, focusing on caste-based discrimination in India
2014–2016 – Student Assistant at the Institute for Asian and African Studies (IAAW), Humboldt University of Berlin
2012–2016 – M.A. in South Asian Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin
Thesis: Development Policy Concepts, Measures, and Transnational Agrarian Movements: The Case of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha
2007–2011 – B.A. in German Studies and Philosophy, Dresden University of Technology