Jennifer Tharr

Jennifer Tharr studied theater studies and modern German literature in Berlin. While still a student, she began working as an editor at the theater publishing house Hofmann-Paul and as a theater mediator at the Volkshochschule Friedrichhain-Kreuzberg. Since 2015, she has been employed at the Bundesverband Soziokultur, where she led the Greek-German project "START - Create Cultural Change" on the German side for five years, as well as the NEUSTART Sofortprogramm, the pilot for NEUSTART KULTUR. Currently, she is the spokesperson for cultural policy at the Bundesverband Soziokultur. She also represents the association on the board of the European Network of Cultural Centers. Since 2021, Jennifer Tharr has also been a jury member for the Hamburg City District Culture Award.