Hamna Afzal

Hamna Afzal is a remote intern at the EU Awareness Centre. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Gujrat, Pakistan, and pursued a Master’s degree in Political Science at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels.

Hamna completed an internship as a Political Campaign Officer with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Youth Wing, where she participated in campaign activities and community-oriented initiatives.. Working within a political organisation gave her first-hand exposure to political mobilisation, internal coordination, public engagement and the ways political organisations communicate with and engage their constituencies. Her experience also developed her understanding of the relationship between political actors, organised political movements and the wider public.

Her academic and professional interests lie at the intersection of European affairs, international politics, democratic governance, political communication and policy research. She is particularly interested in EU enlargement and European integration, EU external relations, democratic resilience and information manipulation. Hamna speaks fluent English, Urdu and Punjabi, and has basic knowledge of Dutch.