Monika Motylinska, born in 1986 in Poland, is an architectural historian, currently a research fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space in Erkner (Oct 2016-Sept 2018). Her ongoing research project investigates the GDR architecture abroad in the context of transnational networks and cultural transfer. In December 2016, she defended her PhD thesis at the Technical University Berlin on handling the post-war heritage in Germany.