During her time at the university, she studied abroad in the city of Leicester, England and interned at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Along with fellow Green Tessa Ganserer, Slawik became the first openly transgender person elected to the German parliament.

[10] Slawik supports immediate action to be taken by Germany against the climate crisis, including totally phasing coal out by 2030 and transitioning to 100% renewable energies.

[12] To advance the rights of marginalized groups in Germany, Slawik supports establishing an all-encompassing federal anti-discrimination law, requiring women to make up at least 50% of German parliaments and executive business boards.

She supports an identity self-determination law for transgender Germans, and ending the pay gap between women and men.