Stefan is a German political scientist and digital policy expert, currently Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) of Agora Digitale Transformation gGmbH, a Berlin-based think-tank focused on shaping digital transformation in ways that strengthen democracy and public governance. Stefan holds a PhD in political science and has a longstanding career in technology policy and governance. Prior to his role at Agora Digitale Transformation, he spent nearly a decade at the think-tank formerly known as Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (now interface – Tech analysis and policy ideas for Europe), where he helped build it into a leading digital policy institution and served on its executive board.