Fabian Stephany, Dr.

Fabian Stephany has joined the the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society as an Associate Researcher in 2019 and collaborates with the institute’s group for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Dr. Stephany’s research focuses on the application of computational social science in fields like education, migration, innovation, and public policy. Currently, he studies the geographies of digital knowledge creation of online platforms in cooperation with the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University.

As an Economist and free-lance Data Scientist, Fabian Stephany has been working for various actors in the international policy landscape, such as the Viennese think tank Agenda Austria, the United Nations Development Programme or the OECD in Paris. Dr. Stephany holds degrees in Economics and Social Sciences from different European institutions, including Universitá Bocconi Milan and Cambridge University.