Kai Gärtner
Kai Gärtner studied computer science at Humboldt-University. At the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society he is responsible for the workflow as well as for network and IT systems, since 2014. In September 2018 he became the leader of the project “Digital Identity, Citizenship and Democracy in Europe” as part of the research group Global Constitutionalism and the Internet.
Recently he worked for the Computer and Media Service at the Humboldt-University in a project migrating the administration to Windows 7. Before then he worked at the library’s IT departement at Humboldt-University as a web developer.
In his spare time, he tries to improve society with technology. From 2015 till 2017 he was one of the founders for a plattform called Schnell-Helfen, which coordinated volunteers in refugee shelters in Berlin. In march 2019 he participated as a case provider at the first Open Health HackAdemy, aiming to provide open source hardware for people with disabilities.
Moderation of workshops and panels
Digital Identity, Citizenship and Democracy in EuropeAdvocate Europe Network Meeting. MitOst e.V.. Vetrinjski Dvor, Maribor, Slovenia: 23.11.2018
Kai Gärtner
Digital Identity, Citizenship and Democracy in EuropePreisverleihung: Wettbewerb demokratie.io. betterplace lab, BMFSFJ. Mozilla Foundation, Berlin, Germany: 15.11.2018
Kai Gärtner, Konstantinos Tsakiliotis
Organisation of events
Digitaler Salon: E-dentifiziert?24.04.2019. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: KOOPERATIVE Berlin (National) Further information
Kai Gärtner
Unsere Demokratie zukünftig dem Zufall überlassen?31.01.2019. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Deutschland (National) Further information
Teresa Völker, Kai Gärtner, Ingolf Pernice
Fake News, Online disinformation and democratic processes in Europe11.01.2019. Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Centre international de formation européenne (CIFE) (International) Further information
Jacek Wiland, Konstantinos Tsakiliotis, Kai Gärtner, Ingolf Pernice
Digital Identity, Citizenship and Democracy in Europe Kick-Off EventKick-Off Event: Digital Identity, Citizenship and Democracy in Europe. 20.08.2018. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (International)
Konstantinos Tsakiliotis, Teresa Völker, Björn Scheuermann, Monique Morrow, Christian Djeffal, Julian Hölzel, Kai Gärtner, Jörg Pohle, Ingolf Pernice
Participation as expert
Project presentation DECiDe at Liquid TankLiquid Tank Liquid Tank Liquid Democracy e.V.. Liquid Democracy e.V., Berlin, Germany: 15.05.2019 Further information
Kai Gärtner