Tina Krell
Tina Krell is a researcher in the research group “Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society”. She works on the projects DaPla SMEs and Platform Alternatives. She is also the coordinator for the Task Force European Platform Economy. She is currently on parental leave.
She did her Master’s at the London School of Economics with a focus on ICT policy and empirical research methods. A course in the international political economy got her focused on the cross-border flow of data, content, and trade in services. For that, she finished an additional diploma in copyright law with the Berkman Klein Center. During her studies, she was honored with a stipend from the HBS foundation. She is also a proud alumna of the Young Titans Summer Academy 2018, a member of the G20 Young Global Changers community, and a research ambassador for the city of Berlin.
Before joining, she worked in research and policy for the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, and as a research and insights analyst for a startup in London.
Journal articles and conference proceedings
Meier, P., Friederici, N., Krell-Sun, T., & Trabucchi, D. (2024). Strategies for Designing and Growing Business-to-Business Platforms A Study of Six Cases Across Industrial Sectors in Germany. Research-Technology Management, 67(2), 44–56. DOI: 10.1080/08956308.2023.2299633 Publication details
Working paper
Krell, T., Braesemann, F., Stephany, F., Friederici, N., & Meier, P. (2020). A Mixed-Method Landscape Analysis of SME-focused B2B Platforms in Germany. Social Science Research Network. Publication details
Other publications
Krell, T. (2021). Caught in the jungle of bureaucracy? Can European Platform Entrepreneurship succeed? Digital Society Blog. Publication details
Krell, T. (2020). Packaging and scholarship – a summary of Zuboff’s talk during the Making Sense of the Digital Society lecture series. Digital society blog. Publication details
Lehdonvirta, V., Park, S., Krell, T., & Friederici, N. (2020). Platformization in Europe. Global and local digital intermediaries in the retail, taxi, and food delivery industries, . Publication details
Friederici, N., Krell, T., Meier, P., Braesemann, F., & Stephany, F. (2020). Plattforminnovation im Mittelstand, . Publication details
Lectures and presentations (3)
“One strategy does not fit all” – A typology of European platform competition
Governance of SME-focused Data Cooperation Platforms in Germany
Analysing the relatedness of YouTube video search ranking and video monetization
Panels (3)
Airbnb, Uber, Lieferando: Die Zukunft der Wirtschaft?
Future of Work After Covid-19: Opportunities and Challenges of Platform Cooperativism
Leibniz Media Lunch Talk: Der Corona-Effekt: Pandemiebekämpfung durch digitale Medien in China und Europa
Organisation of events (6)
Open Lunch Talk Series. Platform Entrepreneurship & Society.
Roundtable: Data Governance in Digital Platform Economy
Treatment of users and complementors
Policy Co-Creation Workshop – DaPla Mittelstand
Platform Entrepreneurship in Europe: Which Business Models are Viable and Sustainable?
Digitaler Salon: Data Kolumna

Position
Former Associated Researcher: Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society
