The Digital Sovereignty Trap

Thorsten Jelinek is a research fellow at Hertie School's Centre of Digital Governance and a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Science, an affiliated scholar at the University of Cambridge's department of sociology, and a member of the advisory board of the OECD's trust in business initiative. His research focus is on the intersection between international relations, governance, and policy-related questions concerning digitalization, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. In his current role, he contributed to the United Nations' High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation and the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the UN Internet Governance Forum. He is also a recurring member of the Think 20. His policy briefs have been considered in T20 communiqués presented to the G20 leaders' summits. Jelinek was an associate director at the World Economic Forum and held managerial positions in the ICT industry. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Cambridge, an M.Sc. in organizational psychology from the London School of Economics, and a B.Sc. in software engineering and business administration from the Berlin University of Applied Sciences.