Emma Laumann is a data analyst in DGAP’s Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology. Since January 2026, she has also been a fellow of international digital policy at the German Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernization. Before joining the center, she worked on DGAP’s AI/Democracy Initiative, investigating how artificial intelligence influences democratic processes through empirical and analytical approaches.

Laumann holds a research master’s degree in social sciences, specializing in quantitative methodology, from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). She combines data-driven analysis with an understanding of political processes to explore the complex interactions between technologies and political systems.

[Last updated: July 2026]