Liadán Sage has been a researcher at the Competence Centre Public IT (ÖFIT) at Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute in Berlin since October 2022. The main topics of her research include innovation policy, public sector networks and citizen-centred digital public services. Before joining ÖFIT, she spent almost three years as Policy Officer for Trade, Investment and Innovation at the Embassy of Ireland in Berlin. Liadán graduated from the interdisciplinary Master's programme Global Markets, Local Creativities in 2019, awarded by the University of Glasgow, Universitat de Barcelona and Erasmus University Rotterdam. In her Master’s thesis, she examined the impact of international networks on innovation processes at local level. Alongside her studies, Liadán gained experience working in global organisations such as the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in Hamburg, United Cities, Local Governments (UCLG) in Barcelona, and DutchCulture in Amsterdam. She speaks English, Irish, German and Spanish.
Think Tank School Policy Project: Implementation of the Interoperable Europe Act in Germany
