In addition to her degree in Economics, she also completed the Cologne School of Journalism and received her doctorate degree from WiSo in 2000 under the supervision of Professor Carl Christian von Weizsäcker. She then embarked on a career in Germany’s political capital, holding various responsible positions in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs for over 25 years, most recently as Head of the Department for Digital and Innovation Policy serving Minister Robert Habeck.
In 2024, she was appointed Vice President of the Federal Network Agency in Bonn, where she is now responsible for telecommunications, digital services, postal services and railways. In this role, her key focus is the implementation and enforcement of the legal frameworks for those very legislative initiatives, that she developed and helped to design during her time in Berlin. In her new role, she plays a leading part in shaping key future topics such as the expansion of digital infrastructure, platform regulation and the transformation towards a digital society.
In our alumni interview, we spoke to her about her change of perspective when moving from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs to the Federal Network Agency, the future role of the Federal Network Agency in implementating and enforcing the EU AI Act and the biggest challenges and opportunities that this task and further duties entail.
To the interview: https://wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/transfer/alumni/wisoalumni-success-stories/daniela-broenstrup