Michael Jennewein is a Researcher for Democracy and Economics at Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung.
Michael Jennewein, born and raised in Innsbruck (Austria), studied Philosophy & Economics (BA) at the University of Bayreuth in Germany and Technology Governance & Digital Transformation (MA) at Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia.
Before joining FES Democracy of the Future, he worked as an economist at the Vienna-based progressive think tank Momentum Institut. Earlier experience includes internships at the German NGO Lobbycontrol and at the Tyrolean representation at the EU in Brussels. His research interests include inequality, globalisation, public administration, e-governance, and economic & social policy. At FES Democracy of the Future, he is lead project manager for the project lines Inequality & Democracy and Right-Wing Populism.