Benedikt Ströbl

Benedikt is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy cluster. He intends to research broadly at the intersection of technology and society with the aim to better understand the interconnection of the platform economy with our information ecosystem. Before joining Princeton, Benedikt held several research assistant positions, where he actively contributed to various academic projects. Additionally, he spent a summer conducting research at the Oxford Internet Institute, where he focused on the threat of misinformation on social media platforms. Beyond his academic background, Benedikt has already gained experience in the political arena working for the former German federal government’s head of digital policy, as well as in the platform economy at Google. Benedikt received a Master of Data Science for Public Policy from the Hertie School. He also holds a B.S. in management and computer engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).