Portrait of Niklas Kossow

Head of Division, Smart City & Government Innovation, CityLAB Berlin

Niklas Kossow

  • 2024
  • Creative Bureaucracy Festival
  • 2023
  • Creative Bureaucracy Festival
  • 2022
  • Creative Bureaucracy Festival
  • 2021
  • Creative Bureaucracy Festival
  • 2025
  • Creative Bureaucracy Festival

Niklas Kossow ist Leiter der Bereichs Smart City & Verwaltungsinnovation beim CityLAB Berlin. Er arbeitet an einem digitaleren Berlin und unterstützt die Umsetzung der Berliner Smart City Strategie Gemeinsam Digital: Berlin. Niklas hat zuvor als Analyst und Berater für das Entwicklungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen, die World Wide Web Foundation, Freedom House, Transparency International und die Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH gearbeitet. Er schrieb seine Doktorarbeit über den Einsatz digitaler Technologien in Anti-Korruptionsbewegungen an der Hertie School in Berlin und konzentrierte sich dabei auf digitale Beschaffungsprogramme in der Ukraine sowie den Einsatz von Distributed-Ledger-Technologie zur Korruptionsbekämpfung.

Niklas Kossow is Head of the Smart City & Government Innovation Division at CityLAB Berlin, working on a more digital Berlin and supporting the implementation of Berlin's Smart City strategy. Niklas has has previously worked as a analyst and consultant for the United Nations Development Program, the World Wide Web Foundation, Freedom House, Transparency International and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the use of digital technologies in anti-corruption movements at the Hertie School in Berlin, focussing on digital procurement programs in Ukraine, as well as the use of distributed ledger technology for anti-corruption.

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