Christoph M. Abels is a research associate at the Chair of Trust in Digital Services. He currently pursues a PhD at the Hertie School in Berlin. His professional experience spans from positions at various Berlin start-ups to consultancy work, having worked at Rocket Internet and Hering Schuppener, among others. Christoph also co-heads the programme area Digital Transformation & Cyber Security at Polis180, a Berlin-based grassroots-think tank for foreign and European affairs. He holds a BA in psychology from the University of Hagen and a master’s in public policy from the Hertie School.