Christoph Bieber is Professor of Political Science at the NRWSchool of Governance University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Since October 2021 he is delegated to the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum, where he is heading the Research Program “Digital Democratic Innovations”. Recently, Bieber received a Thomas-Mann-Fellowship 2022 for expanding his research on ethics and the smart city in Los Angeles.