Sharon Bofinger

Sharon Bofinger has been a Research Fellow at BIGS since September 2026. Previously, she worked as a consultant at Christ & Company Consulting in Berlin, advising on issues at the intersection of technology, politics, and regulation. Her work there focused in particular on digitalization, future technologies, and health-related topics. She gained further practical experience at the VDI Technologiezentrum, the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), and the Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), among others. She holds a master’s degree in Sustainability in Fashion and Creative Industries from the Akademie Mode und Design Berlin and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy & Economics from the University of Bayreuth.

Her research interests lie at the intersection of technology, security, and society, particularly in the areas of digital transformation, innovation policy, and security-relevant future technologies.