Prof. Dr. Tim Stuchtey

Prof. Dr. Tim Stuchtey

Prof. Dr. Tim Stuchtey holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Münster, Germany and a doctorate in the same field from the Technical University of Berlin. He commenced his career as a personal assistant to the President of the TU Berlin before assuming a role at the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations specializing in economic policy. In 2001, he relocated to the Humboldt University of Berlin, where he subsequently assumed the role of Head of the Presidential Department. At Humboldt, Tim established the Humboldt Institution on Transatlantic Issues (HITI) and in 2007 relocated to the American-German Institute (formerly the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC, where he assumed the roles of Senior Fellow and Program Director of Business and Economics.
 
In 2010, Tim assumed the role of Executive Director of the Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS) in Potsdam, Germany. In 2024 he also became adjunct professor at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the Indian National Institute of Advanced Studies. In April 2025, Tim Stuchtey was appointed to a professorship for the ‘Economics of Cybersecurity’ at the German University of Digital Science. He oversees national and international research consortia on civil security and conducts his own research in the field of (cyber-)security economics and security policy. He is a regular columnist and contributor in the German media and a sought-after speaker on security and economic policy.

Latest Publications:

A Concept for a Criminological Regional Analysis at the Border Region Between Germany and Poland

The SAFE project, titled “Security Alliance for German-Polish Endeavors” was initiated to develop a joint criminological regional analysis at the border region between Germany and Poland. The project, funded by […]

RescueFly – Einsatz von dezentral stationierten Drohnen („Unmanned Aircraft Systems“, UAS) zur Unterstützung bei der Wasserrettung in schwer zugänglichen und weitflächigen Gebieten

  The RescueFly project aims to make an important technical and socio-political contribution to the modernization of emergency rescue services in Germany. The use of decentrally stationed and highly automated […]

Sicherheitsanalyse Potsdam ‒ Analyse einer Bürgerbefragung zu Lebensqualität und Sicherheit sowie der statistischen Sicherheitslage

On behalf of the Brandenburg state capital Potsdam, BIGS worked together with the Neue Köhler Management Gesellschaft (NKMG) and the IABG to carry out a security analysis for Potsdam. For […]

Die Rolle des Einzelwagenverkehrs für die Resilienz und Nachhaltigkeit des Güterverkehrs

Single wagonload transport is of central importance to the German industry. It provides a tightly meshed, green transport network that ensures the resilient and sustainable transport of goods by rail. […]

Dark Crypto – The Use of Cryptocurrency for Illegal Purposes

Blockchain technology and the cryptocurrencies based on it offer significant innovation potential for businesses and society. However, cryptocurrencies have at the same time become the favoured payment method for certain […]