New affiliate Clemens Binninger supports Digital Society Institute
The ESMT Executive Management Committee has confirmed his appointment as an affiliate. As an affiliate, Binninger is an honorary member of the DSI and will support its research in the area of cyber security, particularly with regard to cybersecurity policy and the fight against cyber crime. He will take part in workshops and conferences of the institute and contribute to publications and research projects.
From 2002 to 2017, Clemens Binninger was a directly elected member of the German Bundestag. He served as a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs, and rapporteur, in areas such as counterterrorism, aviation and cyber security, and the reform of parliamentary supervision of the intelligence services. From 2009, Clemens Binninger was a member of the Parliamentary Control Panel and served as its chairperson in 2014 and 2016-2017.
ESMT Berlin established the DSI in 2016 to promote the future conception of digitalization through targeted interdisciplinary research and the development of digital technologies for innovative approaches to the security of digitalization. It is supported by leading international companies in Germany.
About ESMT Berlin
ESMT Berlin is a leading global business school with its campus in the heart of Berlin. Founded by 25 global companies, ESMT offers master, MBA, and PhD programs, as well as executive education on its campus in Berlin, in locations around the world, online, and in online blended format. Focusing on leadership, innovation, and analytics, its diverse faculty publishes outstanding research in top academic journals. Additionally, the international business school provides an interdisciplinary platform for discourse between politics, business, and academia. ESMT is a non-profit private institution of higher education with the right to grant PhDs and is accredited by AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, and ZEvA. It is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across all its activities and communities.
