Markus Siewert

Markus Siewert is Managing Director of the TUM Think Tank, where he builds bridges between academia, policy, civil society, and business. He works on AI governance, GovTech, and public sector innovation, and develops labs and training formats that build capacity in public institutions. Central to his approach is public entrepreneurship: giving civil servants the skills, tools, and room to try out new solutions. His aim: institutions that shape digital change instead of reacting to it.

Markus Siewert holds a PhD in political science from Goethe University Frankfurt (2017, summa cum laude). Before joining the TUM Think Tank in 2022, he taught and researched at the Hochschule für Politik München, Goethe University Frankfurt, FU Berlin, and the universities of Freiburg and Greifswald, with visiting stays at the European University Institute, Georgetown University, and American University. This grounding shapes his work at the interface of research, politics, and practice, focused on technology governance, public interest technology, and public sector innovation, with work in public sector training.