Dr Stefan Brink
Stefan Brink, born in 1966, studied law in Mainz, Heidelberg, Dijon and Paris.
After completing his doctorate under Prof. Dr. Hans Herbert von Arnim (DUV Speyer), he worked for the Scientific Service of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament, then as a judge at the Administrative Court of Koblenz and as a research assistant at the Federal Constitutional Court (1st Senate, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Gaier). From 2008 to 2016, he was Head of Private Data Protection at the State Commissioner for Data Protection in Rhineland-Palatinate and, since 2012, also Deputy State Commissioner for Freedom of Information in Rhineland-Palatinate; from January 2017 to December 2022, Dr. Stefan Brink was State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg.
Since January 2023, Dr. Stefan Brink has headed the independent institute wida in Berlin (scientific institute for the digitalization of the working world), which accompanies the digital transformation with a view to our civil rights and develops digital projects.
