Katja Spanz is a Research Manager in the Data Science Unit and in the AI+ Cluster for the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation, Digital Economy Unit (GRID) at CEPS.
At CEPS, Katja leads the implementation, facilitation and management of research projects on artificial intelligence, industrial policy, innovation and digital transformation. She is actively involved in strategic stakeholder management, outreach, fundraising, and project planning across international initiatives.
Over the past years, Katja has acquired extensive experience in development project implementation, having managed regional transnational projects in areas such as fundamental digital rights, workforce inclusion through technology, security cooperation, digital skills and gender equality.
Prior to joining CEPS, she worked as Programme Officer in the European Union Delegation to Argentina, where she oversaw project implementation and management of development initiatives. She also contributed to the joint EU-Argentina roadmap on digital transformation, bilateral artificial intelligence policy negotiations, and academic cooperation between the EU and Argentina in digital transformation.
Katja holds a Master’s degree in Politics and International Relations from Durham University in England and a BA(Hons) in International Management Studies, French and Spanish from the University of Stirling in Scotland, where she was an exchange student at the University of Eau Claire Wisconsin in the United States and completed an Erasmus exchange at the Universidad de Granada in Spain.
A native German speaker, she is fluent in English and Spanish with intermediate proficiency in French.
