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Andrea Kölbel

Country of residence/work
  • Germany
Geographical scope
  • European Union
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Nepal
  • United Kingdom
Level of education focus
  • Higher education
Thematic areas covered
  • Digital education and technological innovation
  • Education-to-work transitions, education and labour market
  • Educational attainment and participation in education
  • International mobility
  • Skills development
Methodological expertise
  • Qualitative methods
  • Stakeholder consultations
Organisation
Institute for Innovation and Technology

Contact

Andrea Kölbel (DPhil, Oxon.) is a social and economic scientist specialising in innovation and transformation in education and science. She holds a doctorate in human geography from the University of Oxford and an MBA from the Central European University. With international experience in academia and humanitarian education, Andrea has worked for the UN refugee agency and Freie Universität Berlin. She has published on topics including youth agency, higher education, work, migration, and social change. At the Institute for Innovation and Technology, she leads strategic policy advice on education and research addressing open science, data literacy, and digital skills.