About @StollmeyerEU
Alice Stollmeyer is the Founder and Executive Director of Defend Democracy. She has a background in social studies of science, technology and society. A former policy adviser and digital strategist, she now works on democracy, technology and sharp power (also known as hybrid threats). Alice has lived and worked in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels, and increasingly travels across Europe and beyond for her work. She is in Politico’s #Power40 top influencers who are most effectively setting the agenda in politics, public policy & advocacy in Brussels. She is a frequent speaker in panels, podcasts, the media and closed-door meetings.
With a solid background in social studies of science, technology and society and in communication, in 2012 Alice founded her own consultancy @StollmeyerEU, which specialised in EU public affairs, political communications and digital advocacy. She has been ranked a top digital EU influencer ever since (#1 female digital EU influencer 2019 and 2020).
In 2016 @StollmeyerEU broadened its portfolio: previously focused on EU’s energy and climate policies, its focus became geopolitics, digital developments and European values like democracy. In 2017 @StollmeyerEU successfully accomplished a major assignment as interim Communications Director at the Women Political Leaders Global Forum.
On 8 November 2017, Alice Stollmeyer founded Defend Democracy: an independent, nonpartisan, transatlantic initiative defending democracy from foreign, domestic and technological threats.
Defend Democracy works at the intersection of freedom, security and technology. To achieve its mission, it operates on the front-line: building awareness, shaping advocacy and taking action. In particular, it aims to grow societal resilience and civil preparedness against hybrid threats and technological challenges to democracy. Defend Democracy’s projects range from convening high-level democracy stakeholders, to community building for democracy defenders, and from exposing organised information manipulation, to training practitioners how to handle disinformation and other harmful information activities.
Alice is available for speaking engagements, interviews, moderating, and advice.
Mission
To make a difference for a better world.
Expertise
- Digital advocacy strategy
- Disinformation and propaganda
- Ethics of technology
- Political communications
- EU public affairs
- Political intelligence
- Societal resilience
- The link between democracy and security
More information
For more information and Alice’s CV click here (you will be redirected to LinkedIn).
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