Elites of Digitalization in Germany: The Social Structure of Backwardness

Most of the talks and lectures from re:publica 25 can now be found as videos on YouTube. This includes the presentation of the tech-elite study by Philipp Staab and Lion Hubrich. Based on the staffing of digital roles in startups, companies, and associations, they identified 250 people whom they count among the German tech elite. There is, of course, room for debate about whether German tech companies are successful in international competition. What is, however, somewhat reassuring about the study’s findings is that this elite mostly studied at completely ordinary German universities.