Till Spanke

- Delivering local, statewide (Länder) and federal public sector projects with a focus on digital transformation (Digitalisierung). Projects range from making the German disaster control more digital to conceptualising the rollout of EfA public services. - Tasks include workshop organisation and moderation, process optimisation, requirements management, as well as classical and agile project management.

- Composed ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) reports covering green finance and sustainability goals of Russian mining and metallurgy companies - Employment ended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine

- High-level professional development program in Russia including work placements at leading institutions, professional seminars, and intensive language training - Program was suspended in late February 2022 due to Russian invasion in Ukraine

- Conducted research for zeb's European Banking Study on sustainability in European banking sector - Supported product development for sustainability in financial services (e.g. data and methodology framework for calculating GHG emissions of credit portfolios) - Collected, processed and analysed data for consultancy projects, acquisitions and studies on banking, insurance and FinTechs - Managed migration from hard drive to web-based collaborative platform and improved division’s data storage and processing

- Led weekly computer labs in statistics using SPSS - Taught and assessed 90 students across 3 classes

- Supported multi-national companies, EU-funded initiatives and organisations to complete their research projects on entrepreneurship, education and employment - Responsibilities covered quantitative (statistical data analysis) and qualitative research (case studies, interviews and desktop research), report writing and project management

- Led weekly seminars and computer labs in Foreign Policy Analysis and Research Design using statistical computing software R - Taught and assessed 165 students across 11 classes over three years

- Conducted impact research to demonstrate NACUE’s efficacy in supporting student entrepreneurs - Planned, designed and implemented surveys for student audience - Statistically analysed data to write up internal impact reports that formed basis for future outreach programmes

- Collected, validated and managed data for QS World University Rankings - Responsible for universities from Germany, the UK, BeNeLux and Scandinavia

The thesis examines patron state influences on state and institution building processes in de facto states by statistically analysing a time series cross-sectional panel data set and applying diffusion models to the case of Russian involvement in the de facto Republic of Abkhazia.

Modules included: Advanced quantitative & qualitative methods, FDI and trade in Eastern Europe, corruption, innovation policy and technology transfer. Dissertation: Effect and interplay of risk, trust and control in German-Russian strategic business alliances

Modules included: Comparative politics, micro- and macroeconomics, substantive and institutional law of the EU. Dissertation: Russia’s administrative level in change – Challenges to building a functioning bureaucracy in Russia.