Alina Kontareva

Alina Kontareva serves as Senior Researcher and Project Lead for the Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society group at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Humboldt University of Berlin, where she leads the EU Horizon 2020 INCA project examining corporate political responsibility in platform capitalism.

Her academic foundation includes a Ph.D. in Innovation Studies from the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Culture at the University of Oslo, with doctoral research analyzing geographical distribution of digital platforms and competitive strategies against global giants like Google and Facebook outside U.S./China contexts.

Dr. Kontareva's research program critically investigates digital platform ecosystems through lenses of geopolitical strategy, internet policy, and innovation economics, with specialized expertise in Russia's platform economy and digital sovereignty challenges. Her work examines state-industry dynamics in mitigating dependence on Western platforms and data governance implications for emerging technologies.

Analysis of her 2023-2024 publications reveals concentrated scholarly contributions on national platform resilience (particularly Russian cases), regulatory frameworks for digital markets, and emergent tensions between generative AI and science communication ethics on social platforms like TikTok, establishing her as a key voice in platform political economy discourse.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Fulbright fellowship (2017)

Her research portfolio encompasses EU Horizon 2020 funding for the INCA project and prior engagement with the "Russian Computer Scientist At Home and Abroad" initiative at the European University in St. Petersburg, addressing technology transfer and migration patterns in innovation systems. She maintains active international collaboration through visiting positions at UC Davis (2014) and UW Madison (2022).

As core faculty in HIIG's Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society group, she contributes to interdisciplinary digital society research through conference leadership (including EGOS colloquia), policy workshops with institutions like the Aspen Institute, and public engagement via media outlets including Tagesspiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung.