Johanna Mehler

Johanna Mehler is a Researcher at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Office for Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB) in Berlin, holding this position since 2025.

Her educational background includes a Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin (2021-2024) and a First State Examination for Higher Secondary School Teachers in Mathematics and Music from the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” and the University of Leipzig (2015-2021).

Her research focuses on applying data science methodologies to technology assessment and policy development, with particular emphasis on:

• Data Science applications in societal contexts
• Technology Assessment frameworks
• Evidence-based Policy Advice
• Digital Transformation impacts
• Social implications of emerging technologies

Her professional trajectory includes strategic foresight work on digital working society at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (2022-2023), alongside research assistant roles at the Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education and the University of Leipzig.

No scientific awards are documented in the provided information.

Mehler contributes to the Research Group “Digital Technologies and Social Change” at ITAS, which investigates the societal dimensions of digital innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration between academic research and parliamentary technology assessment.