Thorsten Wetzling

Head of Research, Digital Rights, Surveillance and Democracy, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung

Dr. Thorsten Wetzling heads the SNV’s research unit on basic rights, surveillance and democracy. He currently directs the European Intelligence Oversight Network (EION), a collaborative research project to support and challenge intelligence oversight bodies across Europe. He is also a Principal Investigator for the international research consortium GUARD//INT which aims to build empirical and conceptual tools to better understand the limits and potential of intelligence oversight mechanisms. Thorsten is also founder and editor-in-chief of aboutintel.eu – a European discussion forum on surveillance, technology and democracy.