Before going to Amsterdam he was a professor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Würzburg in Germany and a research coordinator at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) in Berlin. Sascha is an industrial engineer by training and holds a Ph.D. in technology management from the University of St.Gallen. He is interested in how technology can help in opening science and the role it can play in creative processes.