SGI Project Team
SGI Team
Christof Schiller
Phone: +49 30 275788-138
Christof is the director of the Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI) project at the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Berlin. His research focuses on sustainable public-sector governance, as well as the politics and reform of welfare states and market economies. Since joining the Bertelsmann Stiftung in 2016, Christof has worked on the SGI project and other initiatives aimed at developing long-term solutions for an inclusive and dynamic labor market and sustainable social security systems within the “Shaping Sustainable Economies” and “Future of Work” programs.
He holds both a diploma degree and a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in Public Policy and Management from the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Potsdam. Christof has authored two monographs and numerous scholarly articles, book chapters and policy reports. In addition to his research, he has taught academic courses and held positions at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and the University of Potsdam, where he remains an associate fellow of the Potsdam Center for Policy and Management. His recent publications include “Just How Resilient are OECD and EU Countries?”, the “SGI 2024 Codebook: Sustainable Governance Indicators” and “Toward Climate Neutrality and a Resource-Efficient Economy: Policy Progress in Affluent Democracies.”
He holds both a diploma degree and a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in Public Policy and Management from the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Potsdam. Christof has authored two monographs and numerous scholarly articles, book chapters and policy reports. In addition to his research, he has taught academic courses and held positions at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and the University of Potsdam, where he remains an associate fellow of the Potsdam Center for Policy and Management. His recent publications include “Just How Resilient are OECD and EU Countries?”, the “SGI 2024 Codebook: Sustainable Governance Indicators” and “Toward Climate Neutrality and a Resource-Efficient Economy: Policy Progress in Affluent Democracies.”
SGI Team
Thorsten Hellmann
Phone: +49 5241 81-81236
Thorsten earned a diploma in business economics from the VWA in Bochum before studying economics at the University of Münster, where he was awarded his doctorate in 2003. Since joining the Bertelsmann Stiftung in 2004, Thorsten has worked as a project manager on various initiatives focused on developing and refining national and international comparative indices and benchmarking frameworks, with an emphasis on economic, social and environmental policies.
He led the Benchmarking German Federal States project, which assessed and compared Germany’s federal states in terms of income levels, employment and security. Before joining the SGI project in 2018, he was part of the Social Reform Barometer team, which assessed reform needs, reform activities and reform quality in the area of social policy in the EU member states based on an expert survey. Thorsten was the lead author of the 2019 index report “Social Justice in the EU and the OECD” and has co-authored several policy reports. In addition to his work at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, he has lectured in economics at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences for several years.
He led the Benchmarking German Federal States project, which assessed and compared Germany’s federal states in terms of income levels, employment and security. Before joining the SGI project in 2018, he was part of the Social Reform Barometer team, which assessed reform needs, reform activities and reform quality in the area of social policy in the EU member states based on an expert survey. Thorsten was the lead author of the 2019 index report “Social Justice in the EU and the OECD” and has co-authored several policy reports. In addition to his work at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, he has lectured in economics at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences for several years.
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