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Léa Steinacker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989 (age 34–35) West Germany (now Germany) |
| Known for | Artificial Intelligence |
| Academic background | |
| Education | UWC Atlantic Princeton University Harvard Kennedy School |
| Alma mater | University of St. Gallen |
| Thesis | Code Capital: A Sociotechnical Framework to Understand the Implications of Artificially Intelligent Systems from Design to Deployment (2022) |
| Doctoral advisor | Damian Borth, Veronica Barassi |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociologist |
| Website | www |
Léa Steinacker (born 1989 [1]) is a German journalist, academic, and entrepreneur[2] whose work focuses on how technology interacts with people, organizations, and the planet. Artificial intelligence, AI ethics, feminism and social justice are key themes within her work and she frequently writes, presents, and interviews others on these topics. Some prominent interviewees have included digital activist Joy Buolamwini [3], writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel [4].
Early life
editSteinacker grew up in Walsrode, Germany. She excelled academically, skipping the sixth grade and winning the Lower Saxony state prize for English in 2003.[5] She was active in sports, playing tennis as part of a Walsroder team competing nationally for a position in the German Jugend trainiert für Olympia program. [6]
Education
editIn 2007, steinacker completed her International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic. Selected from 400 German applicants to the program, her attendance was partially funded by the Walsrode Rotary Club.[7]
In 2011, she Princeton University awarded her with a Bachelor of Arts with honors in International Affairs and a minor in African Studies. Her senior thesis, "An ecological approach to the risks of female sex workers in rural Kenya," was supervised by Elizabeth Levy Paluck.[8] Her studies at Princeton were supported by the Davis United World College Scholars Program, where she was a class of 2011 scholar[9] and included a year at The American University in Cairo where she was named an Adel Mahmoud Global Health Scholar.
2013–2015
editSteinacker earned a Master of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and was a McCloy Fellow (German).[10] She also participated in the first White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism on the recommendation of Farah Pandith.[11]
2017-2022
editShe was completed her PhD at the University of St. Gallen. Her doctoral thesis, "Code Capital: A Sociotechnical Framework to Understand the Implications of Artificially Intelligent Systems from Design to Deployment," was advised by Prof. Dr. Damian Borth and Prof. Dr. Veronica Barassi.[12]
Career
editDuring her time at Princeton, Steinacker interned at a Hanover radio station reporting on political news.[13]
In the early 2010s, she focused on humanitarian and social justice work with NGOs in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo[13] and provided first-person reports for the Walsroder Zeitung [14][15] before being evacuated from Bukavu during the M23 rebellion.
After her studies at Harvard, in 2015 she joined the Handelsblatt Media Group as a Digital Scout for German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche, eventually becoming the Chief Innovation Officer of WirtschaftsWoche in 2017.[16]
In 2018, WirtschaftsWoche created an online magazine called ada[17], with Steinacker assuming the role of "Chief Strategy Officer, ada".
In July of 2020, ada Learning GmbH was formally established, with Steinacker and Miriam Meckel as Managing Directors [2] and with Steinacker assuming the role of Founder and Chief Innovation Officer.
Honors and awards
edit- In 2011, Steinacker won the Henry Richardson Labouisse Prize, an award of "$25,000 to each recipient to support research in developing countries by graduating seniors who intend to pursue a career devoted to problems of development and modernization."[18]
- In 2016, she was named an de:Atlantik-Brücke Young Leader.[19]
- In 2018, she was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 for Europe in the category of Media and Marketing for helping to bring one of Germany's leading business magazines into the 21st century. [20]
- Also in 2018, Medium Magazin, a German trade magazine for journalists, named her as one of their Top 30 Under 30 journalists. [1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Top 30 bis 30 / 2018 / Léa Steinacker". www.mediummagazin.de. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ a b "ada Learning GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany". www.northdata.com/. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Joy Buolamwini: "Algorithmen spiegeln uns wider"". www.wiwo.de. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "We should all be feminists". ada-magazin.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Walsroderin ist Niedersachsens Beste" [Walsroderin is Lower Saxony's Best]. Walsroder Zeitung (in German). Walsrode. 2003-06-20. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
... gewann die 14-jährige Walsroderin jetzt den Landespreis in der Sprache Englisch.
[... the 14-year-old from Walsrode has now won the state prize in English studies.] - ^ "Tennis-Mädchen verpassen Einzug ins Bundesfinale knapp" [Tennis girls narrowly miss out on a place in the national final]. Walsroder Zeitung (in German). Walsrode. 2002-07-03. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
Denkbar knapp scheiterte die Tennis-Mädchenmannschaft des Gymnasiums Walsrode beim Kampf um den Einzug in das Bundesfinale beim Wettbewerb „Jugend trainiert für Olympia" in Berlin.
[The girls' tennis team from Walsrode High School narrowly missed out on a place in the national final of the "Jugend trainiert für Olympia" competition in Berlin.] - ^ "Lea ist nur auf Zwischenbesuch zu Hause" [Lea is only home for a quick visit]. Walsroder Zeitung (in German). Walsrode. 2005-07-27. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
... 16-jährige Lea Steinacker aus Walsrode vor ihrem nächsten Auslands-aufenthalt: Von über 400 Bewerbern gehört sie zu 16 deutschen Schülerinnen und Schülern, die nach zweijähriger Ausbildung an einem United World College („Eine Welt – Eine Schule") ihr „International Baccalaureate" ablegen darf.
[... 16-year-old Lea Steinacker from Walsrode is about to embark on her next stay abroad. Out of more than 400 applicants, she is one of 16 German students who will be able to take their "International Baccalaureate" after two years of training at a United World College ("One World - One School").] - ^ Steinacker, Léa (5 April 2011). On some aspects of Ducks (pdf) (BA thesis). Princeton University.
- ^ "Class of 2011 | Davis UWC Scholars". www.davisuwcscholars.org. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Startseiten-Alumni mit ausführlichen Texten – McCloys". mccloys.org. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Harvard Kennedy School Students Attend the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism". www.belfercenter.org. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Code capital : a sociotechnical framework to understand the implications of artificially intelligent systems from design to deployment / Léa Steinacker". nbn-resolving.org. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ a b "Léa Steinacker: Princeton in Africa". www.princetoninafrica.org. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ Steinacker, Léa (5 November 2012). "Fast wie damals auf dem Walsroder Wochenmarkt ..." [Almost like being back at Walsrode weekly market ...]. Walsroder Zeitung (in German). Walsrode/Bukavu. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ Steinacker, Léa (21 November 2012). "WZ-Auslandstagebuch: Politische Lage im Kongo droht zu eskalieren" [WZ foreign diary: The political situation in the Congo threatens to escalate]. Walsroder Zeitung (in German). Walsrode/Bukavu. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Léa Steinacker | Aktuelle Beiträge | WiWo". www.wiwo.de. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ Meckel, Miriam (12 October 2018). "Wir gehen mit „ada" aufs Ganze" [We're going all out with "ada"]. WirtschaftsWoche (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Labouisse winners to pursue social justice for the underserved". www.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "A Conversation on Racism and Police Brutality in the U.S. - Atlantik-Brücke e.V." www.atlantik-bruecke.org. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Léa Steinacker". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2023-08-12.