Katharina Klappheck
Spokesperson for feminist internet policy, Gunda Werner Institute
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Katharina Klappheck has been a spokesperson for feminist internet policy at the Gunda Werner Institute since February 2022. They are concerned with issues of digital violence, automated discrimination, and digitisation in the healthcare sector, with focus area on artificial intelligence in medicine. They are interested in caregiving robot dreams and internet space for feminist utopias.

Katharina has a degree in political science. During their master's studies at the University of Vienna, they focused on "Trans and Non-Binarism within Artificial Intelligence". They completed her bachelor's degree at the Technical University of Dresden with thesis topic on "Design as Feminist Practice".

In activist contexts, they work on queerness, disability, artificial intelligence, digital accessibility, and the design of new inclusive technologies. They used to work in the German Bundestag in the field of gender equality, focusing on political strategies regarding gender equality and digital issues as critical practice.