Nikolas Becker
Leiter Politik & Wissenschaft at Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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SeniorNikolas Becker is a policy and research leader based in Berlin with a decade of experience at the intersection of technology, open knowledge, and civic engagement. As Leiter Politik & Wissenschaft at Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. since 2021, he shapes policy thinking and research agendas around informatics and digital society. A long-time Wikimedia board member and active Wikipedia editor, he champions open source, open data and open content practices beyond technical circles into governance and public policy. His profile combines deep subject-matter curiosity with practical leadership in nonprofit and community-driven ecosystems, making him a bridge between technical expertise and democratic access to knowledge.
10 years of coding experience
Polish, German, English
Github Skills (32)
catalog10
dms10
metadata10
open-data10
ckan10
publish10
api10
iso10
credit10
itil9
dbpedia9
commons9
python9
data-management9
data-gov9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
okfde/turing-bus
May 2019 - Jul 2020
New website for Turing-Bus
Contributions:1 PR, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
turingbus
okfn/services
Apr 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes in 6 months
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