In this episode of the Offspring Podcast, Srinath and Niko interview Dr. Jorg Körner from Acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering which gives advice to the federal and state governments on future technologies and scientific policies. Dr. Körner shares his journey to Acatech and his experience working at the intersection of politics and science.  Furthermore, he explains the process of new innovations and technologies making their way into the daily lives of the general populace.

Acatech describes most of their current projects on their website  https://en.acatech.de/project/

If you have any questions concerning acatech feel free to reach out to Dr. Körner:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JorgKoerner

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokoerner

If you would like to know more about other institutions that are similar to acatech here are a few links:

ALLEA (Alliance of European Academies): allea.org

Royal Society (UK): royalsociety.org

LERU (League of European Research Universities): leru.org

Science Europe (Research Funding Coalition): scienceeurope.org

EU: https://epso.europa.eu/career-profiles/european-public-administration_en

EU: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en

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 Intro - Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar 

Pre-Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo: https://www.instagram.com/carrizo.gus/?hl=es 

You can follow the hosts of this podcast on Twitter here: 

Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar 

Nikolai Hoermann: https://twitter.com/HoermannNikolai 

Allison Lewis: https://twitter.com/OswaldsMom 

Until Next Week, Stay Safe and Stay

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