Alexandra Garatzogianni

Head of Knowledge and technology transfer, Coordinator of EU Projects Leibniz University of Hannover, L3S Research Center Germany, DE Academic Research

Member of Research Community | Member of Education Community

Alexandra Garatzogianni is a researcher and innovation strategist specialising in artificial intelligence governance, digital sovereignty, and European cultural and knowledge infrastructures. Her work examines how institutional design, governance, and cross-sector collaboration shape the development and societal embedding of AI and data-driven innovation ecosystems in Europe. She combines systems-oriented research with extensive experience in European research and innovation programme design across the cultural heritage, media, data, and AI sectors.

She coordinated the Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 projects ARXIVE (ECCCH initiative), MediaFutures, and TRUSTS, focusing on AI-enabled cultural heritage infrastructures, media innovation networks, responsible data governance, and digital transformation. She has also co-authored proposals and led work packages across numerous additional Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 initiatives in AI, data spaces, FAIR data, and European knowledge infrastructures.

Her research interests include AI governance, strategic autonomy, digital sovereignty, socio-technical systems, and the geopolitical dimensions of emerging technologies. She draws on qualitative and institutional approaches to examine how AI reshapes coordination, governance, and public value creation across multi-level ecosystems, particularly within cultural heritage and public-interest digital infrastructures.

Alexandra holds an MA in International Affairs (Cyber Security Studies) from King's College London and an MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris, alongside postgraduate studies in management and leadership at Heriot-Watt University and Grenoble Ecole de Management.