Thorsten Wetzling

Dr. Thorsten Wetzling heads the research unit on digital rights, surveillance and democracy of interface-eu.org, a non-profit European think tank specializing in information technology and public policy. His current work focuses on the practice of, the legal basis for, and independent oversight of different modes of access and subsequent processing of personal data by security and intelligence agencies. Thorsten convenes the European Intelligence Oversight Network (EION), where members of European and North American intelligence oversight bodies regularly come together to explore new ideas and challenges for democratic intelligence governance in collaborative workshops. Thorsten received his PhD in political science from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.