About

Structural Integrity gathers legal, political and economic expertise for radically needs-based digital policy and data regulation. We challenge the status quo and assess its structural flaws. We work towards structural change to restore the integrity of our community, economy and society.

Structural Integrity is a collective for those who use their expertise, knowledge and passion to move beyond traditional policy interventions. Together, we create a space to expand the boundaries of policy work. We identify the cracks in the system and discuss, explore and engage in activities and interventions that widen these cracks. We talk, we write, we share and we act.

Aline Blankertz

is an applied economist with a special interest in the data economy, competition policy and platform regulation. She has worked at various NGOs, including Rebalance Now, interface, Wikimedia Deutschland and SINE Foundation, and spent the first years of her professional life at an economics consultancy to manage projects for large corporations.

Malte Engeler

is a legal expert in the fields of data protection law and data economy. Over the course of his professional career he was part of a German data protection authority, served as a judge at a German administrative court and is currently a digital policy advisor for a German federal ministry.