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Eric Jacob

I ❤️ Politics, Journalism, Graphic Design, Informatics & Learning
GovTech @ TUM Think Tank | Graphic Designer | Informatics & Politics

🏛️ I have started as a Program Coordinator for the GovTech Initiative @ TUM Think Tank.
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🛠️ Education Coordinator at Public Makers, connecting STEM students with the public sector.

About Me

I work on innovation in the public sector, study Informatics with Political Science, do graphic design and research science communication.My interests have led me to internships in politics and journalism, and I'm planning to explore other opportunities in the near future.
In my free time, I enjoy biking, cooking, and discussing new ideas.If you'd like to collaborate, share an idea, or just have a chat, feel free to reach out!

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E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 152 24915651

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Last updated: 01.01.2025

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This page gives a short overview over what I am doing at this point in my life.More information on 'now pages'

My background 💼

I am a third-year Informatics student at the Technical University of Munich, where I am tutoring a programming course and conduct research on science communication at the TUM Junge Akademie.I work as Program Coordinator for the GovTech Initiative at the TUM Think Tank. On the side, I also do some graphic design at Jacer. I am open to new clients (just send me a message).I am part of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Germany's largest scholarship foundation, and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, where I do Social Media stuff.✧ ✧ ✧Currently, I am exploring my interests, mostly through internships and seminars, ranging from:

  • politics (completed an internship in the German Bundestag in September 2023) and

  • journalism (completed an internship at German newspaper taz - die tageszeitung from January to April 2024, where I wrote multiple texts and moderated two panels, as well as a two-week internship at M94/5, Munich's student-run radio station) to

  • city planning (participated in an excursion to cities that are often named Germany's ugliest to understand why this happened and how it can be fixed).

I am also part of BCG's Future Shaper class24 and interested in startups, education and new technologies.I am losely involved with the ideas of Effective Altruism, especially when it comes to the career planning of 80,000 Hours.

Hobbies 🚲

In my freetime, I go biking, like cooking and enjoy improv (though I only rarely have the time to participate). I like to discuss new ideas, especially around politics, philosophy and utopias.

Future plans 🌟

In the soon future, I would like to:

  • become more active in politics

  • do more internships
    (currently, I am especially interested in either consulting, a TV studio or a (political) think tank)

  • work on a Charity Entrepreneurship charity idea or found a startup (for which I am still ideating)

  • do an exchange semester abroad

  • do teaching more often, in some form or another (preferably high school or on a university level)

  • engage more actively with philosophical questions and theories

I am always looking for new ideas and opportunities, and interested in meeting new people. Don't hesitate to reach out!