Lucas currently works on EU industrial and innovation policy, as well as broader questions related to the Multiannual Financial Framework and the future of EU investment. His published work covers the Single Market, industrial policy, innovation, and European integration. Lucas holds Master’s degrees in Political Economy of European Integration and Economic Analysis and Policy.

Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook joined the Bertelsmann Stiftung's "Europe's Future" programme as a Senior Advisor in August 2022. She is an expert on transatlantic relations and US politics. She began her career in 1999 as a correspondent for CNN. This was followed by positions at the consulting firm Roland Berger and at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she founded the research programme on the future of...