Dr. Tobias Bürger: Senior Project Manager
Education and the Next Generation
Short Vita
Tobias Bürger is Senior Project Manager within the Education and Next Generation program at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, where he leads the Young People in a Changing Economy project. He and his team produce evidence-based analyses and policy insights on how young people understand economic systems, the role entrepreneurship plays in shaping their aspirations, and how policy frameworks can strengthen their economic participation.
Previously, he specialized in political and non-profit communication, contributing to international research projects on the digital public sphere, gender equality in leadership positions within European media organizations, and political communication on social media platforms. He studied media and communication in Bonn and Liverpool and earned his PhD in 2019 from the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University. In 2013, he was a Social Media Fellow at the Stiftung Mercator.
Active Projects
Publications
- Young Economy Tracker – Junge Stimmen für eine gerechte Zukunft
- Germany’s Next Generation: Eager to Start Businesses?
- Better together for youth – Empowering future generations through collective action
- Young Founders Monitor
- Wirtschaft geht uns alle an
- Wirtschaftspolitische Interessen junger Menschen in Deutschland
- Gründungsbereitschaft junger Menschen in Deutschland
- Pioneering Gen Z Entrepreneurs: Reflections and Policy Considerations
- Kommunalbefragung Open Data 2022
- Typisch Stadt, typisch Land?
- Digital Souverän 2021: Aufbruch in die digitale Post-Coronawelt?
- Jetzt Alle?! Digitale Souveränität von Älteren
- Open Data in Kommunen
- Gründungsinteresse bei jungen Menschen ungebrochen groß
External Publications
- Andrade, I., & Bürger, T. (2025). Welche Unterstützung junge Menschen bei Unternehmensgründungen wichtig finden. Wirtschaftsdienst, 105(2), 138-142. doi:10.2478/wd-2025-0035. (2025)
- Bürger, T. (2024). The novel way of the entrepreneur: How young people change entrepreneurship and what they need to flourish. Philea (Blog) (2024)
- Ross, K., Jansen, M., & Bürger, T. (2020). The media world versus the real world of women and political representation: Questioning differences and struggling for answers. In M. Djerf-Pierre & M. Edström (Eds.), Comparing gender and media equality [...] (2020)