Bio

Jonas joined Social Impact Award in 2018 and was amongst other roles in the team, responsible for SIA’s program in Austria and in Germany, as well as for SIA’s international partnerships and scaling efforts. He is also regularly giving university lectures on the topic of social entrepreneurship.

Before joining Social Impact Award, Jonas worked for two years at the Social Entrepreneurship Center of the Vienna University of Economics and Business as a researcher running SIA’s Impact Assessment and conducting workshops & trainings. This followed several engagements for different initiatives in the social entrepreneurship ecosystem (e.g. at GIZ, SEED – Promoting Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development, and others). Jonas has a Master of Arts in political science having studied at the University of Vienna, LMU Munich, and University of Vilnius.