Daniel works at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, a melting pot of policy making and academia, where he provides science-based support to policy-making process in the field of technology-based innovation and digitalisation. His main interests include the uptake of digital technologies, the working of the European innovation ecosystem and the position of Europe in the global context of technology-based value generation. Before joining the JRC, he worked at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin (DIW Berlin). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Humboldt University Berlin.