Dr.-Ing. Severin Beucker is founder and partner of the Borderstep Institute. He is responsible for organizational development and international partnerships. His scientific interest lies on digitalization and innovation processes in the energy sector. He has extensive methodological expertise in the development of business models and the evaluation of resource productivity of new technologies and services. Among other honors, he received the “Best Paper Award” at ICT4S 2026 for his research.

After studying environmental engineering, Severin Beucker completed his doctorate at the University of Stuttgart. From 1999 to 2006, he led joint research projects, industrial consulting projects and two task forces for the development of research strategies in nano- and biotechnology at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO). For Borderstep, he has conducted numerous research projects as well as innovation and policy analyses for German and international clients. Since 2010, he has been teaching in parallel at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in a part-time master’s program on innovation management and entrepreneurship. He is a member of several international organizations and a member of scientific expert groups and advisory boards, including the Competence Center Energy Efficiency through Digitalization (KEDi) of the German Energy Agency (dena).

Severin Beucker spent extensive years teaching and traveling in the English-speaking world as well as in France and Spain. Together with his family, he prefers to spend his time outdoors: whether at the lakes in Brandenburg or in the mountains, the main thing is to be in nature.

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