Senior Fellow, Geopolitics and Technology
Paul Verhagen is a non-resident Subject Matter Expert on technology at HCSS, focusing on artificial intelligence and global technological competition. He is the author of The Techtonic Shift (Das Mag), on how the collision of technology and geopolitics is making our institutions obsolete — and what democracies should do about it.
Paul is a frequent commentator in Dutch and international media on artificial intelligence, geopolitical tech competition, and US politics. His academic research examines how algorithms can exacerbate — or even cause — political polarization. He was Strategic Liaison at the Civic AI Lab (University of Amsterdam), where he connected academic research to policy objectives, and taught at Amsterdam University College.
Paul holds master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence (University of Amsterdam) and Environment and Resource Management (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), and a bachelor’s in Theoretical Physics and Philosophy from Amsterdam University College. He previously worked at HCSS as a data scientist for four years and has lived in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong.
You can visit his website here.
