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Peter Wolf

Principal Adviser, Elections and Digitalization

Peter Wolf is the Principal Adviser, Elections and Digitalization and works in the global Electoral Processes Programme at the International IDEA headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. His work focuses on emerging challenges and the application and impact of digital technologies on elections, the sustainable and trusted implementation of ICTs in electoral processes and the protection of electoral processes in the digital and information environment.

Peter is responsible for International IDEA's work on ICTs Elections and Technology and is the author of numerous publications, including on biometricscybersecuritycertificationelectronic votingopen dataopen source technology and electoral management. He also contributed to the development of several International IDEA databases, including the database on ICTs, Elections and Technology. Recently Wolf has lead International IDEA's development of the Special Voting Arrangements Handbook and related comparative database and a global multi-year project on Protecting Electoral Processes in the Information Environment

Wolf’s previous experience includes his tenure with the Elections Department of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has served in international election observation missions on all continents as voter registration and electronic voting expert and worked as a consultant and ICT expert in election assistance projects since the late 1990s. 

You can follow updates about Peter’s work on his Twitter feed @peter_wolf_idea 

Expertise
Elections; Democracy and technology; Emerging electoral challenges
Education
Master of Science (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Languages
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, English, German
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
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