Alena Birrer has been a Research and Teaching Associate in the Media and Internet Governance Division at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) since September 2020. She holds an MA and a BA in Communication and Media Research and Political Science (Minor) from the University of Zurich, where she also contributed to various research projects as a student research assistant. Her research and teaching interests include privacy and digital identity, data governance and communication rights, and media concentration and market power control.