Meet Sarah

I entered the digital money sphere right when digital assets and currencies started to be picked up by the first few European universities as part of existing curricula and partially completely novel study paths. This response from academia was directly impacted by some notable developments such as the draft for the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCAr) regulation being ratified, institutional investors moving into digital assets, central banks exploring digital equivalents of cash and the systemic risk that the failure of various stablecoin projects have put reserve banks at, to name a few. Ever since, I have been fully immersed from an academic and thus, research-backed rather than opinion-driven perspective.

The topics cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), blockchain technology, digital assets and other adjacent topics such as regenerative finance (ReFi) and financial technology (FinTech) are my main areas of expertise.

These novel forms of money are here to stay

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These novel forms of money are here to stay ▻

I am here to help you understand them for your purpose.

My Lecturing Approach

In all lecturing settings, I warmly invite all questions, critical debate, opinions, levels of knowledge as well as groups of people to come together. I aim for students to leave with an increased understanding of these topics as well as a nuanced perspective on some of the big questions surrounding them. All educational units are tailored to the target group, previous level of knowledge, time available, setting and concrete learning goals agreed upon beforehand. As much as possible, I include experiential learning, rather than theory-only based sessions.

Why I do What I Do

From experience, I perceive the divide between the portrayal of these topics in non-specialized news outlets and the current status of adoption of digital assets and currencies to be notably impacting the strategy with which some companies, organizations and governments embrace or discount their raisons d'être and the ways in which they could be leveraged for positive change.

Track Record at a Glance

May 2024 – present
Policy Officer for Digital Banking & Financial Services at Bitkom

Jan 2024 – May 2024
Strategic Advisor for the Digital Euro Association
Jan 2022 – Dec 2023
Executive Director at the Digital Euro Association
Aug 2021 – Feb 2024
Faculty Member, Project Manager, Researcher & Tutor at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Oct 2019 – Jul 2020
Working Student in Partner Sales & Management at the European Bank for Financial Services Ltd
Oct & Dec 2024
Hyper Island
Guest lecture for Intelligent Machines & Web3.0 for Digital Management Master students
Sep 2023
International School of Management
Lecturer in the masterclass "Metamorphose of Money" on the topic CBDCs and alternative coins to Bitcoin
Jul 2023
“How to teach & facilitate Blockchain Technology & Crypto Assets” workshop for Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Visited by 20+ university professors and faculty members from European universities
Cross-organizational communication, strategy development for teaching settings, analysis of current blockchain teaching in Europe
Jun 2023
Guest Lecturer for Life Skills
Lecturer on the “Ethereum Quick Guide: How does Ethereum actually work?”
Jan 2023

Master in Blockchain & Digital Assets at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Workshop and lecturer on Ethereum, transactions on Ethereum, Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), Ethereum Clients, Nodes, Validators, MEV, Censorship
Second supervisor for thesis assessment and grading
Nov 2022 – present

Digital Money Academy by the Digital Euro Association
Lecturer for the Digital Money Academy on the “Basics of CBDCs”
Jan 2022
Guest Lecturer & Workshop Guide for EY ifb Group
Lecturer for the “Digital Assets” seminar series for executives on blockchain and digitalization, topic “Introduction to Blockchain Technology & Bitcoin”

Non-exhaustive list
Jan 2023 - present
Member of the "Digital Currencies" expert committee of the German Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management (DVFA)
Apr 2023 – present
Owner of Black Beaver Studio (animal & human rights promoting online shop): 25% of profits go to animal welfare
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Strategic advisor of the European Carbon Offset Tokenization Association (ECOTA)
Nov 2021 - present
DLT Talents, DeFi Talents, NFT Talents peer mentor for professionals
Jun 2017 – Jun 2018
Full-time au-pair & student at the French language school École L'Étoile, Paris, France & attainment of the Diplôme de Langue française – B2 (CEFR)
Aug 2014 – Jun 2015
Foreign Exchange Student in Fallon, Nevada, USA
Ahead of the digital euro: Public Digital Euro Working Group Recommendations. Digital Euro Association e.V., Aug. 2022 (co-author)
Stablecoins: Introduction and recommendations for the EU. Digital Euro Association e.V., Aug. 2022 (co-author)
Sep 2024 - present
Stockholm University, Sweden
MSc Master in Management, Organization and Society
Aug 2018 - Apr 2022
Double degree graduate (German-Swedish double degree)
BA International Management
Augsburg University of Applied Sciences , Germany
BSc Business Administrations
Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Aug 2009 - Jun 2017
Karl-Ziegler Gymnasium, Germany
Abitur (Higher Education Entrance Qualification)
Skipping 10th grade without repeat
Aug 2014 - Jun 2015
Churchill County High School
Certificate of Accomplishment
10th grade high school attendance as a sophomore in Fallon, Nevada, USA
Mar 2024
Completion of University of Michigan online course on “The Future of Payment Technologies”
Oct 2023
GRE® General Test – score 320/340
Sep 2023
Completion with honors of Yale University online course on “Financial Markets”
May 2023
TOEFL iBT® English Language Test – score 114/120
Mar 2023
Completion of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management seminar on “Real Estate Expertise”
Mar 2023
Completion of the Bocconi University online course on "Private Equity and Venture Capital"
Feb 2022
Completion of the 18-week DLT Talents scholarship program
Jun 2021
Attainment of the Blockchain Economics for Business Certificate by European Blockchain Center
Apr 2019
Attainment of the Stock Exchange Expert License by Börsenforum Augsburg e.V.

Beyond the Cut & Dry

3+ years experience in higher education of executives, undergraduate and post-graduate students at universities, independent vocational training providers and public organizations
Currently based in Stockholm
Supervised 30+ bachelor and master thesis on digital money, supported +40 student thesis as an industry expert interviewee

Experienced in cross-cultural communication & polyglot
- Native in German, fluent in English, working proficient in French and Swedish, limited working proficient in Italian