Stefan Lindow studied Political and Communication Sciences at the University of Erfurt (B. A.) and Södertörn University College in Stockholm as well as Political Science at the Georg-August-University Göttingen (M. A.). He received his Dr. disc. pol. in Göttingen in 2021 with a thesis on German copyright policy.

He worked at the Göttingen Chair of Comparative Politics and Political Economy from 2014 to 2020 and at the Department of Policy Analysis & Environmental Policy at the FernUniversität Hagen from 2021 to 2022. During these years, he developed expertise in digital, economic and justice policy, political systems and policy research, multi-methodological research as well as in the implementation of academic teaching (simulation games, blended learning approaches) and the development of e-learning resources.

He is co-coordinator of the Cavas+ project to develop a symbolic AI assistance system for the validation and accreditation of study regulations and program director for continuing education on artificial intelligence at the Potsdam Graduate School.