Institute for Sustainable Development and Governance

Vineet John Samuel, a public policy researcher, is currently pursuing his PhD at the Hertie School (Hertie School of Governance until 2019). He was educated at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the National Law School of India University. He was an awardee of the German Chancellors Fellowship 2021.

As a Fellow with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he studies the gig economy, digital platform regulation and the future of work. Prior to his arrival at the Hertie School, Vineet was the Asia Democracy Network Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in NewDelhi and has written extensively on issues of social policy, tech regulation and public finance.