Gaby Umbach

Gaby UMBACH is Part-time Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. She is Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Innsbruck and LUISS Guido Carli/CIFE as well as non-resident Visiting Fellow of the European Parliamentary Research Service. Since 2022, she is Area Chair for ‘Policy Frameworks, Governance and Management of Data-driven Innovations’ of the Data for Policy Community. She is Book Review Editor of the Journal of Common Market Studies, Editorial Board member of the International Journal Evaluation and Program Planning, and Board member of the Institute for European Politics in Berlin. Moreover, she is academic advisor and author to the Enlightenment 2.0 programme of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Her research includes the analysis of measuring and the use of statistics as governance technique; data-based governance; data and evidence literacy in policy-making; evidence-informed policy-making; multilevel and anticipatory governance: socio-economic as well as eco-social policies: and sustainable development. https://me.eui.eu/gaby-umbach/