Martin Hullin
Bertelsmann Stiftung researcher on tech resilience and sovereignty; open-source panel at Brussels summit.
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What does Bertelsmann Stiftung research say about the real delivery gap in European tech sovereignty?
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Participated in open-source panel at the summit
European Tech Sovereignty: Brussels sovereignty summit opens without European AI builders- What is the Bertelsmann Stiftung Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty?
- The Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty (ETRS) is a Bertelsmann Stiftung programme that tracks European technology dependency and resilience, producing research on cloud market concentration, open-source sovereignty, and the implementation gap in EU digital sovereignty policy.Source: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Background
Martin Hullin is a researcher at Bertelsmann Stiftung working on the Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty (ETRS), the German foundation's programme tracking European technology dependency and resilience across cloud, AI, and semiconductor supply chains. He participates in the open-source panel at the inaugural Sovereign Tech Europe summit in Brussels on 23 April 2026, alongside Paul Sharratt from the Sovereign Tech Agency Germany .
Bertelsmann Stiftung is one of Germany's largest non-profit foundations, operating independently of the Bertelsmann media and education conglomerate from which it was endowed. The ETRS programme produces research on how European technology dependencies intersect with strategic autonomy objectives, including assessments of open-source as a sovereignty instrument, cloud market concentration, and the implementation gap between EU digital sovereignty declarations and measurable delivery.
Hullin's programme is one of several think-tank research streams feeding into the EuroStack and CADA policy debates. Bertelsmann Stiftung was among the sources cited in Cristina Caffarra's EuroStack Initiative Foundation work on the €300bn investment requirement for European digital stack independence. His summit appearance alongside German federal agency representatives (Sovereign Tech Agency) reflects the German policy ecosystem's relatively coherent approach to sovereignty through open-source and industrial strategy.
