Santiago Cárdenas Arciniegas is a master’s student in Data Science for Public Policy at the Hertie School in Berlin. He holds a dual bachelor’s degree in social communication and political science from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. Before joining Hertie, he worked in academic outreach and marketing analytics at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and gained experience in corporate communications at Boehringer Ingelheim. He is interested in applying data-driven approaches to understand the impact of political violence on democratic institutions. Santiago studies at Hertie with a scholarship and financial support from the DAAD and Colfuturo, a Colombian funding program for postgraduate studies abroad. He began learning German after high school and enjoys cycling, reading, and following news and politics through radio and podcasts.
