Summary
Sebastian Jilke is a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy and co-director of the Better Government Lab, combining rigorous academic research with hands-on public-sector collaboration. With a Ph.D. in Public Administration and eight years of experience at the intersection of policy evaluation and experimental governance, he has served as an academic affiliate across multiple federal agencies including GSA, OPM, and DHS. His work emphasizes evidence-based public administration and behavioral experiments to improve government services, translating scholarly insight into operational improvements for agencies. Notably, he directs interdisciplinary teams that bridge academia and practice, a role reflected in ongoing partnerships and applied projects rather than traditional lab-focused publishing alone.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts, Public Management and Governance, Master of Arts, Public Management and Governance at Zeppelin University
Ph.D., Public Administration, Ph.D., Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bachelor of Arts, Studies in Social Management, Bachelor of Arts, Studies in Social Management at University of Applied Science in the German Red Cross