Election Security
Verifiability
Post-Election Audits
To enable a future where technology strengthens democracy by safeguarding electoral processes against hybrid threats and delivering secure, transparent, and trustworthy systems that inspire public confidence worldwide.
Our mission is to safeguard democracy and strengthen election management bodies’ organization of elections by delivering knowledge and experience to strengthen transparency and verifiability of the election itself. Accurate and visible verification will build confidence, minimize political tensions and violence and ensure a credible electoral process that meets international standards.
DemTech Group's customers include Election Commission of New South Wales, Victoria Election Commission, Swiss Federal Chancellery, German Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs, Digitaliseringsstyrelsen (Denmark), Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, World Health Organization, and the African Development Bank. We have organized specialized training workshops for Norway, Egypt, Mongolia, Lithuania, and Åland. We are also consulting with the Carter Center, Venice Commission (Council of Europe), NDI, OSCE, and International IDEA.
Cyber and Information Security Expert, Professor of Computer Science at the IT University of Copenhagen and Head of the Center for Information Security and Trust (CISAT). Renowned for research on election security and technologies, with over 60 academic publications. Leads DemTech Group, providing technical assistance to election management bodies and international organizations including the Carter Center, OSCE, and NDI for election observation adn election assistance.
Senior election observation and democratic governance expert with over 20 years of international experience. Specializes in election observation design, methodology development, and network coordination across Europe, Africa, Central Asia, and North America. Leads Europe–Africa cooperation on election observation and develops advanced capacity-building programs on AI, OSINT, cybersecurity, and data analysis.
International expert with more than 20 years of experience supporting electoral management bodies and oversight institutions. Former Political Finance Expert at the French National Commission on Campaign Accounts and Political Party Financing (CNCCFP). Member of the OSCE/ODIHR Core Group of Experts on Political Party Regulation and contributor to numerous international publications on political finance and transparency.
Social Media and election specialist with over 20 years of experience supporting electoral processes worldwide. Since 2021 serves as Social Media Coordinator for the EU-funded EODS project, leading the integration of social media monitoring into EU Election Observation Missions. Designer of the EODS Social Media Toolkit and expert in digital threats, information integrity, and democratic resilience.
Senior legal and electoral expert with more than 20 years of international experience supporting election observation, electoral reform and democratic governance. She has contributed to over 50 Election Observation Missions, Election Expert Missions and electoral assistance programmes with the EU, UN, OSCE/ODIHR, Council of Europe, OIF, ECES and IFES. Her expertise includes electoral law, electoral justice, political finance, election administration, media regulation, and the participation of women and underrepresented groups in electoral processes.
Elections specialist with over 20 years of experience in governance reform and democratic institution building across 26 countries. Former Resident Country Director for NDI in Bangladesh, Malawi, and India. Experienced in political dialogue, parliamentary strengthening, and civil society engagement. Holds advanced degrees in political science, law, and global media, and recipient of the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal and NATO Service Medal.
Carsten Schürmann
email: carsten@demtechgroup.com
phone: +45 26393606