Stephanie Cox

Stephanie has co-founded TEDxDonauinsel and Chancen:reich, the first Austrian career fair for refugees and one of the biggest ones in Europe. The OECD and UNHCR have used Chancen:reich as a best practice example in their 2018 multi-stakeholder action plan report. 2017 Stephanie Cox got officially elected as one of the youngest members of the Austrian parliament. There she was part of the digitalization, education and equality committee. In addition, she was the spokesperson on youth policy and the deputy chairwoman of the JETZT parliamentary group. After her decision not to run for a second term, she took some time off and proceeded consulting social businesses and policy makers. In September 2022 Stephanie joined Ashoka. There, she’s using her experience as an entrepreneur and politician giving young changemakers a voice and platform. She’s leading Ashoka's Children & Youth work in Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In the past she had the privilege to host numerous conferences and events about innovation and entrepreneurship, from the ‘Rise up’ conference in Cairo to the ‘Digital Nomad’ conference in Berlin. She’s been also nominated as a Young Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum.

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