Linus Sehn

Full-stack software engineer and system administrator available for freelance work. Currently learning to become a psychoterapist.

Mannheim, Germany, CET

LZ

About

I'm a generalist with a background in political science, economics, and, most recently, psychology. I'm fascinated by the way technology shapes human experience. When I'm not learning new things, I work as a full-stack software engineer and system administrator.

Experience

Otto Selz Institute
On-site
10h/week

2024 - current

Technical Consultant

Responsible for the internal IT infrastructure and the technical aspects of conducting psychological experiments (e.g. eye tracking).

Free Software Foundation Europe
Remote
Full-time

2021 - 2023

Senior Project Manager & System Administrator

Modernized the FSFE's fully self-owned, free-software infrastructure stack. Implemented new features to internal donation and member management tools. Won the EU Datathon 2022 (25.000€) with the TEDective project. Worked on the REUSE 1.0.0 release.

Research Assistant

Supported the GUARDINT project by conducting data analysis and developing web-based visualisations.

Federal Foreign Office
On-Site
Full-time

Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

Internship

Analysed countries' positions on allowing foreign companies to provide 5G infrastructure using both confidential and open sources.

Free University of Berlin
On-Site
12h/week

Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Lora Anne Viola Ph.D.

Presented a paper at and supported the organisation of the project’s section at the 2019 ECPR Conference and participated in and contributed to the project’s workshop in Krakow hosting some of the leading scholars in the field of surveillance studies.

Education

University of Mannheim

2023 - 2026
BSc in Psychology

FU Berlin, HU Berlin, University of Potsdam

2017 - 2022
MA in International Relations

University of Manchester

2014 - 2017
BA(Hons) in Politics, Philosophy & Economics