"Blending tech, theater, and transformation, Christian Hansen crafts compelling narratives, devises strategic communications, and fosters systemic innovation, notably in Smart City consulting and sustainable tech through Prototype Fund."
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After studying playwriting at the University of Arts in Berlin and a scholarship with Peter Zadek and Tom Stromberg, I founded a theatre company in 2008. Until 2014, I toured the independent scene and realised more than 20 productions on stages in four countries, mainly based on my own plays.
As an independent consultant, I have been developing communication content and strategies and supporting clients in the areas of storytelling and ideation since 2006. At Opendata.ch I have been managing the Prototype Fund since 2023 and support the association in concept development, PR and communication.
As co-founder of schaefer | hansen (2019), I develop and facilitate projects in the areas of digital transformation, urban development and smart city. From 2019 - 2023, I was Smart Regio Basel's Co-Managing Director.
Since 2018, as a guest lecturer at the ZHDK, I have been passing on to students what I have learned about creative entrepreneurship as a playwright, dramaturg, founder and consultant.
I volunteer for analogue and digital inclusion and for greener cities. I spent my rather stormy childhood on the shores of the North Sea and then spent 12 years living in Berlin before moving to Switzerland at the end of 2013. I currently live in Basel with my wife and our daughter.