Elke DALL joined the Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) in 2003. Currently, she coordinates the project S4D4C "Using Science for/in Diplomacy for Adressing Societal Challenges" (co-funded by Horizon 2020) and she is representing ZSI in Brussels since February 2018. Between 2007 and 2016 she was Head of Unit “Research Policy and Development” and Board Member at the Centre for Social Innovation. From October 2016 to February 2018 she acted as Policy Officer with a focus on Stakeholder Engagement at the COST Administration.

She studied Sociology at the University of Vienna and has a background in research on networked organisations, quantitative and qualitative evaluation and in the field of S&T and innovation policy analysis.