Léa Steinacker (born 1989) is a German researcher, entrepreneur,[1] keynote speaker and best-selling author whose work focuses on how technology interacts with people, organizations, and the planet.

She has also worked as a journalist with prominent interviewees including digital activist Joy Buolamwini,[2] writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

[4] She was active in sports, playing tennis as part of a Walsroder team competing nationally for a position in the German Jugend trainiert für Olympia (Youth Training for the Olympics) program.

Her senior thesis, "An ecological approach to the risks of female sex workers in rural Kenya," was supervised by Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Levy Paluck.

[10] She also participated in the first White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism on the recommendation of Farah Pandith, who served previously as the first-ever special representative to Muslim communities.