Thomas M. Klotz holds a diploma degree in political science from the Bavarian School of Public Policy and works as a head of unit at the Academy for Politics and Current Affairs of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. His dissertation at the School of Governance of the Technical University of Munich is entitled “Save the bees! How an insect changes our democracy”. For eight years, he is a hobby beekeeper with about ten hives and board member of the beekeeping club Tegernsee.