Expertise
Claudia Loroff, President of Forsooth LLC
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2023 President of Forsooth LLC
2023 founded Forsooth LLC
2021-2023 freelancer for scientific advice and reviews, writing and editing drafts, advice on research funding (e.g. in the context of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research funding programs “Mein Bildungsraum” and “Förderung außerschulischer MINT-Bildung” (promotion of after-school STEM education) for VDI/VDE-IT), working as an author and game designer (e.g. for Chaosium Inc.).
2021 Relocated to the USA (Fort Collins, Colorado, previously based in Berlin)
2014-2021 senior manager at VDI/VDE-IT
2005-2014 consultant at VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH (VDI/VDE-IT)
2002-2005 research assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering
2021-2002 research assistant to the police chief in Berlin in the psychological service of the state police school
Education
MS (Diplom), computer science, Technical University of Berlin Germany
MS (Diplom), psychology, Technical University of Berlin Germany
Areas of expertise
Research funding processes
Digitalization of education
STEM education
Permeability of educational sectors and recognition of prior learning
Work-based learning
Knowledge and technology transfer
Citizen Science
Game design
Hobbies
Archery
Tabletop roleplaying games
Board games
Raising chickens
Adventuring in the Rocky Mountains
Ancient cooking
References for Forsooth LLC
11/2025-7/2026:
Research and consulting services for Ed-Tech innovation systems for the Institute for Innovation and Technology – iit of the VDI/VDE-IT (https://www.vdivde-it.de/en/department/iit, https://www.iit-berlin.de/en/home/), Germany
5/2024-7/2026:
Scientific support services as a subcontractor of VDI/VDE-IT for the “Mein Bildungsraum” research funding program (R&D for a nationwide software solution for education providers to promote digital individual lifelong learning) of the German Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
5/2024-5/2025:
Scientific support services as a subcontractor of VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH (VDI/VDE-IT) for the “Digital Change in Education, Science and Research” funding program of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
10/2023-3/2024:
Development of funding concepts and quality control as a subcontractor of VDI/VDE-IT for the “Mein Bildungsraum” research funding program (R&D for a nationwide software solution for education providers to promote digital individual lifelong learning) of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
07/2023-ongoing:
Game design for Chaosium Inc., USA
