Nicole Manger

Senior Policy Expert & Fellow of Practice on Global AI Governance at TUM Think Tank at the Technical University of Munich; German Federal Foreign Office

In her current role with the German Federal Foreign Office, Nicole spearheads efforts for Global AI Governance and Digital Cooperation in the Coordination Unit for AI in Foreign Policy. Before, she served as Team Lead for global partnerships and programs in FFO’s data and AI-driven crisis early warning unit PREVIEW, where she led international digital transformation initiatives like the UN Complex Risk Analytics Fund CRAF'd. Nicole is also a Fellow of Practice with the TUM Think Tank at the Technical University of Munich. Prior to joining FFO in 2020, Nicole worked in various functions in diplomacy, security and foreign policy and sustainable development with the US State Department at the US Consulate General in Munich and the Munich Security Conference, as well as with the German Agency for Development Cooperation. She also conducted research on law and politics at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Göttingen (Germany).