Nicole Manger

Nicole brings a wealth of policy and research expertise at the intersection of Foreign Policy, Law, Technology, and Sustainable Development. She joined the Federal Foreign Office (FFO) of Germany in 2020 in its data and AI driven crisis early warning unit PREVIEW. While at PREVIEW, Nicole led efforts towards advancing global partnerships and programs for putting data-driven, evidence-based decision-making to work for sustaining peace, climate action, and the SDGs. Today, she spearheads efforts in FFO's Coordination Unit for AI in Foreign Policy for Global AI Governance and Digital Cooperation, such as the German engagement for a Global Digital Compact.

In her work at FFO, Nicole launched and led global digital transformation campaigns with the UN, such as the now 30+ Mio. UN Complex Risk Analytics Fund CRAF’d enabling high quality, open-source data and analytics for targeted crisis prevention. She also enabled political agenda setting with the Ministerial Conference “Sustaining Peace Amidst the Climate Crisis: The Role of Data, Science, and Technology”, and advances efforts for a global GovTechecosystem . In her role as Co-Chair of the Task Force on AI and Human Rights in the Freedom Online Coalition, Nicole also focuses on the human rights implications of emerging technologies.
Before joining the Federal Foreign Office, 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 at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Texas at Austin and Göttingen University.
Trained in international relations and law, Nicole’s regional experience spans across North America, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia. Her previous academic research at the intersection of constitutional law and politics focused on the civil and human rights implications of governmental counter-terrorism efforts and its judicial review mechanisms, global migration and the role of mega-cities, as well as law and politics in multi-cultural jurisdictions.