Marina Manke

Before joining the Global Migration Data Analysis Centre as its new chief in June 2022, Marina headed the Labour Mobility and Social Inclusion Division in the Department of Policy Support and Migration Management, IOM Headquarters in Geneva. She joined IOM in 2004 as a migration data specialist at the Vienna Technical Cooperation Centre for Europe and Central Asia. Since then, evidence-based, future proof and coherent governance of migration has become her prime area of specialization, demonstrated through co-authorship of such flagship publications as “Sharing Data – Where to Start (external link) ”, “Migration Profiles – Making the Most of the Process (external link) ”, as well as expert interventions at high-level international and national fora.

She holds a diploma in linguistics and English philology from the Samara State University, an MA in Political Science from the Central European University, and a PhD in International Relations from the University of Cambridge.