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Nicole Dewandre

Senior Associate Fellow

n.dewandre@egmontinstitute.be

Gender equality in research, partnership between civil society and researchers, harnessing EU-funded research to sustainable development, fostering human centricity of digital policies

Biography

Nicole Dewandre joined the Egmont Institute in May 2025 as Senior Associate Fellow in the European Affairs programme. She had a 40 years-long-career at the Commission in Delors’ think tank (1986-1992), DG RTD (1992-2011), DG CNECT (2011-2016), the JRC (2016-2019), the President’s cabinet (2019-2023), and SG (2023-2024). She worked mostly on foresight and “science and society” policies: gender equality in research, partnership between civil society and researchers, harnessing EU-funded research to sustainable development, fostering human centricity of digital policies.

Nicole is currently visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and invited researcher at the Centre de Théorie Politique (ULB).

She studied applied physics engineering, economics, operations research and philosophy in Belgium (UC Louvain and ULB) and in the USA (UC Berkeley). She is also a Policy Fellow Alumni from the University of Cambridge.