Biography
Biography
Marina Manke has been the Chief of IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) since June 2022. Before joining the GMDAC, Marina headed the Labour Mobility and Social Inclusion Division in the Department of Policy Support and Migration Management, IOM Headquarters in Geneva.
Marina 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", "Migration Profiles - Making the Most of the Process", 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 M.A in Political Science from the Central European University, and a Ph.D in International Relations from the University of Cambridge.