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Måns Nilsson

Former Executive Director

Former employee

Måns Nilsson

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Måns Nilsson was the Executive Director of SEI from 2018-2026, which included directing, organizing and delegating all work at the Institute with its seven centres around the world. He led on global strategy development and implementation, and supervised all senior management functions of finance, HR, communications, operations and research, centre directors, and SEI-HQ research divisions.

Måns is a scholar in the policy sciences and his interests include policy coherence, integrated decision making, energy and industry transitions, and development policy. In recent years, he has been strongly engaged in the 2030 Agenda and is a regular advisor to the UN, OECD, the European Commission and the Government of Sweden. Måns has slipped more than 60 papers past unsuspecting editors of academic journals and edited two books.

Måns is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA). He received his MSc from University of Lund, Sweden and his PhD degree from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

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