Biography

Nils Berglund is a research associate at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, and project lead for the Global Initiative on the Future of the Internet (GIFI) – an EU-funded project promoting the principles of the Declaration for the Future of the Internet. His expertise centers around the European Union’s cyber and digital diplomacy, the global governance of the internet, and sustainable digital transformation. Through GIFI and other projects, he works with governments, international organisations, and the broader multistakeholder community to provide policy support, outreach, and capacity-building on cyber and digital issues.

Before joining the European University Institute, he worked at the EU Institute for Security Studies, where he was the project coordinator of the EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative — EU Cyber Direct. The initiative supported the EU’s cyber diplomacy and international digital engagements through multistakeholder cooperation, bilateral consultations with partner countries, and engaging in multilateral processes at the United Nations. He has previously served as a Research Fellow at Research ICT Africa, and managing editor for the Directions Blog. He holds a Master of Science in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science.