Verena Ringler

Verena Ringler is a European Diplomacy and Governance Innovator who advocates for contact and cooperation across sectors, disciplines, and cultures, showcasing the added value and impact of such formats in times of change. CERN to her serves as a powerful inspiration way beyond the natural sciences due to the ambition, audacity, and cooperative culture it embodies.

Verena promotes forward-looking leadership as 2025 EU Climate Pact Ambassador and as Director of European Commons, a boutique Think Tank. In the past two decades, she devised and oversaw numerous cutting-edge endeavours at the interface of diplomacy, science, and society. Verena also worked in EU diplomacy in the Balkans, and as an editor at Foreign Policy magazine. She serves on the advisory boards of several policy organizations and regularly appears in the media and the Club of Venice. She holds registered trademarks on new strategy development formats, including the Situation Room™.