Clara Nonnenkamp is a project manager at MERICS. She previously worked in project acquisitions at the Mannheim Center for Evaluation and Development (C4ED/MZEEF). Prior to taking that role, she was an intern at the German Foreign Office and a project assistant for the Munich Security Conference. She holds a Master's degree in International Affairs from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, as well as a joint honours in Chinese and International Relations from the University of Leeds.