Manuel Langendorf

Manuel Langendorf is a senior analyst and editor at Middle East Minds, a MENA-focused consultancy headquartered in Berlin. Manuel is a researcher and consultant on digital transformation in the MENA region. He recently worked with the European Institute of the Mediterranean, where he coordinated the EuroMeSCo Joint Study Group 2022-23: “The Digital Transition in EU’s Southern Neighbourhood: Progress, Obstacles, and Opportunities.” Additionally, Langendorf is a researcher for Apollo Strategic Communications. His research has been published by the Wilson Center, Middle East Institute, European Council on Foreign Relations and the European Institute of the Mediterranean among others.

Manuel has participated as a speaker in numerous seminars and conferences on digitalization, including at the United Nations, German Council on Foreign Relations, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Tunisian National Defense Institute. Between 2020 and 2021, he worked as an independent consultant at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). In 2020, he was selected for the Banco Santander-Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB) 35 under 35 list and the CIDOB Future Leaders Forum.

Manuel was a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations between 2019 and 2020 where he worked on digitalization and the digital economy in the Middle East. He has been a frequent contributor to various media outlets focusing on the MENA region and has appeared numerous times on television to comment on Middle Eastern affairs. He holds an MSc in International Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.