Måns Nilsson is Head of Branch for Security policy and strategic studies at FOI- Swedish Defence Research Agency.
He recently (April 2026) concluded his term as Executive Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).
As a policy scientist and analyst, his key interests include security policy, sustainable development, innovation, international institutions, and policy coherence. Måns has been a regular advisor to the UN, OECD, the European Commission and the Government of Sweden, and serves on the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration, as well as on a number of advisory boards. He has slipped more than 60 papers past unsuspecting editors of academic journals and has edited two books. He was listed as Web of Science “Highly Cited Researcher” 2021 and 2022. He was visiting Professor of Practice (part time) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology between 2010 and 2022.
He received his MSc from University of Lund, Sweden, and his PhD degree from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.
