Bianca Kodaira

Curriculum vitae

Bianca Kodaira works at the intersection of foreign, security, innovation and technology policy. She serves as Consultant to the Management of VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH. In this role, she contributes to strategic discussions at the interface of innovation, research and policy and supports the management in assessing developments and perspectives from science, industry and innovation policy. At the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit), she focuses on resilience, technological sovereignty, and the geopolitical framework conditions shaping innovation and technological development. 

Before joining VDI/VDE-IT, Bianca served as Research Fellow and Strategy and Policy Advisor at the Paris Office of the United Nations University (UNU). There, she contributed to strengthening the links between research and policymaking through strategic analysis, high-level dialogues and stakeholder engagement across government, academia, international organisations and the private sector. Previously, she worked at the Office of the UNU Rector in Tokyo, contributing to strategic planning processes and analyses of international and geopolitical developments. She also worked at the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels and in the Stabilisation Division of the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Her work focused on European foreign and security policy, crisis prevention, stabilisation and international cooperation. In addition, Bianca was a Research Fellow within the Collaborative Research Centre 700 Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood, where she worked on issues related to international governance, security sector reform and European foreign policy. 

Bianca studied Political Science and International Relations at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and King's College London. She holds a Master of Arts degree from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.