< BACK TO ABOUT Marieke Willems Senior Research Associate and Project Manager Marieke Willems is a senior research associate and project manager at the Lisbon Council. She holds a master of science in communication science from the Radboud University in the Netherlands and a master’s in business administration from the Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración in Barcelona. Ms Willems specialises in the coordination, dissemination and stakeholder engagement of projects with a focus on democracy and social innovation. Her recent work includes managing diverse European projects and initiatives in the fields of evidence-based policymaking, open science and research infrastructures.