Nicole Lawler is an assistant director in the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center where she provides support for the Center’s transatlantic digital and tech portfolio. Before her current role, she worked at the Europe Center as a young global professional for the Fall 2021 term.  

Prior to joining the Council, she was a trainee in the Trade and Agriculture section at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. In 2020, she obtained a master’s degree in European and international public policy, specializing in democracy and governance in Europe, from the London School of Economics (LSE). In 2019, she graduated from Smith College with a BA in government with a concentration in international relations. She also interned at the DC Executive Office of the Mayor in 2017 and was a general course student in the Government Department at LSE.