Nicolai Harnisch studied political science and sociology at the universities of Munich, Granada, Marburg and Madrid.

After completing his Master’s degree in 2019, he joined the Zentrum Digitalisierung.Bayern, initially as an assistant to the management team. Since April 2020, he has been working at Bayern Innovativ GmbH as a technology project manager at the interface between digitalisation and mobility, for example within the Connected Mobility thematic platform and on the EU ‘E-Hubs’ project, as well as in the area of internationalisation.