Maëlle Vanmansart

Maëlle Vanmansart is the Office and Programme Assistant at RUSI Europe, where she supports the organisation's day-to-day operations across communications, events, and research. She assists internal and external communications, including website content and social media, coordinates the logistics of roundtables and conferences and provides research support through literature reviews and resource analysis.

Prior to joining RUSI Europe, Maëlle worked as an intern at the Embassy of Belgium in Luxembourg. In this role, she supported diplomatic engagements by preparing and documenting high-level meetings, coordinated political and consular events, and contributed to the embassy's communications activities.

Maëlle holds a Master's degree in International Relations with a focus on Security, Peace and Conflict Studies, completed an exchange at Stockholm University, and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. She speaks French, German and English and joined RUSI Europe as Office and Programme Assistant in August 2026, after completing a RUSI Europe internship from May to July 2026.