Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISIDeputy Head of Innovative Regions Unit
Manuel Molina Vogelsang has been working for Fraunhofer since 2014, initially as a consultant to the institute management at the Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW in Leipzig. From 2016, he worked there as a research assistant in the Innovation Policy and Transfer Design Unit. In July 2023, he joined the Innovative Regions Unit as a researcher. Since January 2024, he has been deputy head of the Innovative Regions Unit, which has been part of the Fraunhofer ISI in Leipzig since January 1, 2025. Molina Vogelsang studied Latin American Studies with a specialization in economics at the University of Cologne. Previously, he worked at the Lateinamerika Verein e. V. in Hamburg as Regional Manager for Mercosur and Colombia and in the Department for International Business Development at the headquarters of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.