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Nina Döring has been leading the Arctic Governance Group since June 2021. Her interests are focused around research ethics, co-creation / co-production, and decolonial approaches to Arctic research.

Following her studies in International Economics and Development at the University of Bayreuth and the University of Oxford, she completed a DPhil (PhD) at the University of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment. In her dissertation, she engaged with public participation, democratic decision-making, and extractive resource management in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).

Nina Döring joined the institute in 2019, first as a Fellow and later as co-leader of the Arctic Governance Group. In June 2021, she also took on the role as area speaker for the RIFS area Environmental and Societal Change. She is a member of the German observer delegation to the Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council.