Alexander Mayer is a Resource Mobilisation and Partnerships Specialist in the Office of the Secretary-General at International IDEA, based in Stockholm. In this role, Alex supports the organisation’s global efforts to expand its programmes, outreach, and development. His work focuses on strengthening global partnerships, advancing external engagement, and designing resource mobilisation strategies that enhance International IDEA’s institutional global reach and impact. He joined International IDEA in January 2023.

Prior to his current role, Alex served as Associate Programme Officer with International IDEA’s North America Office, where he focused on partnerships, outreach, communications, and external engagement with partners in Washington, DC. He also supported the coordination of the Global Democracy Coalition, a network of over 120 democracy and civil society organisations. Through the GDC, Alex helped to coordinate several high-level initiatives and engagements during the Second and Third Summits for Democracy, including Partners for Democracy Day and the 2023 Global Democracy Coalition Forum. Working in close collaboration with the Head of North America and the Permanent Observer to the United Nations, he contributed to the growth of International IDEA’s presence across the United States and Canada, engaging with institutions such as the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Endowment for Democracy, and the U.S. Department of State.

Prior to joining International IDEA, Alex was a Research Assistant at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), where he contributed to a research and programmatic portfolio at the intersection of security sector governance, criminal justice, and conflict prevention. In this role, he supported the launch of the U.S. National Strategy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Atrocities and the 2022 Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Report to Congress. His international experience also includes his tenure with the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), where he supported grassroots and CSO-led democratisation initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region, as well as research roles with the World Justice Project, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

Alex has previously served on the editorial team for the Center for Democracy and Civil Society at Georgetown University and was a Junior Research Fellow with the International Development Research Network (IDRN). He is currently the Chair of the Democracy and Governance Working Group for Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP), a member of the Society for International Development's DRG Working Group, and a nominated participant in the Council on Foreign Relations' Young Professionals Programme.