As a DPhil candidate at DPIR and a Junior Researcher at the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative (ECCRI), my research examines public-private interaction in cybersecurity governance. Supervised by Professor Lucas Kello, I focus on cyber conflict and collaboration around critical infrastructure. Triangulating a range of data sources, my empirically driven work contributes to depoliticising the contemporary debate by establishing a timely analytical understanding of underlying dynamics. My work encourages forward-thinking visions of a desirable 'state of the art' for public and private actors across Internet governance domains.
Before beginning my doctorate in 2024, I earned an MPhil (Distinction) in Politics (European Politics and Society) at Oxford, investigating what best explains public-private alignment behind sovereignist and multistakeholderist models in EU cybersecurity governance.
Research Interests
- Cyber Conflict, Cybersecurity, International Organisations (EU, UN & NATO), Cyber Diplomacy, Non-State Actors, European Security and Foreign Policy,
- Methodological toolkit: Mixed methods, expert interviews, process tracing
- Theoretical approaches: Practice theory, security communities
Previous experiences
Prior to my graduate studies at Oxford, I obtained two separate BA degrees in Political Science and Cultural Analysis (minor: Geography) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) in Germany. I have worked with (among others): the German Foreign Ministry, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science (GSI), the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Brussels, and the Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF).
