Lucas Kello is Associate Professor and Departmental Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. He serves as Director of Studies in Politics at St. Catherine’s College and as Director of the Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research, a University-wide initiative sponsored by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
His research focuses on technology and global affairs, with a special emphasis on cyber issues and relations among government and private industry in the development of strategic technologies. His first book, The Virtual Weapon and International Order (Yale University Press, 2017), analysed the implications of cyberspace for interstate strategic stability. His second book, Striking Back: The End of Peace in Cyberspace and How to Restore It (Yale University Press, 2022), examined shortcomings in prevailing strategies to prevent or reduce the intensity of cyber conflict and presented a new approach to achieving order in cyberspace. In 2022, the work was named one of the best new books by the Financial Times and Nature.
Research
International relations theory
Strategic studies
Cybersecurity and cyber conflict
Technology governance
Teaching
Department of Politics and International Relations
Undergraduate
International Security and Conflict (PPE/History & Politics) – Co-Convenor
International Relations in the Era of Two World Wars (PPE/History & Politics) – Convenor
International Relations in the Era of the Cold War (PPE/History & Politics)
Postgraduate
International Relations Core Seminar (MPhil International Relations)
Research Design and Methods (MPhil International Relations)
Thesis Seminar (MPhil International Relations)
Thesis Supervision (DPhil/MPhil International Relations)
Saïd Business School
Postgraduate
Smart Space Elective (MBA) - Co-Convenor
