Lucas Kello
AB Harvard, MPhil DPhil Oxford
Lucas Kello is Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. He is the 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 the evolving relationship between government and private industry in the development of advanced and disruptive technologies. His first book, The Virtual Weapon and International Order (Yale University Press, 2017), analysed the implications of cyberspace for interstate strategic stability. The book has been translated into Arabic, Korean, and Greek. 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. The work was named one of the best new books by the Financial Times and Nature.
Research
- International security and strategic studies
- Cybersecurity and cyber conflict
- Artificial intelligence
- Space security and 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)
International Relations in the Era of the Cold War (PPE/History & Politics)
International Relations (PPE/History & Politics)
Postgraduate
International Relations Core Seminar (MPhil)
Research Design and Methods (DPhil/MPhil)
Thesis Seminar (MPhil)
Thesis Supervision (DPhil/MPhil)
Saïd Business School
Postgraduate
Smart Space Elective (MBA) - Co-Convenor
Digital Transformation Elective (MBA)
Cyber Resilience Elective (MBA)

Publications
Journal Articles
2024
2023
2021
2014
2013
2009
Books
2022
2017
Chapters
2024
2023
2022
2019
2018
2017
2014
2012
2011
2008
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