Virtual Research Workshops

The Virtual Research Workshops provide cybersecurity researchers and practitioners with a platform to present and get feedback on research projects and papers.

We hold monthly hour-long workshop meetings where participants can present research to the community. To ensure high-quality feedback, for each presentation an expert discussant will be identified and assigned to each paper who will provide detailed comments, before opening up the discussion to all participants.

Our Fall/Winter session (October 2024 – January 2025) will tackle how emerging technologies put pressure on the international order and key pillars of democracy, such as human rights and the rule of law.

Recent years have seen various technological developments within the private sector -including artificial intelligence, surveillance technologies and offensive cyber capabilities- that offer potential advantages to modern democracies. Yet these developments also have consequences for and pose challenges to fundamental democratic values. This gives rise to a tension between the incentives states may have to exploit emerging technologies and the constraints imposed by ideas of democracy.

What line, if any, should be drawn between how democratic versus authoritarian states leverage emerging technologies? Is it desirable, or even possible, to build democratic values into emerging technologies by design? During the next four sessions, we engage with these questions and more, exploring themes such as cyber expertise and diplomacy, justice by design, trust and interdependence, and feminism in cyberspace. Be sure to tune in!

Workshop leadership

Upcoming workshops
Reimagining and reconstructing feminist (digital) utopias to bolster democracy in cyberspace
17.10.2024
16:00pm CET
Crystal Whetstone , Bilkent University
Expertise in Cyber Diplomacy
06.11.2024
16:00pm CET
Lars Gjesvik , Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Johann Ole Willers , Copenhagen Business School
The 6 principles of Justice by Design – How to make technology more just
21.11.2024
16:00pm CET
Els De Busser, University of Amsterdam
Trust, interdependence, and power in cyber statecraft
12.12.2024
16:00pm CET
Ahana Datta, University College London
Digital transnational repression and the practice of dissident cyber-espionage
09.01.2025
16:00pm CET
Siena Anstis , Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto

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    Past workshops
    Untrustworthy AI and Cybersafety
    28.03.2024
    Jeremy Pitt, Imperial College London
    NATO’s Evolving Role In The Cyber Domain
    18.04.2024
    Amy Ertan, NATO HQ
    Revisiting Past Cyber Security Recommendations: Lessons We Have Failed to Learn
    30.05.2024
    Matthias Schulze, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg
    Jantje Silomon, IFSH
    Decrypting North Korea Cyber Operation Strategy: Analyzing the Augmenting Role of Cyber-AI nexus
    03.07.2024
    Abhishek Sharma, Delhi University
    Official Public Political Attribution of Cyber Operations: State of Play and Policy Options
    29.02.2024
    Christina Rupp, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
    Normal Cyber Accidents
    01.02.2024
    Sarah Backman, Stockholm University
    Protecting Objects in Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure:The Status of the Data Centre in International and EU law
    14.12.2023
    Mando Rachovitsa, University of Groningen
    Systems Warfare
    30.11.2023
    Iain J. Cruickshank, US Army Cyber Institute
    The power of the ‘Whole-of-Society’
    02.11.2023
    Andrew Dwyer, Royal Holloway University
    Offensive cyber capabilities from the global south perspective
    31.08.2023
    Eduardo Izycki, Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público
    Offensive Cyber, Reflections
    29.06.2023
    Daniel Moore, Meta
    Defensive but disruptive operations: Evolving the framework of state responses to malicious cyber activity
    25.05.2023
    Jakob Bund, SWP
    Kerstin Zettl-Schabath, University of Heidelberg
    Martin Müller, University of Innsbruck
    Click! Fight! Win!: Cyberpower in Great Power Competition
    20.04.2023
    Gentry Lane, Anova Intelligence

    FAQ

    Who can present their research at the Workshops?

    Both established and junior cybersecurity researchers and practitioners are welcome to present their research. We especially encourage submissions from junior scholars to support their growth in the field.

    What can participants expect during these Workshops?

    Participants can present their research to the community. Each presented paper will have a designated expert discussant. This discussant will provide comprehensive comments on the paper. Following this, a broader discussion involving all workshop participants will be held.