Prof Madeline Carr
Professor of Global Politics and Cyber Security
Dept of Computer Science
Faculty of Engineering Science
- Joined UCL
- 3rd Oct 2017
Research summary
Professor Carr's research is at the forefront of combining International
Relations (IR) theory and Science and Technology Studies (STS) in the
context of cyber security and Internet governance. She specifically
focuses on power and international security. The rationale for this
focus is the recognition that some fundamental institutions of IR like
sovereignty, war, diplomacy and international law are coming under
stress in the context of rapid technological change. Understanding the
extent to which these institutions are changing and adapting in response
to developments like the Internet, cyber security, lethal autonomous
weapons, and artificial intelligence is essential to understanding
global politics in the 21st century. At the same time, in an effort to
make sense of this same complexity, there are tools and concepts within
the tradition of IR that can be extremely helpful though these have yet
to be applied in any systematic or comprehensive manner. Recent work
looks at cyber norms, the problem of attribution in international order,
public/private partnerships in national cyber security strategies, and
multi-stakeholder Internet governance.
Biography
Professor Carr is the Director of the
UK-wide Research Institute in Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS) which looks at the human and organizational factors of
cybersecurity. She is also the Director of the Digital Technologies
Policy Lab which supports policy making to adapt to the pace of change in
society’s integration of digital technologies. Her research focuses on the implications of emerging
technology for national and global security, international order and global governance.
Professor Carr has published on cyber norms, multi-stakeholder Internet
governance, the future of the insurance sector in the IoT, cybersecurity and
international law, and the public/private partnership in national cyber
security strategies. Her book US Power
and the Internet in International Relations is published by Palgrave
MacMillan. Professor Carr was the Co-lead on the Standards, Governance and
Policy stream of the UK’s £24M PETRAS research hub on the cyber security of the
Internet of Things. She is now the lead on the Economics and Law lens of the
new PETRAS National Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity of the IoT. Professor
Carr is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Council on the IoT. She is
also the Deputy Director of a new Centre for Doctoral Training in Cybersecurity
at UCL which focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of these problems.
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