Prof Lyria Benett Moses

Isabel Skierka is a researcher with the Digital Society Institute at ESMT Berlin, where she focuses on cybersecurity policy in Germany and Europe (including IoT security and safety), electronic identity management, and the intersection of geopolitics and technology. She is also pursuing a PhD at the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance at Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia in which she explores cybersecurity crisis management. She is a non-resident fellow with the think tank Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, and serves as a member of multiple

multi-stakeholder organizations in the field of digital policy. Prior to joining ESMT, Isabel worked with GPPi, NATO, at the European Commission’s DG Connect (as a Bluebook trainee), and as a visiting researcher at the Institute of Computer Science of the Free University of Berlin. Isabel holds a master’s degree in international conflict studies from the War Studies Department of King’s College London and a bachelor’s degree in European studies from Maastricht University, including an exchange at Sciences Po in Paris.