Dr Arthur P.B. Laudrain

Dr Arthur P.B. LAUDRAIN

Team Lead and Senior Researcher in Cyber Security at the Centre for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich.
Doctor of Philosophy in Cyber Security (DPhil). Associate of King's College (AKC). Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

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Expertise

Cybersecurity

I bring expertise in social and political aspects of cybersecurity, notably strategies and doctrines, information manipulation, and election interference.

International Relations & Law

I have a strong background in general international relations and public international law. I am able to connect the political, the legal, and the technical in a holistic approach.

Emerging Technologies

I am developing knowledge and skills in critical supply-chains, quantum technology, AI and other technology that will shape our societies.

Latest news

Panel participation at World Computer Day Davos 2026. I joined the discussion "The Invisible Battlefield: Data, AI & Global Influence" to explore how data governance, AI capabilities, and cyber resilience shape geopolitical influence.

Watch the full recording from WCD Davos 2026 below.

Latest publication at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, with Joe Devanny. India’s cyber policies emerge from a domestic political context. To understand India’s cyber diplomacy and its wider approach to cyber statecraft, it is necessary to consider the full politico-strategic context.

Interpreting India's Cyber Statecraft
Behind the scene
Cyber Statecraft series

I joined the fifth edition of the Santander-CIDOB Future Leaders Forum in Barcelona, in November 2024. European digital policy: where are we and where are we going? was the title of this edition, which consisted of a speed-debating dialogue session, a dynamic and interactive format. During the event, the young participants brought their reflections, ideas and political proposals in four key areas: the regulation of emerging technologies, the European Union's technological and innovation capacities, the fight against disinformation and European digital sovereignty in a context of geopolitical competition.

Santander-CIDOB Future Leaders Forum

Media engagement

Media engagement

Latest articles

Interpreting India's Cyber Statecraft

Interpreting India's Cyber Statecraft

Objectifs rationnels, enjeux bureaucratiques et arbitrages politiques : un examen du modèle français de cyberpolitique

Objectifs rationnels, enjeux bureaucratiques et arbitrages politiques : un examen du modèle français de cyberpolitique

Mapping the Known Unknowns of Cybersecurity Education

Mapping the Known Unknowns of Cybersecurity Education

France's Strategic Autonomy Takes to Space

France's Strategic Autonomy Takes to Space

Research programmes

Current

  • Richard Lounsbery Foundation (2025-2026)

    French-American Fellowship, 250th Anniversary of the Signature of the Declaration of Independence

Previous

  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (2023-2025)

    Cyber Statecraft in an Era of Systemic Competition

  • Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (2023-2025)

    Cyber Statecraft in an Era of Systemic Competition

  • Rotary Foundation (2018-2022)

    Peace and Conflict Prevention

  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (2018-2022)

    Global Uncertainties

Publications

Browse through my latest research

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8642-2671
Scopus Author ID: 57204062130

Academic Service

Member of the Management Committee of NetSec (Networking European Security Knowledge), a European Cooperation in Science and Technology project.

Peer reviewer for the following journals:

  • Journal of International Law and Information Technology

    Oxford University Press · 2020, 2024

  • Journal of Cyber Policy

    Routledge · 2022

  • Global Studies Quarterly

    Oxford University Press · 2022, 2023

  • Defence Studies

    Routledge · 2025

Sponsors

They have or are supporting my work

The Richard Lounsbery Foundation
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Certifications

Hobbies and service to others

Certification 1 Certification 2 FHEA