Research Programmes at CENS

Cybersecurity

• cybercrime
• international cyber norms and confidence building measures
• international law and rules of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace
• protection of critical infrastructure and operation technology, OT Cybersecurity Masterplan
• cyber threat landscape
• Cybersecurity Act

Emerging technologies

• geopolitics and supply chains
• AI (artificial intelligence) and security
• quantum technology and security
• energy

Read our publications on Cybersecurity and Digital Security

Disinformation, foreign interference, and hybrid threats

• Distortions, Rumours, Untruths, Misinformation, Smears (DRUMS)
• foreign influence and foreign interference
  • through foreign investment
  • through economic coercion
  • through business associations
• legislation and regulation
  • POFMA (Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act)
  • FICA (Foreign Interference Countermeasures Act)
  • OCHA (Online Criminal Harms Act)
  • US legislation
  • UK and EU legislation (e.g. Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act)
  • China legislation (e.g. Cybersecurity Act, Digital Security Act)

Read our publications on

• Disinformation and Online Harms
• Hybrid Threats and Foreign Interference

Social resilience

• polarisation of society, faultlines, and vulnerabilities
• gender and security in digital space
• identity of diaspora groups
• radicalisation and extremism

Read our publications on Social Resilience, Cohesion, Polarisation