Thursday 29 May, 15.00
Chester Room, Nuffield College
OXFORD TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY NEXUS
Topic: Security Profile of Network Infrastructure in the High North and the Baltic Sea – Prospects for continued NATO-EU collaboration
Speaker: Anniki Mikelsaar (Oxford Internet Institute)
Anniki Mikelsaar is a Shirley Scholar and a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. Her doctoral research, supervised by Carl Frey and Vili Lehdonvirta, explores the governance of digital infrastructure, focusing on cable networks. In a professional capacity, she has worked as a Futures Analyst at DCDC of the UK Ministry of Defence, conducted research on fibre optic cables as Sir Richard Dearlove Scholar at Cambridge Security Initiative and Visiting Student at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge; and presented her research at various governmental and military organisations, including Royal Air Force (RAF) Benson base in Oxfordshire, NATO Force Integration Unit, the Government Office of Estonia, and the Higher Command Studies Course at the Baltic Defence College. She holds a Master’s in History from the University of Oxford (Merit, Best Thesis Prize 2024) and a first-class undergraduate degree from Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics. She has organised events bridging the submarine cable industry, governmental stakeholders, and academia, most recently as an Oxford China Policy Lab fellow in the 2024 cohort.
The Oxford Technology and Security Nexus meets at Nuffield College as well as hybrid on Zoom. The group ultimately aims to break down siloes between academic research and policy/security practitioners’ work, demystify the political and security implications of new technologies, and foster better findings- and ideas-sharing among the broader Oxford community invested in these topics.
Attendance to all sessions is open to graduate students and members of the academic or policy communities. Group attendance may be limited; it is encouraged for all interested participants to contact Elisabeth (elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance to secure their place and receive the preparatory materials.
