Resumé
Research Focus
Fabiola Schwarz researches and teaches in the field of digital security. Her work focuses on digital repression in Africa. Specifically, she looks at influencers of state-led Internet shutdowns and their effects on opposition activism. More generally, Fabiola is interested in the choices for specific digital repressive tools by governments and their interplay. Thereby, she mainly applies quantitative and computational methods.
Career
Fabiola completed her B.A. in International Relations and Management at the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg with semesters abroad at the Saint Petersburg State University in Russia, and internships in Argentina and Peru. As undergraduate, she started working in the field of cybersecurity for an IT security consultancy. During her M.Sc. Politics & Technology at the Munich School of Politics and Public Policy / Technical University of Munich, she held research assistant positions at the professorship for Global Security and Technology and at the International Cybersecurity project at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) Hamburg. Since November 2022, she is working as research associate at the Professorship for Global Security & Technology and conducting her doctoral research.
Awards and Fellowships
2024-2025, European Cybersecurity Fellow, European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative (ECCRI)
2023, Aquila Ascendens, Young Scientist Award in Security Studies, DialogForum Sicherheitspolitik
Publications
Silomon, J, Hansel, M, Schwarz, F. 2022. Bug Bounties: Between New Regulations and Geopolitical Dynamics. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security: 298–305.
Schwarz, F, Silomon, J, Hansel, M. May 6th, 2022. Empowering Security Researchers Will Improve Global Cybersecurity. Just Security. https://www.justsecurity.org/81293/empowering-security-researchers-will-improve-global-cybersecurity/.
Schwarz, F. March 22, 2022. The High Cost of Internet Shutdowns. Data-Pop Alliance. https://datapopalliance.org/the-high-costs-of-internet-shutdowns/.