Resumé
Fabiola Schwarz is a research associate at the Professorship for Global Security & Technology since November 2022. She teaches in the field of cyber security, in especially, international cyber security policy and cybersecurity in social science research. Since March 2023 she is also a doctoral student at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of security studies and computer science.
Fabiola completed her bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Management at the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg with a semester abroad at the Saint Petersburg State University in Russia and internships in Argentina and Peru. The interest in cyber security grew during her student work experience at KPMG in IT security consulting. During her M.Sc. Politics & Technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, she already started working as a research assistant at the professorship of Prof. Dr. Katrin Paula and in the International Cybersecurity project at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) Hamburg on issues of vulnerability regulation. Her current research deals with the causes and effects of state-induced internet shutdowns and the role of digital infrastructure in so-called "Digital Authoriatrianism". In doing so, she mainly applies quantitative and computational (ML) methods.
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/.