The Cyber Strategy and Information Operations Group meets every Wednesday from 15:30-17:00. It is hybrid meeting format, held in person at the Butler Room in Nuffield College (in person) and Microsoft Teams (online).
Working Group meetings explore a spread of topics concerning cyber strategy, including AI arms control, geopolitics, disinformation, cyber terrorism, and social media dynamics. The weekly sessions are led by a rotating student presenter, who will facilitate the week's discussion topic and suggest academic materials for participants to prepare in advance of the meeting. As part of the working group format, there will be opportunities for research collaboration, and group members will often share a working draft of relevant research for constructive feedback and further engagement.
Hilary Term 2022 Updates
1. Working Group Term Card (held on: Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 16, Feb 23, Mar 9):
In HT 2022, the Cyber Strategy and Information Operation Group will continue to run group discussions on a variety of cyber topics relevant to strategy and statecraft. Please see the attached Term Card for the tentative schedule, the topics of which will be confirmed a week in advance. Continuing from the previous term, these group discussions are open to the wider CCW community and interested researchers/postgraduate students. Discussions are led by doctoral students or occasionally professors, depending on the week, and may include working/draft papers. Preparatory materials will be sent in advance of the session, together with discussion questions for the session. Some background knowledge or experience of the topic is recommended but not required.
The Termcard can be found here.
2. New group output opportunities:
An exciting new addition to this term will be the opportunity for group members to submit a written commentary on the week's discussion topic, which will be published on CCW's dedicated Cyber Strategy webpage. Interested members are required to attend the related group session(s) relevant to their writing topic and may write the brief in collaboration with others or individually. The short, original piece of writing (max 1000 words) should be sent to Julia Carver for review and approval, after which it may be published on the CCW website as an analytical essay.
