Dr. Matthias Schulze

Dr. Matthias Schulze is the head of the research focus "International Cybersecurity" at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH). Before his work at IFSH, he was the deputy head of the Security Research Group at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), as well as the Principal Investigator in the European Repository of Cyber Incidents project. He completed research stays at the Canadian Citizen Lab and researched and taught at the Chair of International Relations at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, where he obtained his PhD in Political Science. In addition, he is the host of the Percepticon.de podcast on his main topics: cyber conflicts, cyber espionage, and disinformation.

Matthias Schulze researches the "dark side" of digitization: the strategic use of cyber capabilities in international relations, "cyber war" /cyber conflicts, cyber espionage, information operations, cybercrime, and digital surveillance. His regional focus is on cyber powers such as the USA, the EU, Russia, China, and North Korea. In addition to strategic issues, he increasingly focuses on operational/tactical aspects of cybersecurity: cyber-defense, vulnerability management, cyber threat intelligence, encryption, ransomware, as well as the cybersecurity of space infrastructures and critical infrastructures.

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