Dunn Cavelty, Myriam, Dr.

 

Myriam Dunn Cavelty is a lecturer for security studies and a senior researcher in the field of risk and resilience at the Center for Security Studies (CSS). She studied International Relations, History, and International Law at the University of Zurich. She was a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies (Brown University) in 2007 and fellow at the stiftung neue verantwortung in Berlin, Germany 2010–2011.

 

Her research focuses on the politics of risk and uncertainty in security politics and changing conceptions of (inter-)national security due to cyber issues (cyber-security, cyber-war, critical infrastructure protection) in specific. In addition to her teaching, research and publishing activities, she advises governments, international institutions and companies in the areas of cyber security, cyber warfare, critical infrastructure protection, risk analysis and strategic foresight.

Selected Publications

Monographs

• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2008) Cyber-Security and Threat Politics, London, New York: Routledge.
• Dunn, Myriam (2002) Information Age Conflicts, Zurich: Forschungsstelle für Sicherheitspolitik und Konfliktanalyse, ETH Zurich.

Edited Volumes

• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam; Mauer, Victor (eds.) (2010) The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies, London, New York: Routledge.
• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam; Kristensen, Kristian (eds.) (2007) Securing the Homeland: Critical Infrastructure, Risk, and (In)Security, London, New York: Routledge.
• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam; Mauer, Victor; Krishna-Hensel, Sai Felicia (eds.) (2007) Power and Security in the Information Age, Aldershot: Ashgate.

Journal Articles

• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2012 (forthcoming)) 'Cyber(Un)Sicherheit: Grundlagen, Trends und Herausforderungen', politische bildung: Beiträge zur wissenschaftlichen Grundlegung und zur Unterrichtspraxis, 1: 66–84.
• Hagmann, Jonas; Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2012) 'National Risk Registers: Security Scientism and the Propagation of Permanent Insecurity', Security Dialogue 43, 1: 80-97.
• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2011) 'Cyber-Allies: Strengths and Weaknesses of NATO's Cyberdefense Posture', Internationale Politik: Global Edition 3, 12: 11–15.
• Brunner, Elgin; Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2009) 'The Formation of In-Formation by the US Military', Cambridge Review of International Affairs 22, 4: 629–646.
• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam; Suter, Manuel (2009) 'Public-Private Partnerships Are No Silver Bullet', International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection 2, 4: 179–187.
• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam; Mauer, Victor (2009) 'Strategic Foresight and Warning in an Age of Flexive Intelligence', Security Dialogue 40, 2: 123–144.
• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2007) 'Cyber-Terror', Journal of Information Technology & Politics 4, 1: 19–36.

Book Chapters

• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2012 (forthcoming)) 'Cyber-Security', in: Collins, Allan (ed.) Contemporary Security Studies, New York: Oxford University Press.
• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2010) 'Cyberwar', in: Kassimeris, George; Buckley, John (eds.) The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Warfare, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 123–144.
• Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2010) 'Cyber-Security', in: Burgess, Peter (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of New Security Studies, London, New York: Routledge, pp. 154–162.