Andrea Calderaro

Andrea Calderaro is the Director of the EU Cyber Direct Programme and of the Advancing the Cyber Programme of Action initiative at the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).

Over his 20 years of engagement in international cooperation in the cyber domain, by combining his Development Studies and International Relations background, his scholarly work and expert support has centred on technology and international relations, with a focus on cybersecurity, cyber diplomacy, transnational governance of emerging technologies, digital transformations in the Global South, and the role of the EU in international cyber cooperation. He has supported cyber capacity-building initiatives in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Central America, and within EU institutions and IOs.

He has served as a member of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) Research Board, the “EU Cyber Capacity Building” Task Force (EUISS), the UNESCO Internet Universality Programme Advisory Board, the Global Internet Policy Observatory Advisory Group (European Commission), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)’s Advisory Board on Cyber Diplomacy, and the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council at the OECD. He has provided testimony to the House of Lords, the UK FCDO, the European Commission, the European Council, and the European Parliament, and has supported initiatives led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the United Nations.

He has published co-edited volumes, including “Internet Diplomacy: Shaping the Global Politics of Cyberspace” (2022, Rowman & Littlefield), and articles in Third World Quarterly, Policy and Internet, International Journal of E-Politics, and European Security, in addition to contributions in various volumes. He has served as co-editor of the Digital Technologies and Global Politics book series at Rowman & Littlefield, and his work has been featured on Al Jazeera Inside Story, BBC, Rai News 24, The New Statesman, The Verge, The New York Times, Reuters, La Repubblica, Open Democracy, Deutsche Welle, iPaper/the Independent, and Wired.

He is currently on leave of absence from his academic position as Reader (Associate Professor) in International Relations at Cardiff University. He is also a Robert Schuman Centre Fellow at the European University Institute and a Non-Resident Fellow at New America. He has been a visiting scholar, researcher, or student at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Humboldt University, LUISS Guido Carli, University La Sapienza, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), University of Oslo, University of Oxford, and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in Rio de Janeiro.