Dr Patryk Pawlak is a visiting scholar at Carnegie
Europe (Brussels) and a
visiting fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the
European University Institute (Florence). Prior to joining Carnegie Europe, he was the Brussels Executive Officer for the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) where he also coordinated all digital and cyber projects. In this capacity, he was the
Project Director
of the EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative – EU Cyber Direct, a
multimillion-euro initiative focused on strengthening the EU’s cooperation on
cyber and digital issues with partner countries. Dr Pawlak has over 20 years of
experience in working with governments, private sector and research
organisations worldwide. In
addition to his academic pursuits, Dr Pawlak is the founder of a boutique
consulting company 'Digilateral' specialised
in advising clients on how to design successful policy and business adaptation strategies that place
digital and cyber at the core of their models. This includes cybersecurity risk
management, cyber and digital diplomacy, and cyber capacity building.
