CCSP Fellows, Faculty, and Staff

Igor Kovač research focuses on structure of the international system, its stability, security, and great power relations – stressing the intersection between International Security and International Political Economy. One of his inquiries looks at digital currencies as a crucial threat to the contemporary US hegemony. Moreover, his resent research projects include a study on cyber strategies of the EU member states, and a review of AI tools available for cybersecurity. 

Julia Schuetze is founder of Cyber Policy House BV, a start-up focused on improving cyber policies with innovative approaches. Her research focuses on cyber policies that are multi-stakeholder and multilevel governance dependent. 

Current research includes: 

•  Bi- and multilateral cyber assistance
• Responsibilities of federal, state and local level governance for cyber resilience
• Cybersecurity of consumer products

She uses methods from public policy design, new governance and comparative political science research. By including design thinking methods, she aims to increase relevance and accessibility for current practice. 

She holds a MA in European Public Policy from the University of Bath with transatlantic track at UW Seattle and a BA in Journalism and Politics from the University of Stirling.  

Jelena Vićić is Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University. She is a research collaborator at the Center for Peace and Security Studies (cPASS) and Center for Cybersecurity Strategy and Policy (CCSP). Her work examines international conflict and technology, with the focus on topics such as strategic competition, cyber escalation, and disinformation. Currently, Jelena is working on projects related to these topics, as well as several projects on data measurement challenges in cyber events data.

Jelena holds a PhD from University of Cincinnati, MA from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, and BA from American University in Bulgaria.