Prof. Dr. Mischa Hansel
Mischa Hansel is Professor of Social Sciences / Cyber and Information Security. His work focuses, among other things, on the role of private actors in cyber security and the use and control of new technologies in geopolitical conflicts. As an associated researcher at the HWR Research Competence Centre, he is particularly concerned with the security of digital supply chains in the face of antagonistic threats.
Research Areas
- Social Causes and Consequences of Cyber Insecurities
- Cybersecurity Architectures at National, Regional and International Level
- Politicisation and Instrumentalisation of Cybercrime
- Dynamics of Geopolitical Conflicts in the Context of New Technologies
- Political Influence of Technology Companies
Selected Publications
Ransomware as a Threat to Peace and Security: Understanding and Avoiding Political Worst-Case Scenarios, in: Journal of Cyber Policy (2024) (with Jantje Silomon).
Be Careful what You Wish for: Why More Fragmentation Might Hurt Global Cybersecurity, in: Global Political Economy (2024), (with Jantje Silomon and Emilia Neuber).
Great Power Narratives on the Challenges of Cyber Norm Building, in: Policy Design and Practice, 6 (2) (2023), 182-197.
On the Peace and Security Implications of Cybercrime: A Call for an Integrated Perspective, Hamburg: IFSH Research Report 2023 (with Jantje Silomon).
Bug Bounties: Between New Regulations and Geopolitical Dynamics. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security 2022, Reading: Academic Conferences International Limited (with Fabiola Schwarz und Jantje Silomon).
Asymmetrien in Cyberkonflikten: Stellvertreter, Attribution und Normentwicklung, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2022 (edited with Sebastian Harnisch and Kerstin Zettl).
Cyberattacken und die Gefährdung kritischer Infrastrukturen, in: IFSH (Ed.): Der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine: Kurzanalysen des IFSH, Hamburg 2022.
Vertrauen stärken, neue Partner gewinnen – Deutschlands Beitrag für mehr Stabilität im Cyberraum, in: Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH) (Ed.): Rüstungskontrolle für die nächste Bundesregierung: Ein Empfehlungsbericht, Hamburg, 2021, 42-47 (with Jantje Silomon).
Rüstungsdynamiken: Zwischen Cyberfrieden und Cyberkrieg, in: BICC, HSFK, IFSH & INEF (Ed.): Friedensgutachten 2020, Bielefeldt: transcript Verlag, 93-115 (with Christian Alwardt, , Gunnar Jeremias, Margret Johannsen, Oliver Meier, Max Mutschler, Conrad Schetter, Jantje Silomon, Simone Wisotzki, Herbert Wulf).