Research Topics
Cyber Conflict
Cyber conflict & the use of offensive cyber operations or active cyber defence as an element of International Relations. Governance of the cyber domain: cyber norms, confidence building measures and international law.
Cyber-Security & Strategies
Cybersecurity & cyber defence best-practices: vulnerability disclosure, cyber ranges, bug bounties and the evolution of security controls. Peace and security implications of the cybercrime ecosystem & ransomware. Analysing cyber strategies of allies and adversaries.
Hybrid Threats & Information Warfare
Information warfare, cognitive threats, memetic warfare and the use of synthetic media to influence democracies.
Publications
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Mateusz Łabuz co-authored a policy paper entitled “Deep Fakes and Sexual Abuse – Law Facing the Challenges of Synthetic Media” (PL version available) published by the CEE Digital Democracy Watch. Together with prof. Mikołaj Małecki and dr Karolina Mania, Mateusz described how cyber-related crimes of creating and sharing non-consensual synthetic pornographic content as well as…
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In an OpEd for “Tagesspiegel Background Digitalisierung”, Mateusz Łabuz describes memetic warfare, looking at new forms of conducting cognitive activities aimed at controlling the narrative, and consequently also influencing the perception of reality by recipients. Mateusz draws attention to the relatively low social awareness, which makes societies and democratic systems more sensitive to sophisticated manipulation.…
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Mateusz Łabuz co-authored a policy report entitled “The Pervasive Influence of AI on Global Political Campaigns 2024”. The report was published by the Future Shift Labs and presented during IPE Campaign Expo 2025 in Cape Town, and during Political Tech Summit in Berlin. The study critically evaluates how AI was used for political campaigning in 2024, analyzing most…
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Mateusz Łabuz published a peer-reviewed article entitled A Teleological Interpretation of the Definition of DeepFakes in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act – A Purpose-Based Approach to Potential Problems With the Word “Existing”. The article offers a detailed analysis of the definition of deepfakes in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. It focuses on the purposes behind…
Archive
- New Policy Paper: Wired to Beijing? Huawei and ZTE in European Networks
- Lena Drews published a IFSH Brief Analysis: “Europe Is Financing Its Own Digital Dependence”
- Mateusz published the book “Przed Waszą Erą”
- Lena and Mateusz published an article in the newspaper “Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik”
- Mateusz co-authored book
- Peer-reviewed article on deepfakes
- OpEd on deepfakes and election campaigns in Disruptor Tech Media
- Article on the need to upgrade German active cyber defense, published by the Internationale Politik
- Peer-reviewed article on regulating deepfakes in the AI Act
- Policy commentary on synthetic media and its influence on political advertising
- Peer-reviewed paper on Cyber Operations in the Wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip published
- Article on Cyber- and Information-Wars in “Auftrag”
- OpEd on US tech-authoritarianism and EU dependencies by Heise.de
- OpEd on synthetic media abuse in hAI Magazine
- OpEd on NCII published by EUObserver
- Peer-reviewed article published in “Politics & Policy”
- Policy report on NCII published!
- Addressing Child Sexual Abuse Materials in peer-reviewed article
- OpEd on tech-authoritarianism published in Golem.de
- OpEd for Tagesspiegel Background on LLM-Grooming
- Policy report on deepfakes and sexual abuse
- OpEd for Tagesspiegel Background on “memetic warfare”
- Policy Report “The Pervasive Influence of AI on Global Political Campaigns 2024”
- Peer-reviewed article on defining deepfakes in the AI Act