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2026 European Security Studies Conference

11–12 Jun 2026 Annual Conference
Stockholm University
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Virtually Transformed? Digital Infrastructures, Competition, and Governance

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11 Jun 2026, 11:00
D House, Lecture Hall 8 (Stockholm University)

D House, Lecture Hall 8

Stockholm University

Universitetsvägen 10 D, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

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Virtually Transformed? Digital Infrastructures, Competition, and Governance

  • Julia Carver (Leiden University)

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  1. 458. Knowing cybersecurity: The epistemic infrastructural power of big tech
    Tobias Liebetrau (University of Copenhagen)
    11/06/2026, 11:00
    Digital Transformations 1
    Paper Abstract (Closed Panels)

    Big tech companies authoritatively produce data, information, and knowledge about cybersecurity threats to individuals, businesses, and states. But how do they render international cybersecurity phenomena knowable? Through which practices, means, and devices is this knowledge generated? This paper argues that examining the epistemic infrastructural power of big tech companies addresses these...

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  2. 470. Governing cybersecurity and the politics of state control in the digital age
    Moritz Weiss (LMU Munich), Ms Yagnyashri Kodaru (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
    11/06/2026, 11:10
    Digital Transformations 1
    Paper Abstract (Closed Panels)

    Digital technologies have become deeply entangled with the fabric of contemporary societies. Data infrastructures and cybersecurity practices underpin not only economic activity but also state authority and national security. This growing entanglement gives rise to a central question: how are states reorganizing their authority structures and cybersecurity policies, when digital...

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  3. 494. Cyber risk logics and their implications for cybersecurity
    Sarah Backman (Försvarshögskolan)
    11/06/2026, 11:20
    Digital Transformations 2
    Paper Abstract (Closed Panels)

    Cybersecurity in national and international security is frequently discussed in an existential register. However, most cybersecurity activities are normal and routine, including diverse practices of cyber risk management. The intricacies of cyber risk and its connection to security and threat politics have received surprisingly little attention in the cyber politics literature. This article...

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  4. 445. Do Parliaments Dream of Cyber Power? Parliamentary Scrutiny in the Strategic Domain of Cyberspace
    Mattia Sguazzini (University of Genova, Italy)
    11/06/2026, 11:30
    Digital Transformations 1
    Paper Abstract (Closed Panels)

    Cybersecurity has become central to strategic competition and foreign policy, yet research has focused primarily on executive decision-making, military doctrines, and national cyber strategies, marginalising parliamentary roles in this securitised and technically complex domain. This paper examines how legislatures scrutinise cyber policy in democratic systems.
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