
Associate Professor, International Security, University College London, UK
Dr. Melanie Garson is a cyber and tech geopolitics policy specialist and public speaker who connects the dots between emerging technologies and their impact on security, foreign policy, diplomacy, and the global order. She is an Associate Professor in International Security in the Department of Political Science at University College London, where she teaches the flagship course "From Cyberwarfare to Robots: The Future of Conflict in the Digital Age."
Dr. Garson previously served as the Cyber Policy and Tech Geopolitics Lead at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change for four years. She is also a lawyer and mediator.
Dr. Garson frequently provides expert commentary on geopolitics and technology through podcasts, webinars, and major media outlets, including Bloomberg, BBC, Sky, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, France 24, and Deutsche Welle.