Cyber & Tech Geopolitics Lead, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, UK
Dr Melanie Garson is the Cyber Policy Lead and Tech Geopolitics Lead at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
Her work focuses on connecting the dots between the convergence of emerging technologies and their impact on the world order. Dr. Garson offers expertise on cyber policy, the geopolitics of AI, computing and the internet, the rise of tech companies as geopolitical actors, and data governance as well as on the intersection of disruptive tech, foreign policy, defence, and diplomacy.
Dr. Garson is also an Associate Professor in International Conflict Resolution & International Security in the Department of Political Science at University College London, where she teaches about new and emerging technologies and the future of conflict in the digital age. She also teaches courses on international negotiation and tech diplomacy.
Dr. Garson presents regularly at international conferences globally on the implications of cyber, AI, and emerging technologies on geopolitics and foreign policy, in addition to providing commentary in podcasts, webinars, and major media outlets including Bloomberg, BBC, Sky, CNN, Fox News, France 24, and Deutsche Welle.
Dr. Garson is an accredited mediator. Before joining UCL she worked as a solicitor in the International Disputes department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, covering public international law, international arbitration, and international corporate investigations. She also taught mediation and negotiation techniques.
