Julia-Silvana Hofstetter is a political scientist who has pioneered research on technology, human rights, and international security. She has held key positions at leading organisations in these fields, including as a Technology & Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, a Research Fellow with the AI Security Initiative at University of California, Berkeley , and a member of Chatham House’s Advisory Board on Cybersecurity & Gender. She has also served as an “AI for Peace” Fellow at Swissnex San Francisco, a Senior Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, and Co-Head of the Peace & Security Program at foraus, the Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy. Most recently, she joined the University of Cambridge’s research-to-impact initiative “LOGOS: Securing a Human Epistemic Future,” as a researcher.

Her work has significantly shaped international policy debates, and she has advised organisations including the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the United States Department of State on international security and emerging technologies.

In 2020, she founded Women in International Security (WIIS) Switzerland, which she continues to lead as President. WIIS is the world’s premier organisation dedicated to advancing women’s leadership in international peace and security. Julia-Silvana Hofstetter is an inspiring leader for gender equality in the fields of international peace, digital democracy, and cybersecurity.