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Dr Raluca Csernatoni is a Visiting Professor at the Department of International Relations of Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria, where she lectures on European Security, Technology, and the Future of Warfare. Csernatoni is currently a Professor on European security and defence, focusing on new technologies, with the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) and its Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. At the CSDS, she is a Senior Researcher on digital technologies in the context of the EU-funded project, ‘Indo-Pacific-European Hub for Digital Partnerships: Trusted Digital Technologies for Sustainable Well-Being’ (INPACE). Csernatoni is also a Research Fellow working on the nexus between European defence and emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, Belgium. At Carnegie, she is a Team Leader and Senior Researcher on new technologies for the EU-funded project ‘EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative - EU Cyber Direct’ (EUCD) and leads Carnegie Europe’s research work on ‘The EU’s Techno-Politics of AI’ supported by the McGovern AI Grant. Csernatoni is a Co-Leader of the ‘Governance of Emerging Technology’ Research Group with the Centre on Security and Crisis Governance (CRITIC) at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Canada. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Department of International Relations of the Institute of Political Studies (IPS) at Charles University in Prague, Czechia. Csernatoni holds a PhD and master’s degree in international relations from Central European University. Her published work appeared in academic journals such as Geopolitics, European Foreign Affairs Review, European Security, Critical Military Studies, Global Affairs, and European View. Her co-edited book, Emerging Security Technologies and EU Governance: Actors, Practices and Processes, was published with the Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology Series in 2020. She has authored numerous book chapters, policy analysis articles, long reports, op-eds, and commentary pieces on the EU’s defence, technological, digital, and cyber initiatives, as well as the innovation and governance of emerging and disruptive technologies such as AI.