Speaker

Dr. Camino Kavanagh is a visiting Senior Fellow with the Dept. of War Studies, King’s College London and a Fellow with United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Camino’s research and work centers on international politics, security, conflict, and technology, with a focus on critical infrastructure protection, including undersea systems. She has served as advisor and rapporteur to UN negotiations on cyber/ICT and international security (UNGGE 2016–2017; UNOEWG 2019–2021) and has advised the UN Secretary-General’s office, UN peace and security bodies, regional organizations, and governments on cybersecurity, infrastructure resilience, conflict and diplomacy. She also participates in track 1.5 and track 2 initiatives on international security and cyber and CUI governance. Earlier in her career, Camino spent over a decade working in conflict and post-conflict contexts, including with UN peacekeeping and political missions.