Camino Kavanagh

Dr Camino Kavanagh is a visiting Senior Fellow with the Dept. of War Studies, King’s College London. Her current research focuses on international security, geopolitics, conflict and technology, cyber intelligence, critical infrastructure protection in crisis and conflict and emerging issues relevant to critical subsea infrastructure.

Amongst other, Camino also serves as a Senior Advisor to the UN Department of Political Affairs’ Policy and Mediation Division on digital tech and conflict. She served as advisor/rapporteur to the 2019-2021 and 2016-2017 UN negotiating processes on cyber/ICT and international security (the UNGGE and UNOEWG). Over the past decade she has also advised and consulted with the UN Secretary-General’s office and a range of other UN entities, regional bodies as well as government departments and agencies on issues pertaining to digital technologies and national/international security, conflict and diplomacy. She participates in a number track 1.5 and track 2 initiatives on these same topics.

Prior to this, Camino spent over a decade working in conflict and post-conflict contexts, including with UN peacekeeping operations and political missions.