Samar Abbas Nawaz

Doctoral researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

16 September - 2 October 2024

Samar Nawaz is a PhD candidate at the law faculty of the University of Oslo and PRIO. His research interests lie in the regulatory challenges of emerging technologies. Samar’s PhD is part of an interdisciplinary project called ‘RegulAIR’ which aims to provide new research based knowledge to Norwegian and European regulatory bodies for safe and secure integration of drones in civilian airspace. He is specifically researching the regulatory gaps in the European Union (EU) law on civil drones and cybersecurity caused by smart civil drones.

Apart from presenting his work at various academic conferences, Samar has also been engaging with aviation stakeholders and policymakers. He also holds a master’s degree in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) law from the University of Oslo (UiO).Originally from Pakistan, he studied LLB and worked there as a legal practitioner for around three years.

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Samar Abbas Nawaz

Doctoral researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Current and future visiting fellows

Jeanne-Louise Roellinger

PhD student in International Relations at the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences Po Paris

Samar Abbas Nawaz

Doctoral researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

André Barrinha

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International Relations at University of Bath

Previous visiting fellows

Nadiya Kostyuk

Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy (courtesy) at Georgia Institute of Technology

Bulelani Jili

Meta Research Ph.D. Fellow at Harvard University

Oskar Galeev

Ph.D. Fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University

Isabella Wilkinson

Research Associate in the International Security Programme at Chatham House

Jack Kenny

Research Fellow in International Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tobias Scholz

Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations at King's College London and National University of Singapore

Henrique Ribeiro da Rocha

Ph.D. Student in Military Sciences at The Brazilian Army Command and General Staff College

Lena Herbst

Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at the Institute of International Relations at Technical University of Braunschweig

Amy Ertan

Cyber and Hybrid Policy Officer at NATO Headquarters

Mark Quinlan

PhD candidate in Cyber Security at Oxford University

Tommaso Comunale

Security Analyst at the Center for the Study of Democracy

Louise Marie Hurel

PhD researcher in Data, Networks and Society at the London School of Economics

Yuliya Miadzvetskaya

Researcher Chair of Law and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Tübingen

Eva Claessen

PhD researcher in Russia studies at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (GGS)

Julia Voo

Cyber Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Dr François Delerue

Research Fellow in Cyber Defense and International Law at IRSEM (Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'École Militaire)