Patryk Pawlak

Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Europe

Dr Patryk Pawlak is a Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, where he also serves as a Project Director for the Global Initiative on the Future of the Internet. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe where he currently researches how cyber and digital policies are shaping multilateral system and the EU’s role in this process, in particular regarding accountability in cyberspace.

Dr Pawlak regularly consults for governments, international organisations and various EU initiatives on cyber diplomacy. He has been involved in multilateral cyber-related processes at the United Nations and bilateral consultations between the EU and partner countries (e.g. Brazil, China, India, South Korea, Japan, United States) and other regional organisations (e.g. Organisation of American States, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe).

In addition to his work on responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, Dr Pawlak is a recognised expert on cyber capacity building policy. He co-authored (with Nayia Barmpaliou) the 'EU’s Operational Guidance on External Cyber Capacity Building’ and served as a member and co-chair of the Advisory Board of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise.

Prior to joining EUI, Dr Pawlak headed the Brussels office of the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and coordinated the Institute’s cyber and digital activities. From 2018 to 2022, he was Project Director of the EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative – EU Cyber Direct, an EU-funded multimillion project to support the EU’s engagement on cyber diplomacy and digital policies worldwide.