Anita's research focuses on the intersection of technology and security, as well as the measurement of political violence. Her recently published book is titled Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence and theoretically and empirically investigates how governments use cyber controls to support their strategies of violent repression.
Anita Gohdes
Professor of International and Cyber Security
Interests and experience
Anita Gohdes is Professor of International and Cyber Security at the Hertie School in Berlin. Previously, she was Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Zurich, and postdoctoral research fellow at the Belfer Center and the Women and Public Policy Program in the Harvard Kennedy School. She holds a Master of Science in Human Rights and Research Methods from the University of Essex (2009) and a Bachelor of Arts in Political and Administrative Science from the University of Konstanz (2008).