Dr.
Evelyne
Tauchnitz
Switzerland
University of Lucerne & Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Dr. Evelyne Tauchnitz is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucerne, where she is exploring the impact of the digital transformation on peace and war from an ethics of human rights perspective.Dr. Tauchnitz is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a Research Associate at the Centre for Technology and Global Affairs (CTGA), University of Oxford; a special advisor and member of the advisory board to the Oxford Initiative of Global Ethics and Human Rights, and a Board Member of the PeaceNexus Foundation, Switzerland. She has experience working as an expert and consultant for the public sector (Swiss Parliamentary Services, Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan), civil society (Intermon-Oxfam, Theater for Peace and others), and international organizations (such as Unicef). Evelyne is also a MAG member of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and a member of the Steering Committee of the Swiss Internet Governance Forum.Evelyne holds a PhD in International Relations with a specialization in Political Science from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva and was a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS), European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. She previously studied political science, economics and public law at the University of Bern, Switzerland.