Lena Herbst, M.A.

Lena Herbst is a research fellow and PhD student at the Institute of International Relations since October 2021. Her research interests include security studies, peace and conflict studies, development cooperation as well as international organisations. During her bachelor studies of Integrated Social Sciences, she supported the Institute as a student research assistant. For her master’s degree, she studied International Relations at the FU Berlin, HU Berlin and University of Potsdam. She finished her studies with a master thesis on UN peacekeeping operations and the implementation of the UN “Women, Peace, and Security” agenda in Africa.

Currently, Lena Herbst is working on her PhD project on the role of non-state actors in UN cybersecurity governance.

CONFERENCES AND TALKS                                                                                 

02/2023

• The Power of the Network? Non-State Actors in UN Cybersecurity Governance. DVPW Early Career Internationale Beziehungen Tagung. Tutzing. Panel: Internationale Organisationen. 14.-16.02.2023.

06/2022

• Resources, Legitimacy or Tradition? A Participation Analysis of Non-State Actors in UN Cybercrime Governance. The European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) Conference, Berlin. Panel: Cybercrime and International Security. 30.06-01.07.2022

04/2022

• Participation in „Der militärische Konflikt in der Ukraine:  Informations- und Diskussionsrunde des IIR mit Studierenden der Sozialwissenschaften“, TU Braunschweig

02/2022

• Mapping the Dark and Ornamenting the Order: Comparisons in Global Crime Governance. University of Bielefeld (SFB 1288 Practices of Comparing). Second Workshop “Comparisons in Global Security Politics”. 21.-22.02.2022.