Johann Ole Willers
Research FellowOle is a PhD Fellow at NUPI's Centre for Cyber Security Studies. His research is part of the Market for Anarchy Project headed by Ole Jacob Sending.
Ole’s interest is in the interplay of micro-level processes and macro structures in International Relations. In doing so, he is combining organizational studies and international relations theory in the field of cybersecurity and cyberwarfare to highlight the role of professional networks in shaping state responses to cyber threats. A special focus in his research is the transnational production of risk assessments and risk management approaches – a blind spot in traditional international relations theories.
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Publication
: Academic article
The Political Economy of Policy Vacuums: The European Commission on Demographic Change
2019Supranational organisations can only confront politico-economic issues that are recognised as important. Typically, issues gain recognition either when they provide an external shock to the system, shaking political actors into action, or when they are framed as important in policy networks concerned... -
Research project
The Market for Anarchy
2018 - 2022 (Ongoing)The Market for Anarchy project seeks to better understand how state behaviour is shaped by assessments of and responses to different types of risks.