Kateryna Pivnenko

Kateryna Pivnenko supports the topic area "Cybersecurity & Emerging Threats" as a Student Assistant.

She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in War and Conflict Studies at the University of Potsdam. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Strategic Communication, with a minor in Political Science, at the University of Passau. Her academic focus is on defense and security policy, with a particular interest in cybersecurity. In her Bachelor's thesis, she addressed Russian influence campaigns, focusing on the strategic release of an intercepted conversation between German military officers regarding the potential deployment of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, widely referred to as the "Taurus leak."

Prior to joining interface, Kateryna worked as a Student Assistant at the Chair of European Politics at the University of Passau, where she primarily contributed to research on European defense and security policy.