Thomas Reinhold

Dr. Thomas Reinhold is a research associate and post-doctoral researcher in the joint project “Cluster Natural and Technological Arms Control Research (CNTR)” of the Leibniz Institute for Peace and Conflict Research (PRIF). He has been working for many years on the social impact of technology and the challenges of interaction between people and computer systems. In this context, the threats in cyberspace and the problem of the increasing militarization of this domain are the focus of his scientific interest with a special focus on questions of disarmament and arms control as well as the problems of attribution in the context of international law. He studied computer science and psychology at Chemnitz University of Technology. In 2015, he was the campaigner for the Cyberpeace campaign of the “Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung”. He has been a member of the Transatlantic Cyber Forum since 2017 and has participated in various working groups on national and international cyber security policy and new technical developments such as the impact and regulation of artificial intelligence. He is also a member of the Research Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC). Since 2019 he is a research associate at PEASEC. In 2023, he received his doctorate from PEASEC with his dissertation “Towards a Peaceful Development of Cyberspace - Challenges and Technical Measures for the De-escalation of State-led Cyberconflicts and Arms Control of Cyberweapons”.