Arnault Barichella

Arnault Barichella has been an associate researcher at the Jacques Delors Institute since September 2024, specializing in cybersecurity, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on critical infrastructure.

He has published several studies and policy briefs, which he has presented to policy makers and researchers at conferences, including the International Cybersecurity Forum (Lille, 2021) and the Enedis Innovation Forum (2022). In 2018, he participated in a European Commission round table on the cybersecurity package and in 2025 shared a session with Sylvie Bermann at the Cercle France Business Session Mastercard. He is also editor-in-chief of the Palgrave Handbook of Cybersecurity, Technologies and Energy Transitions.

Arnault Barichella is a postdoctoral researcher in social sciences at Paris-Saclay University as part of the PREVENT project. He was a research assistant in the Senate, working with the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Armed Forces Committee.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in modern history from the University of Oxford, a master’s degree in European affairs, and a doctorate in political science from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po).

His thesis, The Articulation of Multilevel Governance in the Global Climate Regime, was published by Palgrave Macmillan (2023). He was also a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University’s Department of Government. Arnault Barichella is fluent in French, English, and Spanish, and has a basic knowledge of Chinese.