Arnault Barichella

Arnault Barichella’s research interests at the Jacques Delors Institute focus on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital technologies. He has published several papers for the Institute on different aspects of these dynamic fields, and presented his research to policy makers and leading researchers at a number of conferences. Highlights include the Commission’s panel discussion on the EU Cybersecurity Package (2018), the International Forum on Cybersecurity in Lille (2021), the Enedis 2022 Forum on Innovation, sharing a panel with the Cybersecurity Director, along with the Cercle de France Business Session Mastercard 2025 in Cannes, sharing a session with the former French ambassador to Russia, China and the UK.

Arnault is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the social sciences at the University Paris-Saclay, with a PhD in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris. He obtained his Masters’ degree in European Affairs from Sciences Po Paris, and received a BA degree in Modern History from Oxford University. He was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard in 2018-19, affiliated with the Department of Government. His PhD dissertation on the role and importance of smart cities was published in 2023 by Palgrave Macmillan. Arnault was also selected by Palgrave to be editor-in-chief for the Palgrave Handbook of Cybersecurity, Technologies and Energy Transitions, which collects research on the subtle interconnections between the twin digital and energy transitions.