Ms Marina Favaro is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research & Security Policy, University of Hamburg, where she is responsible for managing the multi- year research programme ‘Novel Approaches to Understanding Emerging Technologies’. She is also a Research Consultant at the Centre for Science and Security Studies, King’s College London. Earlier, she has also worked as Emerging Technologies Programme Manager & Policy Fellow at BASIC, analyst at RAND Europe, and Fundraising Manager & Project Manager at Global Reporting Centre. She has a large number of publications to her credit. Her expertise includes designing and delivering research focusing on the impact of emerging technologies and safety and security.