Charlotte Lindsey joins HCSS as non-resident Subject Matter Expert

HCSS is pleased to announce that Charlotte Lindsey has joined us a non-resident Subject Matter Expert!

Her work focuses on the impact, opportunities, and risks of digitalisation and emerging technologies for the humanitarian sector, as well as cyber influence operations, cybersecurity, and digital policy.

Ms. Lindsey: “As someone deeply committed to addressing the evolving challenges at the intersection of technology, conflict, law and humanitarian action, affiliating with HCSS represents an exciting opportunity to contribute to forward-thinking research and innovative solutions. HCSS’s interdisciplinary approach aligns with my commitment to addressing the impact of emerging challenges for humanity, global peace and security.”

Charlotte Lindsey has over 30 years’ experience in the humanitarian sector, including as Director of Digitalization and Data at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Chief Public Policy Officer at the CyberPeace Institute and Refugee Office and field delegate with the British Red Cross. She has focused in the last 12 years on the impact, opportunities and risks of emerging technology for humanitarian organisations and beneficiaries of aid and protection and has experience working in field operations. She has published on the Digital Transformation of the Humanitarian Sector, on cyberattacks in the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including the law and policy implications, as well as explored how technology helps reconnect families in times of war, cybersecurity of the sector, qualifying and quantifying harm, women and war.

She set up and managed the ICRC’s Data Protection Office, chaired the ICRC Digital Risk Summit and has written extensively on the opportunities and risks for the sector. She wrote the Digitalization strategies of the ICRC, and of Terre des hommes, a Swiss INGO. She also consults specialising in digitalisation and emerging technologies in the humanitarian sector, cyber influence operations affecting the sector, and digital and cyber policy. As Chief Public Policy Officer she has engaged actively with the UN OEWG on responsible behaviour in cyberspace and UN AHC on Cybercrime. She has written the Detecting and Responding to Disinformation Strategy for the International Criminal Court in The Hague and continues to consult with them on its implementation. She is also currently consulting with the Paris Peace Forum to research and co-write a Report on the AI-Cybersecurity Nexus on the Global Governance of AI Safety to be released for the AI Summit in Paris in February 2025.