Barbara Sztokfisz is Research Fellow of the Kosciuszko Institute, CYBERSEC Programme Deputy Director, and Editor in Chief of the European Cybersecurity Journal. She is also PhD candidate at the Faculty of Economics and International Relations of the Cracow University of Economics. She is a graduate of International Economics at the Cracow University of Economics. She also studied at the Jagiellonian University and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris. Her research focuses on contemporary economic and social changes in relation to digital transformations and technological changes. She is the author of numerous publications in the field of economics and political science.