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Sara Rubini

Research Assistant
Sara Rubini

Sara Rubini

Research Assistant

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About

Sara Rubini is a final-year PhD candidate at University College London (UCL), where she conducts research within the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cybersecurity and the UCL Counterterrorism Research Group. Her doctoral work is multidisciplinary, spanning computer science, crime science, and political science to examines the role of politically motivated hackers in times of peace and war.

At the Oxford Internet Institute, Sara works as a Research Assistant within the Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies Research Group. She holds a Master’s degree in International Security and an Honours Master’s in Leadership from the University of Groningen, as well as an undergraduate degree from the University of Milan.

Research Interests

Cybercrime, Security, Defence, Cybersecurity

Positions at the OII

  • Research Assistant, December 2025 -
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