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Andrijana Gavrilović
Editor, Digital Watch, and Head of Diplomatic and Policy Reporting, DiploFoundation
Ms Andrijana Gavrilović is Head of Diplomatic and Policy Reporting at DiploFoundation and a member of the Editorial team of the GIP Digital Watch. Andrijana has been coordinating diplomatic and policy reporting at Diplo since 2019. She has been coordinating the overall work of the GIP Digital Watch team of experts since 2020. She also serves as an expert with the Geneva Internet Platform, following cybersecurity topics, including cybercrime, critical infrastructure, violent extremism online, US-Russian cyber detente, and the cybersecurity negotiations processes at the UN, namely the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG). Andrijana joined Diplo in 2017.
She obtained a BA in International Relations and an MA in International Security from the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade.
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