Cyber Governance and Policy Center

The Center for the Study of Emerging Technologies (CSET) facilitates research and collaboration among faculty and students at the University of Oklahoma, in partnership with public, private and voluntary sector stakeholders.

CSET advances the study of emerging technologies with an emphasis on understanding them in their full human context: historical, cultural, social, economic, political. For us, the ‘emerging’ phase for a given technology does not stop at commercialization and extends through the maturation of the technology in the built environment, meaning that we are interested in the adaptation of infrastructures and multi-generational systems to new technologies and new social and physical environments as well as in the emergence of technologies at the leading edge of innovation, such as AI, biotech, or quantum technologies.

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People

The Center for the Study of Emerging Technologies (CSET) is fortunate to benefit from the involvement of a number of talented individuals. The director is assisted by an Advisory Board comprised of senior scholars and policy experts, who provide periodic strategic guidance. Affiliate Faculty and Graduate Fellows are drawn from across the University of Oklahoma; they contribute intellectual energy and leadership to the center's ongoing work, and are encouraged to share their own research and expertise in the center's speaker series.

University of Oklahoma undergraduate students are invited to attend CGPC events, and are encouraged to inquire by email about other ways to become involved.

Mark Raymond, Co-Director

Dr. Mark Raymond is the Wick Cary Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his faculty appointment, he is the Associate Director for International Security Policy at the Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute (OADII), and the Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Emerging Technologies. He currently serves as the Associate Editor of International Theory. He is the author of Social Practices of Rule-Making in World Politics (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019). His work appears in various academic journals including International Theory, Contemporary Security Policy, the Journal of Global Security Studies, Strategic Studies Quarterly, The Cyber Defense Review, the UC Davis Law Review, the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, and the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. He has contributed policy commentary to outlets including Lawfare and The Monkey Cage. He was a Senior Advisor with the United States Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and he has testified before the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development.

Hunter Heyck, Co-Director

Dr. Mark Raymond is the Wick Cary Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his faculty appointment, he is the Associate Director for International Security Policy at the Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute (OADII), and the Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Emerging Technologies. He currently serves as the Associate Editor of International Theory. He is the author of Social Practices of Rule-Making in World Politics (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019). His work appears in various academic journals including International Theory, Contemporary Security Policy, the Journal of Global Security Studies, Strategic Studies Quarterly, The Cyber Defense Review, the UC Davis Law Review, the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, and the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. He has contributed policy commentary to outlets including Lawfare and The Monkey Cage. He was a Senior Advisor with the United States Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and he has testified before the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development.

Dr. Hunter Heyck is Professor of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Oklahoma. He has served in a variety of leadership roles at OU, including Chair of the Faculty Senate (2023-24), Chair of the Department of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (2013-2021), book review editor for Technology & Culture (2010-20, and as Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Emerging Technologies. He has been awarded the prestigious Ryskamp Award from the ACLS, and has been PI and co-PI on major grants from the NSF and NEH. He is the author of Herbert A. Simon: the bounds of reason in modern America (JHU Press, 2005), and Age of System: understanding the development of modern social science (JHU Press, 2015), along with numerous journal articles. Much of his research concerns the intersections of the natural and the artificial, especially mind and machine, connecting the history of the social and behavioral sciences with history of technology and environmental history. His current project is a social-cultural survey of the history of technology with the working title, Artifice: creating a chosen world.

Events and Media

Speaker Series

The Cyber Governance and Policy Center (CGPC) Speaker Series convenes several seminar-style discussions and public lectures each academic year, to facilitate the development of research in progress and to provide timely information to the campus community at the University of Oklahoma. Where possible, events are recorded and shared on the CGPC website and social media for those unable to attend in person. Some events, for example due to sensitive subject matter, may not be presented in this way.

University of Oklahoma faculty and graduate students interested in presenting their work are encouraged to schedule talks on a rolling basis, by emailing cgpc@ou.edu.

Thanks to the generous support of the University of Oklahoma's David L. Boren College of International Studies, the CGPC is able to host a small number of external speakers each academic year. Researchers and policymakers interested in being part of the series are likewise invited to inquire by email, with a suggested title and brief (150 word) abstract of the presentation.

Speaker Series Interview: Dr. Rebecca Slayton

Speaker Series Interview: Dr. Ron Deibert

Speaker Series Interview: Dr. Ken Rogerson

Speaker Series Interview: Dr. Derrick Cogburn

Past Events

April 8, 2019: Anonymity and Credit Claiming in Cyberspace, with Michael Poznansky, Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Intelligence Studies, University of Pittsburgh
September 27, 2018: Internships and Careers in Tech Policy, with Greg Nojeim (Senior Counsel and Director of Freedom, Security and Technology Project Center for Democracy and Technology) and Elizabeth Seeger (Communications Manager, Center for Democracy and Technology)
September 28, 2018: Democracy, Elections and Cyber Security, A panel discussion with Greg Nojeim (Senior Counsel and Director of Freedom, Security and Technology Project Center for Democracy and Technology), Peter Gade (Professor, Gaylord College of Journalism), Jill Edy (Associate Professor, Department of Communication), Keith Gaddie (President’s Associates Presidential Professor, Political Science), Bryan Dean (Public Information Officer, Oklahoma State Election Board), Ryan Kiesel (Executive Director, ACLU Oklahoma)
April 16, 2018: The Internet Governance Trilemma, with Dr. Ryan Kiggins, Department of Political Science, University of Central Oklahoma
March 8 & 9, 2018: Global Cyber Trends, the Department of International & Area Studies Annual Symposium with Ron Deibert, Dmitry Epstein, Rebecca Slayton, Aaron Brantly, and Shima Mohebbi
November 13, 2017: Partners or Pawns? Exploring Multistakeholder Participation in Global Governance of the Information Society, with Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn, American University
November 13, 2017: Do You Trust What You "Like"? Navigating Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Kenneth Rogerson, Duke University

Contact Us

DR. MARK RAYMOND

Wick Cary Assistant Professor of International Security
Department of International and Area Studies
Director of CGPC

David L. Boren College of International Studies
University of Oklahoma
729 Elm Avenue
Farzaneh Hall, Room 228
Norman, OK 73071

Phone: (405) 325-3533
Email: cgpc@ou.edu