Contributor, Central Asian Studies
Kara Schneider is a researcher working at the intersection of emerging technology, international security, human rights, and digital methods. Her work explores how new technologies are changing conflict, political violence, information environments and the ways researchers can understand and document them.
Her research has examined artificial intelligence and synthetic media, online radicalisation, gender-based extremism, and the governance and security risks created by emerging technologies. As a Research Affiliate with Syntony, she studies AI-generated manipulation of testimony and the implications of synthetic media for evidence, security, and institutional trust. She has also worked with UNESCO and International Bridges to Justice on international policy research, human rights and projects in conflict-affected settings.
Kara has presented her research internationally on political violence, technology and human rights and is increasingly interested in bringing digital humanities and open-source methods into security studies, particularly in Central Asia. She holds postgraduate degrees in International Relations and International Law from the University of Aberdeen and Human Rights and Data Science from The American University of Paris, and is pursuing advanced study in European governance, foreign, and security policy at the Brussels School of Governance.