Contact
Lena Herbst, M.A.
Room 159
Institute of International Relations
Technical University Braunschweig
Bienroder Weg 97
D-38106 Braunschweig
lena.herbst(at)tu-braunschweig.de
Office hour: See StudIP
(Wednesdays 1.30-2.30 pm)
Lena Herbst has been a lecturer at the Institute of International Relations since October 2021. Her research interests include security studies, peace and conflict studies, and international organizations. She served as a student research assistant at the Institute during her bachelor's studies in Integrated Social Sciences. For her master's degree, she studied International Relations at FU Berlin, HU Berlin, and the University of Potsdam.
From April 2022 to October 2025, Lena Herbst pursued her doctoral project on transnational actors, the United Nations, and cybersecurity governance. The project examined the conditions under which transnational actors can attend, participate in, and influence various UN cybersecurity negotiations. As part of her doctoral project, she conducted research in The Hague, Vienna, and Geneva. In January 2026, she successfully defended her doctoral thesis, "Connections that count: Transnational activity in UN cybersecurity governance."