PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT & KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION

I place great value on meaningful knowledge exchange and actively participate in academic and policy communities. I am a sought-after expert who frequently contributes to the media landscape through appearances on national television, radio, and in print, as well as through the publication of opinion pieces.

Only select interviews, engagements, and intervention activities are listed.

For an overview of my professional engagements and knowledge mobilization efforts, please refer to my curriculum vitae (forthcoming).

For media inquires, please refer to the navigation bar for contact information.

IN THE MEDIA & PRESS

2025: Interview on Global News.
2025: Interview on CBC Radio (Ottawa Morning, Metro Morning, Daybreak Alberta, Radio One Iqaluit, Quebec AM, PEI Island Morning, Information Morning Saint John, Information Morning Halifax, London Morning, Early Edition Vancouver, and Yukon Morning).
2025: Podcast interview on Battle Rhythm on the "Canada's National Quantum Strategy" episode.
- Transcript of my conversation with Greg Dick, Benjamin T. Johnson, and Wendy Wong is available.
2024 Podcast interview on Energy Security Cubed: "The Cyber Security Problems of Military Electrification" episode with Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan.
2023: Interview on CTV News (National News).
2023: Interview on CBC News (The National, The Rundown, and Canada Tonight).
2023: Interview on CBC Radio (The World at Six).
2023: Quoted in CBC News article article.
2023: Quoted in iPolitics article: "Twitter at greater risk of being used for foreign interference, says Jagmeet Singh".
2022: Podcast interview on Energy Security Cubed: "EV Cybersecurity and Grid Vulnerability" episode.
2022: Quoted in iPolitics article: "Emerging program to train businesses on cyber threats needs tweaking, experts say".
2022: Quoted in iPolitics article: "New cybersecurity program could help Canada pull its weight among the Five Eyes”.
2022: Podcast interview on Defence Deconstructed.
2022: Podcast interview on dC4eRadio: Sounds of Ethics–Ethics of Research.
2020: Podcast interview on Defence Deconstructed.

OPINION PIECES

Csenkey, Kristen. ‘When Will TikTok’s Time Be up?’ The Hill Times, 6 May 2024, Special Edition: Digital Privacy and Security Briefing edition. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/05/06/when-will-tiktoks-time-be-up/420372/.
Csenkey, Kristen. ‘Don’t Ask a Chatbot about the Privacy and Security Implications of Generative AI’. The Hill Times, 3 May 2023, Special Edition: Digital Privacy and Security Briefing edition. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/05/03/dont-ask-a-chatbot-about-the-privacy-and-security-implications-of-generative-ai/385275/.
Csenkey, Kristen. ‘Forget the Subs—Let’s Talk about the Info and Tech Sharing in AUKUS’. The Hill Times, 6 October 2021. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2021/10/06/forget-the-subs-lets-talk-about-the-info-and-tech-sharing-in-aukus/269630/.
Csenkey, Kristen. 'Next Government Needs to Modernize NORAD, Address Cyber Threats’. The Hill Times, 1 September 2021. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2021/09/01/next-government-needs-to-modernize-norad-address-cyber-threats/269472/.
Csenkey, Kristen. ‘Protecting Canada and Improving Cyber Defence: Three Challenges’. The Hill Times, 24 May 2021, Special Edition: Defence Policy Briefing edition. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2021/05/24/protecting-canada-and-improving-cyber-defence-three-challenges/269035/.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & INTERVENTIONS

Canadian government departments and parliamentary committees have sought my expertise on various issues. My insights and academic work are often cited in governmental reports, including those for the House of Commons, and are recognized worldwide by peers in the STEM and social science fields.

In addition, I share my research findings with peers at various academic conferences and annual meetings:

2026: Invited speaker at the the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government's Lunch & Learn event,"Governing the Quantum Era: Digital Technology and Global Cyber Governance".
2025: Paper presentation and panel moderator at the Canadian Seapower Conference, University of Calgary.
2025: Invited speaker at the Centre for International and Defence Policy Technology and Security Cluster, Queen's University.
2025: Invited participant at Quantum Now (Quantum Industry Canada), Montreal, as part of the Quantum Now- DND MINDS Scholars program.
2025: Invited participant at the CIGI Space Security workshop, Ottawa.
2025: Invited speaker for the International Women’s Forum Canada.
2025: Invited expert at the G7 Roundtable on Quantum Technology, Montreal.
2025: Invited speaker at the Past, Present, and Future of Arctic Security, NAADSN and the Department of Applied Military Sciences at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston.
2024, 2025: Paper presentation and panel moderator at the Centre for International Governance Innovation Digital Policy Hub Research Conference, Waterloo.
2024: Invited talk for the Royal Canadian Military Institute Defence and Security Conference, Toronto.
2024: Paper presentation at the Emerging Threats in the Arctic, Observatory on Politics and Security in the Arctic conference, University of Ottawa.
2023: Moderator of 'The Geopolitics of Research Security' panel at the Research Security Conference, University of Calgary & University of Alberta.
2023: Invited speaker for the Kingston Consortium on International Security.
2023: Invited expert for the Czech-Canadian Cybersecurity Forum, Toronto.
2023: Speaker at the International Institute of Communications (IIC) Canada Conference's 'Bill C-26 and Cybersecurity' panel, Ottawa.
- Recording on CPAC.
2023: Speaker at the Royal Canadian Institute for Science's 'Cybersecurity at the Crossroads of Science, Society and Policy' panel event.
- Recording on YouTube.
2023: Cited in the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence report on 'The Cyber Defence of Canada'.
- Published by NDDN for the House of Commons.
2023: Expert Testimony on Cyber Threats to Canada's Defence Infrastructure before the Senate of Canada Standing Committee on National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs.
- Recording on SenParlVU.
2023: Paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention.
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: Paper presentation at the Canadian Political Science Association–Association canadienne de science politique Annual Conference.
2022: Invited speaker for the Canadian Global Affairs Institute: Defending the Continent panel, Ottawa.
2022: Invited talk for the Conflict and Security Research Cluster and Professionalization Series, Balsillie School of International Affairs.
2021: Co-paper presentation at the Defence and Security Economics Workshop, Carleton University and Conference of Defence Associations Institute.
2021: Co-paper presentation at the Grace Hopper Celebration.
2021: Invited speaker for the Women in Defence and Security Creating Connections Series.
2020: Invited talk for Ideas Series, North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network
2020: Poster presentations at the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute and Cryptography, Security, and Privacy Speaker Series on Privacy, University of Waterloo.
2019: Paper presentation for the Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Atomic Weapons Establishment, and Cranfield University.
2019: Paper presentation for the Women in International Security-Canada annual workshop, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
2019: Paper presentation at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute annual graduate conference.
2019: Paper presentation at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs annual conference, Carleton University.
2019: Poster presentations at the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute annual conference, University of Waterloo.