François Delerue is an Assistant Professor in Law at IE University. He is also an Associate Fellow of The Hague Program on International Cyber Security (Leiden University) and the GEODE Center (Paris 8 University).

His book titled Cyber Operations and International Law was published by Cambridge University Press in February 2020 and was awarded the 2021 Book Prize of the European Society of International Law.

Dr. Delerue conducts research focusing predominantly on the application of international law to cyberspace. More broadly, he is interested in how new technologies and activities (space activities, cyber, robotics and artificial intelligence) challenge international law and international relations.

Dr. Delerue regularly lectures at SciencesPo, the International Institute for Humanitarian Law at Sanremo (Italy), the French War College (École de Guerre) and in the Master in Cybersecurity of the French Military Academy of Saint-Cyr.

He is frequently invited to present at conferences and give guest lectures internationally.