Emma Isabella Sage is a co-founder of the research software startup LIVINI and a research affiliate at the University of Glasgow. She is a 2025 Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Rising Expert in National Security and a 2026 International Strategy Forum fellow. Her work has been presented at GLOBSEC, submitted as evidence to the UK Parliament and discussed on US national television. She graduated with Distinction from the Erasmus Mundus International Master's in Security, Intelligence & Strategic Studies, specializing in economic and financial tactics in conflict. She writes regularly on counterintelligence, emerging technology and irregular warfare.