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New leadership: Chiara Ruffa and Moritz Weiss appointed EISS Co-Directors
After nine years as Director, Hugo Meijer becomes the EISS's Founding and Honorary Director. Chiara Ruffa (CERI, Sciences Po) and Moritz Weiss (LMU Munich) take over as Co-Directors, while longstanding staff Arthur Laudrain and John Helferich join the Board.
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The European Security Studies Conference closes in Stockholm
The annual conference wrapped up two days of panels and roundtables at Stockholm University — its first edition under the ESSC name, jointly organised with COST Action NetSec and Stockholm University.
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Two papers win the 2026 European Security Studies Prize
“Do Parliaments Dream of Cyber Power?” and “Telegram in Russia's Information Strategy” shared this year's European Security Studies Prize, awarded with the Journal of Strategic Studies.
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The inaugural NetSec Early-Career Scholars Summer School
Doctoral researchers gathered at Stockholm University for three days of training and mentoring in the lead-up to the conference.
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EISS 2025: the annual conference in Thessaloniki
The 2025 edition met at the University of Macedonia. The full programme and a photo gallery are in the archive.
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