Leadership announcement · 13 July 2026
A new leadership team for the EISS
After nine years as its Director, Hugo Meijer (CERI, Sciences Po – CNRS) is stepping down and becomes the Founding and Honorary Director of the European Initiative for Security Studies. Since 2017 he has built what is today Europe's largest community of security studies scholars.
The EISS will now be led jointly by Chiara Ruffa (CERI, Sciences Po) and Moritz Weiss (LMU Munich) as new Co-Directors, while longstanding staff Arthur Laudrain and John Helferich join the Board.
We extend our deepest gratitude to Hugo, and look forward to building on the strong foundations he has established. The European Initiative for Security Studies
