News from the European Initiative for Security Studies 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z https://eiss-europa.com/feed.xml European Initiative for Security Studies https://eiss-europa.com/news.html#news-new-leadership-chiara-ruffa-and-moritz-weiss-appointed-eiss-co-directors 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z

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.

https://eiss-europa.com/news.html#news-the-european-security-studies-conference-closes-in-stockholm 2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z 2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

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.

https://eiss-europa.com/news.html#news-two-papers-win-the-2026-european-security-studies-prize 2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z 2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

“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.

https://eiss-europa.com/news.html#news-the-inaugural-netsec-early-career-scholars-summer-school 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Doctoral researchers gathered at Stockholm University for three days of training and mentoring in the lead-up to the conference.

https://eiss-europa.com/news.html#news-eiss-2025-the-annual-conference-in-thessaloniki 2025-06-13T00:00:00.000Z 2025-06-13T00:00:00.000Z

The 2025 edition met at the University of Macedonia. The full programme and a photo gallery are in the archive.