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Neuigkeiten der Europäischen Initiative für Sicherheitsstudien: Konferenzen, Publikationen, Preise und Meilensteine der Partnerschaft.
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ESSC 2027 comes to Belgrade, with the NetSec Training School alongside
The tenth European Security Studies Conference runs on 10 and 11 June 2027 at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Science, and the NetSec Training School runs in parallel from 8 to 11 June. Thank you to everyone who took part in the 2026 edition at Stockholm University. The call for papers will be published here in early November 2026 at the latest, with the themes and the submission deadline. Please share this with colleagues who may wish to take part.
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Three new volunteers, and a blog called Belvedere
Three volunteers join the EISS this autumn. They will write the first posts on Belvedere – the EISS Blog, which opens today.
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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.