After the attacks in Munich, Aschaffenburg, Magdeburg, Mannheim and Solingen, the impression has arisen that terrorist violence is on the rise, and that Islamist-motivated perpetrators are particularly responsible for this. The long article in the online magazine Krautreporter examines the question on the basis of six misconceptions about Islamist terrorism.

Register Now! Online-Roundtable with Eva Herschinger on the Purpose of IR-scholarship in a World of Crisis on January, 27

In the past couple of months, Verena Jackson has been featured in various media outlets discussing current developments in cybersecurity, Russian sabotage and espionage, as well as the state of German intelligence services.

New ICCT-report by Eva Herschinger and co-authors on the gaps in research on gender and radicalization

Submit your proposal now for the conference of the DVPW group at CISS.

The BAMF study examines the role of gender images for radicalization and deradicalization. Eva Herschinger is one of the co-authors.

Verena Jackson is conducting a comparative law project at Stanford University (USA) on the similarities and differences in the legal frameworks for cybersecurity in the EU and the US.

Presentation by Verena Jackson on the legal and ethical challenges of using AI in military systems

The thematic group "Critical Security Studies" of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) invites you to a digital workshop on "Accountability and Control of Intelligence Services in Germany" on Monday, May 13, 2024 (9:30 am - 1:00 pm).

Eva Herschinger speaks on the topic in a report of the Spanish newspaper "El Confidential"

New article by Eva Herschinger and Martin Koch on the global fight against terrorism

Workshop (in German) on September 18, 2023 (9am-1pm): Register now!

In the podcast "Critically Linked" Eva Herschinger talks about the topicality of the work "Hegemony and Socialist Strategy" by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe.

Eva Herschinger talks about women in terrorism and the many stereotypes and prejudices surrounding female terrorists in an episode of the SZ Geschichte Daily Podcast.

In two handbook and two edited volume contributions, Eva Herschinger addresses theories, ideologies, and prevention of terrorism as well as online radicalization and gender.

Two new contributions by Eva Herschinger on the topic of gender and terrorism in the richly illustrated volume of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

Marcel Schmeer reports from the 53rd Historikertag on the section on the relationship between the public and intelligence services since 1945. Report freely available on the online portal H-Soz-Kult.

Eva Herschinger talks about the importance of women in terrorism in the podcast of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

At the invitation of Duke University School of Law in Durham, NC, Verena Jackson is spending two months in the USA.

In International Relations, much research has been done on the relationship between structure and agency.... But: new, fresh ideas on the topic by Eva Herschinger and Frank Sauer. Open Access!

Deradicalization work for women and girls in the area of Salafism is still in its infancy. The project aims to contribute with new concepts and insights.

Conspiracy movements like QAnon, explains Eva Herschinger in an interview with the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from Heidelberg, are a potential danger to democracy.

In a new publication Eva Herschinger, Kemal Bozay, Magdalena von Drachenfels, Oliver Decker and Christian Joppke analyze factors that favor societal radicalization.

The radicalization of women can be understood as politicization argues Eva Herschinger.