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Publication of the Symposium 2025 Report

The Symposium 2025 was a two-day event under the theme of “The Potential of Data, AI & Interdisciplinary Analysis in Situational Awareness and Decision Making”, taking place in September 2025. This report summarizes the Symposium 2025.

New working paper published in the CISS Munich series

A new working paper on “Cyber Threats and Crisis Early Warning” by Stephanie Riedl and Lena Runge is now available.

New working paper published in the CISS Munich series

A new working paper on “Urban Warfare in Gaza: Alles wie erwartet?” [Urban Warfare in Gaza: Business as Usual?] by Julian Werner is now available.

Publication of the research paper: “Listening to the wind of change: Predicting protest dynamics in autocracies using Wikipedia page changes”

The research paper by Christian Oswald (CCEW) “Listening to the wind of change: Predicting protest dynamics in autocracies using Wikipedia page changes” has been published.

Participation at the AFK Methods Workshop

From September 29 to 30, the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated at the AFK Methods Workshop in Frankfurt (Main).

Hot off the Press: Dream or Nightmare?

In a new publication, CISS Senior Researcher Marcel Schmeer traces the origins of “community-oriented” policing in West Berlin in the 1970s. He highlights the ambivalent perception of police presence in urban areas, caught between the conflicting priorities of state security and societal fears of surveillance.

Launch of Working Paper Series

The first working paper of the CISS Munich series is published on the topic of "Kriegsführung und Enablement" [Warfare and Enablement] by Lieutenant General Rohrschneider.

This Year’s Symposium at the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin

Together with the German Federal Foreign Office, the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich (UniBw M) organized the fifth Symposium on Crisis Early Warning on 17–18 September in Berlin. Under the theme “The Potential of Data, AI, and Interdisciplinary Analysis in Situational Awareness and Decision Making,” the event once again brought together representatives from academia, policy, and practice.

Publication of the research paper: „TRAVELWARN-Crawler: Constructing longitudinal datasets of government-issued travel warnings for political and social science research”

The research paper by Laura Braun and Christian Oswald (CCEW) ‘TRAVELWARN Crawler: Building Longitudinal Datasets of Government Travel Warnings for Political and Social Science Research’ has been published.

Participation at the IC2S2 2025 in Norrköping, Sweden

From July 21 to 24, the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated at the International Conference for Computational Social Science (IC2S2) in Norrköping, Sweden.

Guest Lecture by the CISS Managing Director at the German Society for Security Policy (GSP) Taubertal

On 03.07.2025, the CISS Managing Director, Lieutenant Colonel Timo Muff, gave a guest lecture at the German Society for Security Policy (GSP) Taubertal on the work of the CISS and the Green Paper ZMZ 4.0 (Civil-Military Cooperation).

3rd OSINT Forum at CISS

On 24 and 25 June 2025, the OSINT Forum took place for the third time at the Bundeswehr University Munich - organized by the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) in cooperation with HENSOLDT, the Cyber Defence and Smart Data Research Institute (FI CODE) and PD - Public Sector Advisors.

Guest lecture by CCEW at the Marburg University

On July 2, 2025, Lena Runge (CCEW) delivered a guest lecture in the seminar ‘Methods of Conflict Analysis’ of the master's program in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Center for Conflict Studies at Marburg University.

Participation of the CCEW in the workshop ‘Foresight on US-China-EU Power Rivalries’

On June 24 and 25, 2025 the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated in the workshop ‘Foresight on US-China-EU Power Rivalries’ at the LMU in Munich.

Publication of the CCEW Symposium 2024 Report

The CCEW Symposium 2024 was a two-day event under the theme of “Predictive Synergies: Crisis Early Warning & Foresight”, taking place in September 2024. This report summarizes the CCEW Symposium 2024.

Publication of the Data Processing behind the Climate-Conflict-Vulnerability Index

After more than two years of development, the data processing behind the Climate-Conflict-Vulnerability Index (CCVI) is now published as open-source code.

New article with participation of Uwe M. Borghoff in International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence

The article entitled "Intelligence Education Made in Europe: Critical Reflections on the German Experience" deals with the academic program of the Intelligence College in Europe (ICE) and analyzes a module for cyber intelligence.

Publication of a paper

Extracting additional information from event data with large language models

On the common misconceptions about Islamist terrorism Eva Herschinger in online magazine Krautreporter article on the topic

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.

Participation in the German Data Science Days 2025

From February 27 to 28, the Center for Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated in the German Data Science Days 2025.

Participation in the "Conflict & Change" PhD Workshop at University College London (UCL)

From February 24 to 25, the Center for Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated in the "Conflict & Change" PhD Workshop in London.

Participation in the UniBW AI Retreat 2024

From December 10 to 12, the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated in the UniBw AI Retreat 2024 in Garmisch-Patenkirchen.

Beyond the Ivory-Tower: EISA-Online-Event with Eva Herschinger

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

Espionage & Sabotage, Hybrid Threats, and Cybersecurity

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.

Radicalization and gender - what do we know

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

Participation in the Second Workshop for PhD Candidates in Peace and Conflict Studies in Bavaria

From October 28 to 30, the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated in the workshop for PhD candidates in Peace and Conflict Studies in Bavaria

CCEW Symposium 2024

The CCEW Symposium 2024, titled ‘Predictive Synergies: Crisis Early Warning & Foresight’ took place from September 19 to 20.

Insight into the research of the Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies Munich: Event with the VHS SüdOst

CISS Munich organised an event in cooperation with VHS SüdOst.

Call for Papers for the Annual Conference of the Thematic Group "Critical Security Studies" at CISS

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

New study on gender constructions in Salafism published

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