Name: Disputation Tom Biselli (Dr. rer. nat.): “Individual Information Sovereignty – User Perspectives and Design Implications for Navigating Privacy and Misinformation Online”
Start: 2025-06-13T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-13T11:00:00+02:00
Location: Darmstadt

Special Issue in ZeFKo published: Technology and the Transformation of Political Violence

The Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies) has recently published a special issue titled “Technology and the Transformation of Political Violence,” guest-edited by Thea Riebe and Christian Reuter. This special issue explores how emerging technologies

PEASEC-Stellenangebot: Studentische Mitarbeiter:innen / Student Assistants (m/w/d)

Am Lehrstuhl Wissenschaft und Technik für Frieden und Sicherheit (PEASEC) unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Reuter im Fachbereich Informatik und Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften der Technischen Universität Darmstadt ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt zwei Stellen als: studentische Mitarbeiter:innen (m/w/d)

Special Issue in Behaviour & Information Technology: Combating Information Warfare

The peer-reviewed journal Behaviour & Information Technology (BIT) has published a special issue edited by Christian Reuter, Amanda Lee Hughes and Cody Buntain on “Combating Information Warfare: User-Centred Countermeasures Against Fake News and Misinformation”. This special issue explores the increasing

Proactive Cyber Threat Intelligence: Automating the Intelligence Life Cycle based on Open Sources – Congratulations to Dr. -Ing. Philipp Kühn on His Successful Doctoral Defense

With evolving threats, securing IT infrastructure remains a challenge. Traditional methods like Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) sharing and SIEM systems detect attacks but often rely on prior breaches. Yet, emerging threat discussions exist in open-source repositories, security advisories, blogs, and

TU Darmstadt at CHI 2025: Double Honorable Mention and Overall Nine Accepted Full Papers including four from our PEASEC group

We are proud to announce that our research teams from Technische Universität Darmstadt will be presenting four full papers at the prestigious ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2025. Notably, two of these papers have been honored

Smart Homes as Saviors in Times of Need – PEASEC researchers in emergenCITY investigated whether automatic responses from a smart home are perceived as annoying or helpful in the event of danger (FAZ-article)

This article was originally published at emergencity.de and FAZ and is shared here with reference to the original. Leaking gas, intense heat or a power cut: in which dangerous situations would people rely on their smart home’s warning system? Scientists

Prof. Dr. Ira Helsloot Joins PEASEC as Guest Professor for Summer Semester 2025 and provides course “Cyber Incident Preparation and Response”

The Chair Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) is pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Ira Helsloot as a guest professor for the summer semester of 2025. Prof. Dr. Ira Helsloot is professor of the Governance of Safety and

Arms Race or Innovation Race? “Geopolitics” Article on AI trending

Together with Daniel Lambach and Carlo Diehl, PEASEC’s Stefka Schmid and Christian Reuter have published an article on the “geopolitical innovation race” of AI in Geopolitics. Competition in AI innovation is a timely topic, given current developments of AI such

PEASEC at the 13th RightsCon: Standing Up for Digital Rights

RightsCon is the go-to summit for anyone passionate about human rights in the digital world, organized by Access Now. With over 3,000 people gathering in Taipei (24.02-27.02.2025)—activists, journalists, NGOs, researchers, and tech industry leaders—it’s a space where critical conversations happen.

Digitale Gewalt gegen Aktivist:innen: Risiken und mögliche Handlungsmöglichkeiten

Soziale Medien sind ein wichtiges Werkzeug für Aktivist:innen – aber auch ein Risiko. Hassrede, Überwachung und Desinformation nehmen zu. Wie können Betroffene sich schützen? Dieser Artikel zeigt Herausforderungen und Lösungen. Erschienen in der 373. Ausgabe des GI-Radar am 21.02.2025: https://gi-radar.de/373-digitale-gewalt/

PEASEC at the BBK Conference: Research on Smart Homes and Civil Protection

How can knowledge about social vulnerability in urban neighborhoods help civil protection? What role can smart homes play in warning the population during crises? Researchers from PEASEC and emergenCITY are working on these questions and presented their findings last week