Cybersecurity for End-users: Awareness is a Means, Not a Goal

Merely focusing on awareness campaigns will not improve cybersecurity behaviours in the long term. We need an integrated approach, focusing on knowledge, capability, and the formation of habits that incorporate cybersecure behaviours.

Tommy van Steen • June 09, 2019

Civilian Activism After Political Shocks

Civilian activism cuts both ways - it can promote but also undermine democratization processes after political changes.

Johannes Vüllers and Roman Krtsch • June 04, 2019

European Elections: Does Politicisation Really Matter?

As the new European Parliament is more divided and polarised than ever, what is the actual effect of politicisation on European policies?

Lydie Cabane • May 28, 2019

State-Sponsored Hacktivism: A Possible Conceptual Issue with Relevant Consequences

Should governments be allowed to put on the hacktivist’s mask and get away with it?

Marco Romagna • May 20, 2019

Two Incompatible Approaches to Governing Cyberspace Hinder Global Consensus

Meaningful agreement on global norms for state behaviour in cyberspace seems unlikely. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.

Josh Gold • May 16, 2019

Understanding Domestic Homicide: A Quick Overview of the Dutch Context

Intimate partner homicide has a grave impact on the co-victims, but also on society. Although the phenomenon has been studied worldwide, it remains unclear or contested as to what can be done to prevent the fatality of an (ex)partner.

Pauline Aarten and Christine Boelema Robertus • May 13, 2019

Solving the MH17 and the Skripal Case: How Bellingcat Demonstrates the Power of OSINT

The nature of publicly available data has changed profoundly and as a result OSINT has emerged as a powerful tool for everyone. What are the key elements of that change?

Ludo Block • May 06, 2019

Brexit and the Northern Irish Border in the Mind – The Return of the Lost Border

Brexit referendums impact the shared Irish border. However, Brexit’s backstop discussion should not have come to the surprise of the European Union.

Emma Bakels • April 25, 2019

Anonymous #OpAssange – All For One and One For All, United We Stand Divided We Fall

Will the expected chain reaction of the Anonymous hacktivist collective against the ‘establishment’ shake enough consciousness?

Marco Romagna • April 23, 2019