European Conference on Antisemitism in Vienna

On 6th May 2024 the High level European Conference on Antisemitism took place in Austrian Academy of Sciences.  In the light of the current worrying developments Karoline Edstadler, Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution, and Oskar Deutsch, President of the Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG) spoke about possible and necessary counter-strategies.  

EICTP visits The Hague ICCT

On 10th of  February Brig. Ret. Gustav Gustenau and Dr. Florian Harteb visited in The Hague the director of the ICCT Thomas Renard. ICCT also is editing “Perspectives on Terrorism”, one of the most important journals in the field.    

Hungarian Embassy Event

On 9th February EICTP President Herbert Scheibner and Dr. Florian Hartleb, EICTP-head of research, visited the Hungarian embassy in Vienna. Dr. Bence Bauer, head of the MCC German-Hungarian relations, who recently brought students to Austria, made a key note.  

Workshop EICTP and MCC

On 25th January EICTP hosted a delegation from Hungary in Vienna including Dr. Bence Bauer, Director, Hungarian-German Institute for European Cooperation, Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), Hungary’s largest private educational institution located in Budapest.  

Workshop with Prof. Alex Schmid – ICCT

On 23rd January EICTP hosted a workshop with Prof. Alex Schmid, one of the world-wide leading experts in the research on terrorism and Distinguished Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT). Alex Schmid gave a lecture about international statics and trends in the field. Schmid has nearly 200 publications in ten languages to his…

CERA Austria (Conference on Extremism and Radicalization)

On November 24, EICTP participated, officially the first time with active parts, in the Conference on Extremism and Radicalization Austria (CERA) of the Documentation Center for Political Islam that was held for the second time. This year’s conference took place under the title “Dis/Continuities in Contemporary Islamism” with more than 60 participants and the event…

EICTP at the autumn symposium of the Austrian Interior Ministry

On behalf of EICTP, President Scheibner and senior researcher Dr Nicolas Stockhammer participated at this year’s autumn symposium of the Austrian Interior Ministry that took place on 9 November 2023 at the House of Industry in Vienna. The main topics treated by the event related to the growing security threat following the outbreak of violence…

EICTP at the Security Forum Bonn

EICTP participated on 19 October 2023 in the renowned International Security Forum Bonn, which has a longstanding tradition of serving as a prominent platform for convening esteemed international experts and practitioners in the fields of security and foreign policy. This forum provides a unique opportunity for in-depth discussions on the future of transatlantic relations and…

EICTP at the Federal Chancellery of Austria

On 25th October 2023, EICTP Director of Research, Dr Florian Hartleb participated in a round table discussion at the Federal Chancellery of Austria. On behalf of EICTP, Dr Hartleb talked about the new trends in terrorism, its internationalization and virtualization.  

Vienna Forum

On October 23rd, EICTP participated in the annual Vienna Forum. Since 2021, on the initiative of Federal Minister Susanne Raab, during this annual Forum there has been a deepening of cooperation and collaboration between several European states in the field of preventing extremism in the context of integration. Thematically, cooperation focuses on different forms of…

EICTP visited the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC)

On October 17th, EICTP visited the Budapest-based Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) in Hungary. Founded in 1996, the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) is an educational institute and research centre devoted to developing new approaches and embracing external sources for innovative solutions and ideas for today’s most pressing societal task. MCC, as a private educational foundation, offers…

Master program on Counter Terrorism inaugurated at the University of Krems

A new master program on Counter Terrorism, CVE & Intelligence at the University of Krems, designed and led by EICTP senior researcher Dr Stockhammer, was inaugurated on October 6th under the presence of prominent state actors and EICTP’s leadership. Among others, Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) and Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, Head of the Directorate…