• Maria Mälksoo’s Keynote at the ‘Empires’ conference, University of Navarra

    Prof. Mälksoo gave a keynote ‘Russia’s Existential Imperialism at War in Ukraine’ at the conference ‘Empires: Experience, Memory and Idea’, organised by the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain on 2 October 2025. The conference examined the interplay between imperial histories and contemporary memory politics, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue. The conference…

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  • Mariia Vladymyrova presents at NUPI IR Theory Conference 2025

    22-24 September Mariia Vladymyrova joined the inaugural NUPI IR Theory Conference in Oslo. Throughout three days and six panels scholars from Europe, North and South America shared their ideas on the relevance and pathways forward for constructivist theory amid increasingly assertive global competition and challenges such as climate change. Mariia contributed to the panel on…

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  • Maria Mälksoo at the EISA PEC2025 in Bologna

    Prof. Mälksoo participated at the 18th Pan-European Conference on International Relations of the European International Studies Association (EISA PEC2025) at the University of Bologna, Italy on 26-29 August 2025. She presented two empirical chapters from her book project in progress (‘Making Deterrence Real: Wartiming NATO’s Readiness in the Eastern Flank’ and ‘Peacetiming for Future Deterrence’).…

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RITUAL DETERRENCE is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (ERC-2021-COG) awarded to Dr Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (project no 101043468) for 2022-2027.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

RITUAL DETERRENCE is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (ERC-2021-COG) awarded to Dr Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (project no 101043468) for 2022-2027.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Contact Information
info@ritualdeterrence.eu

Principal Investigator
Prof. Maria Mälksoo

Project Officer
Lise Sonnichsen

Postal Address
University of Copenhagen
Department of Political Science
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
Denmark

Contact Information
info@ritualdeterrence.eu

Principal Investigator
Prof. Maria Mälksoo

Project Officer
Lise Sonnichsen

Postal Address
University of Copenhagen
Department of Political Science
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
Denmark