• Thinking Big: Ritual Deterrence seminar at Lund

    Prof. Maria Mälksoo presented her work in progress in the ‘Thinking Big’ seminar series, organised by the Global Europe & International Cooperation Research Group of the Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES), Lund University. This series is a cross-strait collaborative venture between the Universities of Lund, Copenhagen and Malmö. Her presentation ‘The Logic of Ritual…

    Read more

  • Ritual Deterrence Team at the ISA2025

    Cameron Hunter and Maria Mälksoo participated in the 66th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) in Chicago, US on 2-5 March 2025. Dr Hunter chaired the panel ‘Making Deterrence Possible: Rituals and Narratives in the Study of Deterrence’ and presented his work on interaction ritual chains in US-China nuclear politics therein. He further…

    Read more

  • Mariia Vladymyrova comments on Russian security services influence over fishing industry

    In December 2024, Mariia Vladymyrova was asked by Danwatch, a major investigative outlet of Denmark, to comment on the relationship between the Russian fishing industry and the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). The investigation revealed that Norebo’s shipyards had signed three contracts for the servicing and repair of FSB vessels. Previously, several ships from the…

    Read more

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