• Maria Mälksoo’s Swiss Chair Lecture at the EUI

    Prof. Maria Mälksoo gave an invited lecture in the framework of the Swiss Chair Seminar Series on ‘Envisioning Future Deterrence: Peace, Accountability and the End Times after the Russo-Ukrainian War’ at the European University Institute (EUI) in Fiesole, Italy, on 10 April 2025. The talk revisited the political and academic exchanges during 2022-2024 about the…

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  • Maria Mälksoo at Malmö University Global Politics Seminar

    Prof. Maria Mälksoo presented her research on deterrence by means of memory laws and policies at the Global Politics Seminar, Malmö University on April 2, 2025. The talk focused on Russia’s ontological security-seeking through punitive memory laws.

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  • Call for a research intern, Autumn Term 2025

    The ERC RITUAL DETERRENCE project team is looking for a research intern for the Autumn Term 2025. The internship is part of the research internship scheme of the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Its gist is supporting our political and sociological analysis of conflict simulations/wargames deterrence.   The intern would assist with data collection,…

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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