BIGS Potsdam – Das Brandenburgische Institut für Gesellschaft und Sicherheit

Upcoming PizzaSeminar

We look forward to welcoming our Ukrainian project partners from the Horizon Europe project CEDAR to Berlin on 16 September. In addition to insights into their work at CEDAR, they will present the current security and political situation in Ukraine and talk about the challenges and potential for foreign investment.

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Webinar: Dynamics of the Global Arms Trade

In this PizzaSeminar we take a closer look at the complex dynamics of the international arms trade. Adelaide Baronchelli, Assistant Professor at the University of Turin, presents the results of her latest research on this topic and provides additional insights into the significant ramifications of the arms trade on global security.

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Analysis: Dark Crypto

Blockchain technology and the cryptocurrencies based on it offer significant innovation potential for business and society. However, cryptocurrencies have at the same time become the primary payment method for certain criminal activities. In a study for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Johannes Rieckmann and Tim Stuchtey provide an overview of the illegal uses of cryptocurrencies and formulate policy recommendations to limit their misuse.

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Economics of Security

The economics of security examines the provision of scarce goods and services that contribute to the state of security in a particular place. Security is defined as a function of Threat and Protection, with Security decreasing in the former and increasing in the latter.* This broad definition** encompasses […]

Cyber Security

BIGS is particularly dedicated to the economic and social dimensions within the research field of cyber security. Although cooperation between government, business and science regarding cyber security is improving on the national as well as international level, there is still […]

Capacity Building for Civil Security Research

BIGS not only participates in research projects itself, but actively strives to improve the research landscape through high-performance consortia. The institute has a large international network of users and research institutes in the field of civil security research. Through the […]

The Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security

The Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS) is an independent, non-partisan non-profit institute in Potsdam with the mission of building bridges between theory and practice to improve research in civil security through a multi- and interdisciplinary approach. Research at the institute seeks to analyze security issues from an interdisciplinary perspective and to supply needed insights into these issues, while at the same time strengthening Germany’s broader security architecture over the long term.

Upcoming PizzaSeminar

Webinar: Dynamics of the Global Arms Trade

Analysis: Dark Crypto

Economics of Security

Cyber Security

Capacity Building for Civil Security Research

The Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security