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Mateusz has just published the German edition of his book and it is titled “Das Ende der Wirklichkeit. Deepfakes, synthetische Welten und der Beginn der Post-Realität”. The book was published by Rheinwerk Verlag. The foreword was written by Prof. Dr Beate Neuss. The book starts from a simple question: what happens when artificial intelligence no…
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Together with Maria Pawelec (IZEW, University of Tübingen), Mateusz published another peer-reviewed article titled “Are Softfakes Really ‘Soft’? Semantic, Ethical, and Legal Perspectives on Deepfakes and AI-generated Visualizations in Political Campaigning” in the International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society. Though one might not be familiar with that, “softfakes” is a label for deepfakes and…
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Mateusz was a guest on several Polish podcasts about AI, disinformation and democracy: “Polacy Światu” – two episodes recorded for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to raise awareness on cybersecurity and information security issues (link and link)“Czas Przyszły” (TVN24+) – on how algorithms shape our minds and reality around us“Limity AI” – critical view…
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On 15 August, Mateusz was a guest on “Audycja Międzynarodowa”, the foreign-affairs programme of Polish Radio Trójka hosted by Agnieszka Lichnerowicz. The topic was LLM grooming: the deliberate manipulation of large language models with propaganda. The mechanism is simple. Chatbots learn from the open web and increasingly search it in real time to answer questions.…
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Mateusz co-authored peer-reviewed article titled “Gender and identity disinformation: impacts on female politicians, and implications for democratic participation – roundtable discussion”, published in the Journal of Gender Studies. The text records a roundtable discussion hosted by the Artemis Alliance in March 2025, with Kate Saner, Kim Barker, Marilia Gehrke, Martha Stolze, Louise Hooper and Maria…
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Dr. Lena Herbst was recently a guest on UNhörbar, the German-language podcast of the United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN), where she discussed the role of the United Nations in international cybersecurity negotiations. Information security has been on the UN’s agenda for many years. Cyber threats affect nearly every area in which the organization is…
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Mateusz took his research on synthetic media to Polish lawyers and educators: 12 June, Kraków – panel “0-1-AI” at the festival “Prawo Karne: Od Zera”, organised by the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. In a follow-up interview with Karne24, he argued that criminal law should not wait for the philosophical debate…
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Mateusz spoke on the panel “Case Studies in Societal Resilience” at the conference “Standing Together: Building Resilient and Engaged Societies” in Ottawa. The event focused on Canada-EU cooperation on societal responses to FIMI. It was organised by the Delegation of the European Union to Canada, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Canada and the Telfer School of…
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An annual conference on cyber foreign policy, cybersecurity, resilience Date: July 9–10, 2026 Location:Federal Foreign Office (July 9)ESMT Berlin (July 10) Format: In-person conference Register Now Moscow’s shadow beyond Ukraine: Russia’s cyber threat to European security Russia aims to undermine European security, prosperity and freedom. To that end, Russian state and non-state cyber actors weaponize digital technologies…
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Hybrid threats such as espionage, disinformation, election interference, and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are increasing and becoming ever more sophisticated. Due to the progressive digitalization of state and societal structures, it is foreseeable that the dangers posed by cyberattacks will continue to grow in the future. This requires states in particular to prioritize cybersecurity as…
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- New Policy Paper: Wired to Beijing? Huawei and ZTE in European Networks
- Lena Drews published a IFSH Brief Analysis: “Europe Is Financing Its Own Digital Dependence”
- The UN and Cybersecurity: Lena Herbst on the German Podcast UNhörbar
- Mateusz published the book “Przed Waszą Erą”
- Lena and Mateusz published an article in the newspaper “Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik”
- Political Tech Summit
- ICS activities in the second half of 2025
- We are hiring!
- Defending democracy against foreign influence campaigns: A wargaming exercise
- Webinar with Cyprus institutions
- Mateusz as a speaker at the GIZ conference
- Mateusz co-authored book
- Matthias joins the BSI conference advisory board
- PROTEKT – Roundtable Espionage & Zeitenwende
- OpEd on strenghtening social resilience
- “Reverse Brussels effect”? Mateusz’s OpEd in The Loop
- OpEd on AI and why Leo XIV chose this name
- Matthias in podcast “Was ist da los?”
- #1 Und DAS glaubst du?! – Ist Desinformation eigentlich ein neues Phänomen? mit Dr. Matthias Schulze
- ICS activities in the first half of 2025
- Matthias in Table Briefings
- Mateusz has just defended his PhD Thesis!
- Annual Peace Report published!
- The Real End of History: AI Shaking Google’s Hegemony
- The Crumbling Foundation of Global Cybersecurity
- Podcast available on recent research activities by Matthias Schulze
- ICS supports research
- Commentary for Tagesspiegel Background
- Matthias in podcast from Deutschland Funk
- Part 2: Doing active cyber defense
- Matthias interviewed by Berlin Security Beat
- Comment for Tagesspiegel article