NetSec Training School
Training and mentoring for early-career researchers in European security, run alongside the European Security Studies Conference. Details of the school and the call for applications will follow.
COST Action · European Cooperation in Science & Technology
Networking European Security Knowledge
The Action brings together scholars and policy practitioners of European defence and security in four Working Groups. Members list their research in an open directory that anyone can search by theme or country.
Security and defence
Foreign policy and diplomacy
Cyber and emerging technology
European and transatlantic security order
COST Action CA24154 · running 10 Oct 2025 – 09 Oct 2029
Community
Meet the network
Scholars and practitioners from across Europe, gathered in one open directory.
About
Four Working Groups
NetSec addresses the fragmentation of Europe's intellectual and analytical base in security studies. That fragmentation hinders the EU's pursuit of strategic autonomy and its ability to respond to complex security challenges.
WG1
Building the Network
Mapping scholars, institutions, and projects into a shared directory, and growing a diverse community across European security studies.
Lead Prof Filip Ejdus
Co-lead Prof Nikolaos Tzifakis
Transfer of Knowledge
Bridging research and policy through stakeholder workshops, policy briefs, and a quarterly newsletter for those who shape European security.
Lead Dr John Helferich
Co-lead Dr Eliza Gheorghe
Fostering the Next Generation of Scholars
Backing early-career researchers with a summer school, mentoring, research awards, and mobility grants for short scientific missions.
Lead Dr Chiara Ruffa
Co-lead Dr Silvia D'Amato
Inclusion, Representativeness & Ethics
Monitoring diversity across regions, genders, and disciplines, funding inclusive participation, and upholding research ethics throughout.
Lead Dr Revecca Pedi
Calendar
Events
Annual conferences, policy workshops, training schools, and short-term scientific missions across the network.
European Security Studies Conference
The annual conference of the NetSec community, organised with the European Initiative for Security Studies. The NetSec Training School runs alongside it, from 8 to 11 June. The call for papers will be published on eiss-europa.com by early November 2026.
View all events, past and upcoming →
Latest News
New Working Group and Science Communication leads
Prof. Filip Ejdus now leads Working Group 1 with Prof. Nikolaos Tzifakis, Dr Eliza Gheorghe co-leads Working Group 2, and Dr Arthur Laudrain co-leads Science Communication.
See the Action's leadership →Save the date: ESSC 2027 and the NetSec Training School in Belgrade
The European Security Studies Conference runs on 10 and 11 June 2027 at the University of Belgrade, with the NetSec Training School from 8 to 11 June.
See the conference page →Policy workshop on alliances concludes in Ankara
Working Group 2 met at Bilkent University in Ankara for a one-day workshop on great power politics and the future of alliances.
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Get in touch
Contact
Researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners interested in joining or collaborating with NetSec are welcome to reach out.
Reach the Action
We welcome enquiries from prospective Working Group members, Management Committee representatives, and external collaborators.
Action Chair, Dr Moritz Weiss
moritz.weiss@gsi.lmu.de
Action Vice-Chair, Dr Marie Robin
m.p.c.e.robin@fgga.leidenuniv.nl