Events

Public event

State attacks on academic freedom: Hybrid threats against scholars at risk

Thursday, 24.11.2022 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (CET)

How is academic freedom threatened by states and what can be done to protect scholars? A panel of experts share their views in an event co-organised by the Centre for International Security and the Centre for Fundamental Rights.

Online and On-site event

Public event

The human rights case against facial recognition

Thursday, 22.04.2021 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Join a discussion with Markus N. Beeko (Amnesty International), Matt Mahmoudi (Amnesty International) and Cathryn Costello (Centre for Fundamental Rights) on the challenges to the protection of fundamental rights presented by the use of facial recognition technology. This Fundamental Rights in Practice event is hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights in collaboration with the Centre for International Security.

Online event

Student event

Careers in cyber security

Tuesday, 16.03.2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join us as we discuss career paths in cyber security with Leonardo De Vizio (EU Commission), Nicholas Farnham (DCSO Deutsche Cyber Sicherheitsorganisation) and Kate Saslow (Stiftung Neue Verantwortung). 

Online event

Research event

Distract and divert: How world leaders use social media during contentious politics

Thursday, 03.12.2020 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

A presentation by Anita Gohdes (Hertie School). This event is part of the Political Economy Lunch Seminar, co-hosted by the International Security Research Colloquium.

Online event

Public event

The human rights costs of internet shutdowns

Wednesday, 18.11.2020 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

This is a joint event by Amnesty International, the Hertie School's Centre for International Security and Centre for Fundamental Rights. It will explore the very real threat that internet shutdowns pose to the respect of human rights, and the ways in which states - including Iran - are using them to kill dissent.

Online event

Research event

Why are journalists killed in democracies?

Wednesday, 06.11.2019 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

A presentation by Anita Gohdes (Hertie School). This event is part of the Fundamental Rights Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights.

Public event

Getting our facts straight: Disinformation and the 2019 European Elections

Tuesday, 19.02.2019 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Panel discussion with Paul-Jasper Dittrich (Delors Institute), Matthias Spielkamp (AlgorithmWatch) and Rebekah Tromble (University of Leiden). The discussion will be chaired by Anita Gohdes (Hertie School).

On-site event