Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC)

Proactive Cyber Threat Intelligence: Automating the Intelligence Life Cycle based on Open Sources – Congratulations to *Dr. -Ing.* Philipp Kühn on His Successful Doctoral Defense
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Individual Information Sovereignty: User Perspectives and Digital Interventions for Navigating Privacy and Misinformation – Congratulations to *Dr. rer. nat* Tom Biselli on His Successful Doctoral Defense
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We are happy about 10 completed and successfully defended doctoral theses at PEASEC. 👏 A huge congratulations to our doctoral researchers for their outstanding contributions to science and society!
Details: peasec.de/2025/celebra...

Governing (In)Security: Socio-technical Interactions in International Relations - Congratulations to Dr. phil. Stefka Schmid - she successfully defended her doctoral thesis. This marks the 10th dissertation defense at PEASEC!
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Deep Learning in Textual Low-Data Regimes for Cybersecurity – Congratulations to *Dr. rer. nat.* Markus Bayer on the successful defense of his doctoral thesis
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Citizens in Crises: Behavior, Dependencies, and Technological Support of Digital Self-Organization – Congratulations to *Dr. rer. nat.* Steffen Haesler (@s1effen.de) on the successful defense of his doctoral thesis.
More about his thesis and the defense here: peasec.de/2024/promoti...

Navigating Misinformation: User-Centered Design and Evaluation of Indicator-Based Digital Interventions – Congratulations to *Dr.-Ing.* Katrin Hartwig on the successful defense of her doctoral thesis peasec.de/2024/promoti...

We found trust to have a significant effect on the acceptance. A self-reported understanding of the term “open-source software” and a perceived threat by COVID-19 had a positive effect for the Corona-Warn-App or both apps but not for the Luca app alone.

Our IJDRR-Paper "The Impact of Transparency and Trust on User Acceptance of Contact Tracing Apps: Implications for the Adoption of Crisis Response Apps" is now available: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

Privacy Preserving Data Management: Assisting Users in Data Disclosure Scenarios – Congratulations to *Dr.-Ing.* Sebastian Linsner on the successful defense of his doctoral thesis peasec.de/2024/disputa...

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We are PEASEC (Science and Technology for Peace and Security) led by Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Reuter & team from the Technical University of Darmstadt ➡️@tuda.bsky.social. We combine computer science with peace and security research. Follow us here or visit our website: peasec.de