The EU CBRN centres of excellence initiative is the main scheme for mitigating chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats and risks from outside the EU. Although these risks are low, there are signs that they are on the rise and, if they were to materialise, their impact on the globa...
Protecting the public from security threats and safeguarding fundamental rights involves a delicate balance. Brutal terror attacks and technological innovations making possible large-scale communications data monitoring have further complicated the matter, triggering concerns about violations of...
In 2014 the European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry1 commissioned a study on the final evaluation of Security Research2 under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (FP7). This evaluation study was conducted by a consort...
This brochure provides an insight into the different areas of security research that are being supported by the EU as part of Horizon 2020. It can also serve as a launch pad for discussion on how security research can best be taken forward under the EU's post-2020 research and innovation framewo...
This landscape report describes the state of play of the European Union’s policies and activities in security and defence and the EU-funded research aimed at supporting them, with an exclusive focus on intentional harm. It is organised around several thematic building blocks under the umbrella o...
Natural and man-made disasters affect the lives of European citizens, the European economy and the environment every year. Whether of natural or man-made origin, disasters are becoming increasingly extreme and complex, exacerbated by the impacts of climate change in our interlinked economies, an...
The year 2013 has brought big news, significant changes and remarkable successes in the cyber-threat landscape. Among the dynamic developments and changes that happened, there is one thing that has remaained stable: the race between defenders and adversaries has continued and will continue in th...
