CERIS news

Researchers, policy makers, practitioners and civil society came together, as part of the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS), to discuss how ongoing anti-corruption research projects can lead to new and enhanced tools to prevent, detect and fight corruption.

The European Commission (DG HOME) regularly organises the Security Research Event (SRE), bringing together policy makers, researchers, security practitioners and industry to discuss the state of play and challenges for security research in Europe.

The European Commission, through Horizon Europe, particularly the Cluster 3 work programme addressing Civil Security for Society, funded a range of projects developing tools and solutions in support to enhanced societal resilience, more precisely for increasing risk awareness and preparedness...

Research and policy met on 14 and 15 June on the 4th edition of Projects to Policy Seminar organised by DG HOME.F2 (Innovation and Security Research) and the REA.C2 (Secure Society).

Innovation Procurement is an important tool for the uptake of innovative results stemming from EU security research, as it enables public security authorities to compare alternative potential solution approaches and filter out the best possible solutions for addressing a security need.

Bringing together all ‘Networks of Practitioners’ in the EU security research domain and facilitating networking among networks was the objective of the CERIS workshop with a view to strengthening security research and innovation, which took place on 27 April 2023 in Brussels.

Research and policy meet at the Project to Policy Seminar. DG HOME and the Research Executive Agency co-organised the Project to Policy seminar for security research. The event increased the cooperation between research and policy.

The European Commission funded several H2020 security research projects on CP which were carried out in line with the EU and Member States’ crime prevention and internal security policies, encouraging cooperation between police and local, regional, and national communities.

Disinformation, fake news and hate speech are increasingly used to manipulate the public opinion by infusing uncertainty and fear with the help of modern technology, thereby weakening our democratic societies.