VeSPoTec-ers love to travel, so getting to visit the IAEA archive in Vienna felt like a nerdy dream come true ✈️📚✨ Check out our "VeSPo-Blog-turned-travel-blog" here! 🔗 vespotec.rwth-aachen.de/2026/02/20/w...

What can be found in the depths of the IAEA Archives in Vienna? - VeSPoTec

A treasure of uncountable worth lays in Vienna (Austria): the archives of IAEA. It documents the history of IAEA and its activities in promoting the use of peaceful uses of nuclear technology and safe...

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It was a truly a pleasure bringing together these important voices on nonproliferation. Thanks, @cntrarmscontrol.org for the nice report 🥰Until hopefully soon! - L.

CNTR | Arms Control Research@cntrarmscontrol.org · 5mo ago

At this year’s #AFKColloquium, our CNTR & @vespotec.bsky.social team explored how tech, society, and policy can work together to stop WMD proliferation — from societal verification to AI risks & China’s nuclear strategy. Read more ⬇️ www.cntrarmscontrol.org/news/article...

📣Call for Papers Any plans for September? Join our #DVPW conference panel in Würzburg! We invite theoretical/ empirical contributions on #knowledge production in #nuclear (dis)order formation and the role of knowledge in nuclear #policy. 🔗https://vespotec.rwth-aachen.de/news/#cfp-wuerzburg2026

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Great energy in Vienna today as #VeSPoTec and #VCDNP brought experts together to discuss “Prospects for #Nuclear #Verification in Times of Uncertainty and Crisis.” Insightful debates, fresh perspectives, and real momentum for future work 🔍🌍✨

" #Tritium is not a sole barrier to irreversible #disarmament, but it is a very consequential" - MD Arifur Rahman 👉 Learn more about tritium's challenge to disarmament #irreversibility in our newest "New Perspectives on #Nuclear #Verification" blog post! 🔗 bit.ly/3LGW4Fq

Tritium’s Challenge to Disarmament Irreversibility - VeSPoTec

By MD Arifur Rahman. Tritium is a radioactive material with a half-life span of just 12.3 years, which is usually used as a boosting element in nuclear weapons, allowing relatively smaller bombs to re...

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“I became an activist because I couldn’t reconcile the pride the two regional countries take in #nuclearweapons with the risks we live under… verification is the difference between myth and fact, war and peace — #verification must matter before missiles fly.” - Kashaf Sohail 🔗https://bit.ly/4sDKzPv

When Prestige Overrides Proof: How Mistrust Undermines Nuclear Verification in South Asia - VeSPoTec

By Kashaf Sohail. When we talk about “verification” in nuclear politics, most people picture inspectors counting warheads, satellites tracking fissile materials, or monitoring treaty compliance. But v...

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👏 New blog post out today: “Nuclear Verification in the South American Cone – The Case of ABACC.” A deep dive into how Argentina and Brazil built one of the world’s most successful regional verification systems - and what it means for future non‑proliferation efforts. 🔍 🔗 bit.ly/4pBWdI0

Nuclear Verification in the South American Cone: the case of ABACC. - VeSPoTec

By Natalia Luers. ABACC, the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, was created after Argentina and Brazil shifted from nuclear rivalry to cooperation, turning the...

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🚀 Nuclear rules in orbit exist - but how do we verify them? A lone Russian satellite exposed the gap between treaties & trust. Raoul Cardellini Leipertz unpacks the space–nuclear nexus and why verification matters now more than ever. Read here 👉 bit.ly/49jdkJI #SpaceSecurity #NuclearVerification

Passing Through or Power Play? The Verification Gap in the Space–Nuclear Nexus - VeSPoTec

By Raoul Cardellini Leipertz. Last spring, a lone Russian satellite drifting through an unexpected low Earth orbit set off alarms from Washington to Brussels. Was it an innocuous on-orbit experiment o...

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Second post is out! Check here👇

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🚨New blog post: "Compliance Conundrums and the Credibility of the IAEA". Sanaa Alvira explores the questions "What does a finding of non‑compliance signify? What actions should and should not be taken by the State?" Read here 👉 bit.ly/495kH7p #IAEA #safeguards #nuclear

🚨New blog post: "Compliance Conundrums and the Credibility of the IAEA". Sanaa Alvira explores the questions "What does a finding of non‑compliance signify? What actions should and should not be taken by the State?" Read here 👉 bit.ly/495kH7p #IAEA #safeguards #nuclear

Compliance Conundrums and the Credibility of the IAEA​ - VeSPoTec

By Sanaa Alvira. In June 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors found Iran to be in non-compliance with its safeguards obligations for the first time in nearly two deca...

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🚨 New blog post out now! In a world of overflowing data and limited institutional capacity, OSINT may hold the key to strengthening nuclear verification. This piece explores how researchers and policymakers can harness OSINT to close critical gaps. 🔗 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4rGp6ou

Too much information, too little IAEA: How can OSINT contribute to Nuclear Verification?​ - VeSPoTec

By Philipp Fischer. Nuclear verification is a critical component of global security, ensuring compliance with international treaties and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. However, verif...

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I am happy to announce that our @vespotec.bsky.social and @inef-duisburg.bsky.social Blog series, New Perspectives on Nuclear Verification, is finally online! If you are a young scholar or an early-career practitioner, consider contributing, and stay tuned to our channels for the upcoming posts!

VeSPoTec@vespotec.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Early career researchers in nuclear verification: share your ideas in our blog series New Perspectives on Nuclear Verification 🌍📚. Amplify interdisciplinary & regional voices for scientists, policymakers & practitioners. Contribute now! 🚀

@patnabuco.bsky.social, our colleagues from NSI and I are organizing an exhibition on children and nuclear anxiety next month in Sheffield, UK. Curious? More info below. 👇👇 @vespotec.bsky.social @inef-duisburg.bsky.social

Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli@patnabuco.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I am organising this Exhibition with @leocbandarra.bsky.social and the UK-based charity Never Such Innocence on Children and Nuclear Anxiety, part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social More info 👇👇 sheffield.ac.uk/spir/news/ne...

It's #ThrowbackThursday - the perfect time to look back at last week's SPS 2025 conference. 😌 An inspiring World Café on future research agendas on #nonproliferation, #armscontrol and #disarmament, followed by 2 days of insightful presentations from both the natural and social sciences. 🎓 (1/2)

🕊️ Peace & Conflict Researchers in NRW - let’s connect! Join us at the 2025 meeting of the Network Peace and Conflict Research NRW at Ruhr University Bochum. 📅 09 September 2025 📬 Questions & registration: ifhv@rub.de See you there!

🌟 Congrats to our PI @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social for receiving the Political Science Teaching Prize 🏆 for her seminar on nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation & global security! With her exceptional teaching approach, she is empowering students to critically engage with political developments. 👏

🚨 Final countdown! Sign up by this week’s end for SPS '25 - the interdisciplinary conference on technical peace research (free of charge 🎉). Big ideas. Bold discussions. Brilliant minds. Be there. 🤯 🔗 sps.peasec.de/sps25/

🚨 Only 19 days to go! 🚨 Join us in Aachen, Germany for the SPS Conference on Technical Peace & Conflict Research 🕊️ 🌍 Interdisciplinary insights 🤖 Emerging technologies 🛡️ Arms control & verification 💡 And so much more Be part of the conversation and register now! 👇 More info below 👇

VeSPoTec@vespotec.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🔥 Register now: 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Technical Peace Research – SPS ’25! 📅 September 10–12, 2025 📍Aachen, Germany 🔍 Focus: verification, risks posed by conventional arms and WMDs, role of emerging technologies, ... 👉 Register here: sps.peasec.de/sps25/

80 years after the first atomic bomb was dropped, the prospects for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament are bleak. Still, states must take responsibility and address long-term threats again, argues @mgoettsche.bsky.social. Watch the interview with France24 ⬇️ www.france24.com/en/video/202...

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🔥 Register now: 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Technical Peace Research – SPS ’25! 📅 September 10–12, 2025 📍Aachen, Germany 🔍 Focus: verification, risks posed by conventional arms and WMDs, role of emerging technologies, ... 👉 Register here: sps.peasec.de/sps25/

80 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on #Hiroshima. Today, #hibakusha gathered to remember. Their testimonies remain a living archive of nuclear devastation. Check out VeSPoTec’s @mgoettsche.bsky.social in an interview with France24 about the nuclear threat, 80 years later: bit.ly/455S08r

Nuclear weapons states no longer respect 'legal commitment to non-proliferation treaty'

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🎉Wer sie verpasst hat oder einfach nicht genug bekommen kann: Die Aufzeichnungen der VeSPoTec-Ringvorlesung sind jetzt online.🍿 Danke an Frank Sauer, Marvin Mendyka, Frank Kuhn, Betty Suh, Lydia Wachs und Martin Senn für die spannendenden Beiträge 🥰 🎞️: bit.ly/3UGexUL

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Kreative Inspiration zwischen Rhein und Ruhr: Inmitten der dichtesten Hochschullandschaft Europas liegt die Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE). 2003 durch die Fusion der Gesamthochschulen in Duisburg u...

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Was für ein würdiger Abschluss unserer Ringvorlesung "Leben mit der Bombe"! 🎉 Wir bedanken uns bei Lydia Wachs, Martin Senn und Elisabeth Suh für die spannenden Beiträge 👏 und freuen uns über das rege Interesse an der Veranstaltungsreihe in den vergangenen Wochen! 😊

Ringvorlesung "Leben mit der Bombe" - letzter Termin! Heute mit Lydia Wachs, Martin Senn, Elisabeth Suh und @lindaostermann.bsky.social zum Thema "Die Nukleare Ordnung in der Krise". ⏰HEUTE (18.01.) um 18.30 Uhr 💻ONLINE! Zum Zoom-Raum geht es hier bit.ly/46lQcFR

Vielen Dank an Marvin Mendyka @netzwerkfrieden.bsky.social und @frankkuhn.bsky.social für die spannende Diskussion zur "Bombe und Deutschland". Am 18.01.2024 geht es online mit der "nuklearen Ordnung in der Krise" weiter. Infos 👉 bit.ly/46lQcFR

📣Es geht weiter mit der Ringvorlesung! 🛑Aufgrund des GDL-Warnstreiks wieder NUR ONLINE! Mit MdB @merlespellerberg.bsky.social, Marvin Mendyka @netzwerkfrieden.bsky.social, @aylinmatle.bsky.social, @frankkuhn.bsky.social und Dr. Sophie Kretzschmar. 📆 HEUTE (7.12.), 18.30 Uhr 📍Wo? bit.ly/46lQcFR

VeSPoTec members @lindaostermann.bsky.social from @rwth.bsky.social and Leonardo Bandarra from @unidue.bsky.social attended the #EUNPDC2023 in Brussels. Thanks again for the insightful sessions and wonderful discussions in between. Looking forward to next time 😊.

Linda Ostermann@lindaostermann.bsky.social · 3y ago

I had a great time at #EUNPDC2023 with my @vespotec.bsky.social colleague Leonardo Bandarra. I got many inspiring insights during the sessions (especially on conflict and cooperation in Outer Space and East Asia) and am very grateful to have met exciting people like Jo-Ansie van Wyk.

Vielen Dank an @drfranksauer.bsky.social für seinen Vortrag über das Spiel mit der Angst, Abschreckung und die Bombe (zurück) in unseren Köpfen. 📣Am 7.12. geht es zur gleichen Zeit mit einer Podiumsdiskussion rund um "Die Bombe und Deutschland" weiter. bit.ly/46lQcFR Viel Spaß im Bordbistro!

VeSPoTec@vespotec.bsky.social · 3y ago

📣HEUTE in der Ringvorlesung: @drfranksauer.bsky.social über die humanitären Konsequenzen eines Einsatzes von Atomwaffen und die Rolle des "Spiels mit der Angst" im Konzept der nuklearen Abschreckung. 📆 HEUTE (30.11.), 18:30 Uhr 📍 Online und ohne Anmeldung 👉 bit.ly/46lQcFR

📣HEUTE in der Ringvorlesung: @drfranksauer.bsky.social über die humanitären Konsequenzen eines Einsatzes von Atomwaffen und die Rolle des "Spiels mit der Angst" im Konzept der nuklearen Abschreckung. 📆 HEUTE (30.11.), 18:30 Uhr 📍 Online und ohne Anmeldung 👉 bit.ly/46lQcFR