Queries about consultancies, and participation in collaborative or individual research projects.
Disarmament
- Armament dynamics
- Analysis of the internal dynamics of weapon acquisition (demand side)
- Analysis of proliferation dynamics (supply side)
- Analysis of chemical and biological weapon acquisition processes
- Social preferences in scientific and technological developments
- Research into the history of chemical and biological weapons and their use
- Disarmament dynamics
- Preconditions for disarmament and arms control dynamics
- Regime developments regarding chemical and biological weapons
- Future of verification
- Formal, societal and individual contributions to verification and enhancement of transparency
- Trends in political and social expectations from verification
- New (information) technologies and options for verification
- Insights from CBW disarmament for nuclear weapon disarmament
- Regional disarmament dynamics (particularly the Middle East)
- Ethics, codes of conduct and professional codes
- Governance models
- Research into the history of constraints on the use, development and acquisition of chemical and biological weapons
Terrorism
- Study of armament dynamics within a terrorist entity (focus on CBW)
- Profiling of individual terrorist entities with respect to CBW threats
Foresighting analysis
- Future of disarmament and arms control
- Future challenges to existing disarmament and arms control treaties
- Multisectoral trends analysis relating to international security and conflict
Teaching and training
- Introductory and advanced course development in international security studies with emphasis on armament and disarmament dynamics
- Teaching and lecturing
- Development of courses and educational modules in the above-mentioned issue areas