Franziska Davies – Pirate Security Conference

Dr. Franziska Davies

has been a temporary academic councilor at the Chair of Eastern European History at the Department of History of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich since October 2016.

- From October 2009 to September 2016, she was a research assistant at the Chair of Eastern European History at the Department of History of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.
- In July 2016, she received her PhD (“summa cum laude”) from the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich.
- From 2003-2009 she studied Eastern European History, Medieval History and Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, the European University of St. Petersburg and the University of Sheffield; M. A. July 2009 (grade: 1.0, “with distinction”).

Stays abroad and as a guest

Oct. 2021-August 2022 Visiting scholar at the German Historical Institute Warsaw.
March 2019 visiting scholar at the German Historical Institute London.
April 2011-March 2021 Visiting scholar at the German Historical Institute Moscow, with stays in St. Petersburg and Kazan.
Sept. 2006-June 2007 European University of St. Petersburg (study abroad).
Sept. 2003-Feb. 2004 History and Russian studies at the University of Sheffield.

10 Years of Pirate Secon

Ten years of the Pirate Security Conference

A milestone at the intersection of technology, geopolitics and resilience. For a decade, the Pirate Security Conference has served as a groundbreaking platform exploring the interplay of technology, geopolitical challenges and essential resilience in our world.

This conference has not only set trends, but also pioneered them by always being ahead of its time. The increasing fusion of technology and security has created new dimensions of challenges and opportunities.

Over these ten years, we have seen how the digital and geopolitical landscape has fundamentally changed and how these changes influence each other.

The Pirate Security Conference has recognized this interplay and explored how technology is redefining not only security, but also power structures in the world.