ELISS (PRIMUS)

ELISS

Experimental Lab for International Security Studies

ELISS is a new interdisciplinary research project at the intersection of political science and cognitive and social psychology that uses experimental methods to examine attitudes to selected international security issues. Drawing on relevant concepts and theories from these fields, we explore individual-level factors such as moral values, emotional states, and cognitive traits, as well as the effects of priming and issue-framing. Empirically, we focus on public and elite attitudes toward the use of force in international politics, particularly with respect to weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons), AI-powered autonomous weapon systems, cyber strikes, and operations in the context of contemporary “hybrid threats.” Our research also provides a unique comparative cross-national perspective by conducting survey experiments in Europe, the United States, and selected countries in Asia and the Middle East. The findings of this project contribute to the broader debates in the field of International Relations and Security Studies about the micro-foundations of foreign policy attitudes. The project is funded by Charles University’s PRIMUS program.

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ELISS

 

Official project websites:

https://www.eliss-lab.eu/

Research team

Principal investigator: doc. PhDr. Michal Smetana, Ph.D.

Other researchers:

  • Mgr. Ing. Marek Vranka
  • PhDr. Sarah Komasová, Ph.D
  • prof. Michal Onderčo, Ph.D.
  • doc. Ing. Petr Houdek, Ph.D.
  • Mgr. Ondřej Rosendorf
  • Bc. Barbora Srbová

Donor

This project is funded by PRIMUS UK.

uk

Duration

This project runs from 2022 to 2025.