{"id":373,"date":"2021-10-06T12:42:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T10:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/?page_id=373"},"modified":"2025-11-21T08:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:31:35","slug":"373-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"The interdisciplinary research focus on Maritime Security (iFMS) at the HSU\/UniBw H"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The interdisciplinary research focus on Maritime Security (<abbr title=\"iFMS\">iFMS<\/abbr>) is based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmvg.de\/de\/aktuelles\/kooperationsvereinbarung-zum-ifms-14278\" rel='nofollow'>cooperation agreement<\/a> (<em>only available in German<\/em>) between the Helmut Schmidt University\/University of the Bundeswehr Hamburg (<abbr title=\"Helmut Schmidt Universit\u00e4t\">HSU<\/abbr>\/UniBw H) and the German Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg). Its aim is to enhance strategic foresight and contribute to strengthening the German government\u2019s strategic capabilities in security policy. To provide evidence-based advice, facilitate opinion-building, and support strategy development, <abbr title=\"iFMS\">iFMS<\/abbr> consolidates the scientific expertise on maritime security available at <abbr title=\"Helmut Schmidt Universit\u00e4t\">HSU<\/abbr>\/UniBw H and maintains close collaboration with the BMVg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In parallel, <abbr title=\"iFMS\">iFMS<\/abbr> researchers pursue independent studies related to maritime topics, particularly in connection with NATO\u2019s northern flank, the Baltic Sea region, the Indo-Pacific, and maritime critical infrastructures. The main points of contact are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/politiktheorie\/en\/prof-dr-gary-s-schaal-2\"><abbr title=\"Professor\">Prof.<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"Doktor\">Dr.<\/abbr> Gary S. Schaa<\/a>l (Director) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/politiktheorie\/en\/julian-pawlak-3\"><abbr title=\"Doktor\">Dr.<\/abbr> Julian Pawlak<\/a> (Scientific Coordinator).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2025\/01\/7D6A6417-1024x682-1.jpg\" data-credit=\"iFMS\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2025\/01\/7D6A6417-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2025\/01\/7D6A6417-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2025\/01\/7D6A6417-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">The cooperation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/06\/gritte-mq99XbkN_d4-unsplash-1024x576.jpg\" data-credit=\"Photo by Gritte on unsplash\" alt=\"Bils\" class=\"wp-image-360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/06\/gritte-mq99XbkN_d4-unsplash-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/06\/gritte-mq99XbkN_d4-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/06\/gritte-mq99XbkN_d4-unsplash-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/06\/gritte-mq99XbkN_d4-unsplash-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/06\/gritte-mq99XbkN_d4-unsplash-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/06\/gritte-mq99XbkN_d4-unsplash-1100x619.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>By providing scientific expertise through relevant analyses and studies, the <abbr title=\"iFMS\">iFMS<\/abbr> contributes to the formation of evidence-based perspectives and strategies within the Federal Ministry of Defence, particularly in the department Pol II 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Expertise<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Within the topic of Maritime Security, <abbr title=\"iFMS\">iFMS<\/abbr> has outstanding regional expertise in the North Sea and Baltic Sea region and Indonesia (Indo-Pacific), as well as the topics of critical infrastructure, digitalization, and maritime resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <abbr title=\"iFMS\">iFMS<\/abbr> team is led by <abbr title=\"Professor\">Prof.<\/abbr>\u00a0<abbr title=\"Doktor\">Dr.<\/abbr>\u00a0Gary S. Schaal as executive academic director and <abbr title=\"Doktor\">Dr.<\/abbr> Julian Pawlak as coordinator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/09\/jordan-brierley-kDPxR93YuMY-unsplash-edited-1-scaled.jpg\" data-credit=\"Photo by Jordan Brierley on unsplash\" alt=\"Bild\" class=\"wp-image-491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/09\/jordan-brierley-kDPxR93YuMY-unsplash-edited-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/09\/jordan-brierley-kDPxR93YuMY-unsplash-edited-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/09\/jordan-brierley-kDPxR93YuMY-unsplash-edited-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/09\/jordan-brierley-kDPxR93YuMY-unsplash-edited-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/09\/jordan-brierley-kDPxR93YuMY-unsplash-edited-1-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/09\/jordan-brierley-kDPxR93YuMY-unsplash-edited-1-2048x1150.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/812\/2021\/09\/jordan-brierley-kDPxR93YuMY-unsplash-edited-1-1100x618.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>contact us: ifms@hsu-hh.de<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission The interdisciplinary research focus on Maritime Security (iFMS) is based on a cooperation agreement (only available in German) between the Helmut Schmidt University\/University of the Bundeswehr Hamburg (HSU\/UniBw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[91,94,97,100,103],"class_list":["post-373","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-startpage","tag-ifms-en","tag-marine-en","tag-maritime-security-en","tag-security-en","tag-security-policy-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":937,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373\/revisions\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/ifms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}