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Petr Lang appointed Program Director of PSSI

02.05.2012

On April 30, 2012, Petr Lang was appointed to the position of Program Director of the Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI). Mr. Lang had been working as PSSI’s Program Coordinator since 2006. He has been involved in coordination, planning and implementation of all PSSI’s programs, and worked closely with Olda Černý, PSSI’s late Executive Director. Olda’s Co-Founder of PSSI and Acting Executive Director, Roger Robinson, observed, “Petr Lang has been an indispensible part of the PSSI team for over six years and brings institutional memory as well as fresh ideas to his new position.“

Mr. Lang has, to date, focused on energy security, breaking geopolitical developments and the nexus of global economics and national security concerns. He has also coordinated major events in a number of other policy areas (e.g missile defense, space security etc.). Prior to joining PSSI, he served as  Fundraising and Human Resources Coordinator at the Forum 2000 Foundation in Prague and as the Editor at the People in Need Foundation.  In 2009-2010, Mr. Lang also lectured on the EU’s energy security policies at Metropolitan University in Prague.

He holds  an advanced MA degree (PhDr.) in political science from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University and has published periodically on subjects in his field.

New Study on Cyber Security and the Financial Sector in the Czech Republic

15.01.2020

The Prague Security Studies Institute has published a new study focusing on cyber security in the financial sector.  The aim of the report is to demonstrate the latest legislative and regulatory developments in the field of cyber security ... more »

New Study Compares Strategic Communication in the Czech Republic and Poland

05.01.2020

In a world characterised by the decline of traditional media and the expansion of social networks, strategic communication is an invaluable tool for building trust between citizens and state institutions.  This study aims to map and compare ... more »

PSSI Publishes Summary Report from its Fifth Space Security Conference

19.12.2019

On December 19, 2019, PSSI released the Summary Report from PSSI’s Fifth Space Security Conference that was convened in Prague on June 9-11, 2019, in partnership with the Japan’s Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center (CSICE), the European ... more »

PSSI Takes Part in the 2019 EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference

13.12.2019

PSSI takes part in the eighth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference that is taking place in Brussels on December 13-14, 2019. The aim of the Conference is to contribute to the implementation of the EU Global Strategy by ... more »

PSSI Contributes to the Security Sector Symposium in Prague

13.12.2019

PSSI’s Program Director, Petr Lang, and Space Security Program Director, Dr. Jana Robinson, contributed to the Security Sector Symposium that was held in Prague on 12-13 December 2019. The event was organized jointly by the Charles University’s ... more »

PSSI Contributes to EUNPDC Ad Hoc Seminar on Space Safety, Security and Sustainability

09.12.2019

PSSI contributed to an Ad Hoc Seminar of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium that took place in Brussels on December 9, 2019. The goal of this seminar was an international exchange concerning ongoing initiatives to promote the safety, ... more »