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Linda Ostermann

@lindaostermann.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at RWTH Aachen University and HumTec | @vespotec.bsky.social | One of four spokespersons @JungeAFK | Nuclear Verification | Knowledge Production | Disarmament | she/her |

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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
It was a truly a pleasure bringing together these important voices on nonproliferation. Thanks, @cntrarmscontrol.org for the nice report 🥰Until hopefully soon! - L.
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
VeSPoTec-ers love to travel, so getting to visit the IAEA archive in Vienna felt like a nerdy dream come true ✈️📚✨ Check out our "VeSPo-Blog-turned-travel-blog" here! 🔗 vespotec.rwth-aachen.de/2026/02/20/w...
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What can be found in the depths of the IAEA Archives in Vienna? - VeSPoTec
A treasure of uncountable worth lays in Vienna (Austria): the archives of IAEA. It documents the history of IAEA and its activities in promoting the use of peaceful uses of nuclear technology and safe...
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📣Call for Papers Any plans for September? Join our #DVPW conference panel in Würzburg! We invite theoretical/ empirical contributions on #knowledge production in #nuclear (dis)order formation and the role of knowledge in nuclear #policy. 🔗https://vespotec.rwth-aachen.de/news/#cfp-wuerzburg2026
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Great energy in Vienna today as #VeSPoTec and #VCDNP brought experts together to discuss “Prospects for #Nuclear #Verification in Times of Uncertainty and Crisis.” Insightful debates, fresh perspectives, and real momentum for future work 🔍🌍✨
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
“I became an activist because I couldn’t reconcile the pride the two regional countries take in #nuclearweapons with the risks we live under… verification is the difference between myth and fact, war and peace — #verification must matter before missiles fly.” - Kashaf Sohail 🔗https://bit.ly/4sDKzPv
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When Prestige Overrides Proof: How Mistrust Undermines Nuclear Verification in South Asia - VeSPoTec
By Kashaf Sohail. When we talk about “verification” in nuclear politics, most people picture inspectors counting warheads, satellites tracking fissile materials, or monitoring treaty compliance. But v...
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
" #Tritium is not a sole barrier to irreversible #disarmament, but it is a very consequential" - MD Arifur Rahman 👉 Learn more about tritium's challenge to disarmament #irreversibility in our newest "New Perspectives on #Nuclear #Verification" blog post! 🔗 bit.ly/3LGW4Fq
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Tritium’s Challenge to Disarmament Irreversibility - VeSPoTec
By MD Arifur Rahman. Tritium is a radioactive material with a half-life span of just 12.3 years, which is usually used as a boosting element in nuclear weapons, allowing relatively smaller bombs to re...
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
👏 New blog post out today: “Nuclear Verification in the South American Cone – The Case of ABACC.” A deep dive into how Argentina and Brazil built one of the world’s most successful regional verification systems - and what it means for future non‑proliferation efforts. 🔍 🔗 bit.ly/4pBWdI0
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Nuclear Verification in the South American Cone: the case of ABACC. - VeSPoTec
By Natalia Luers. ABACC, the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, was created after Argentina and Brazil shifted from nuclear rivalry to cooperation, turning the...
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🚀 Nuclear rules in orbit exist - but how do we verify them? A lone Russian satellite exposed the gap between treaties & trust. Raoul Cardellini Leipertz unpacks the space–nuclear nexus and why verification matters now more than ever. Read here 👉 bit.ly/49jdkJI #SpaceSecurity #NuclearVerification
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Passing Through or Power Play? The Verification Gap in the Space–Nuclear Nexus - VeSPoTec
By Raoul Cardellini Leipertz. Last spring, a lone Russian satellite drifting through an unexpected low Earth orbit set off alarms from Washington to Brussels. Was it an innocuous on-orbit experiment o...
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🚨New blog post: "Compliance Conundrums and the Credibility of the IAEA". Sanaa Alvira explores the questions "What does a finding of non‑compliance signify? What actions should and should not be taken by the State?" Read here 👉 bit.ly/495kH7p #IAEA #safeguards #nuclear
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Compliance Conundrums and the Credibility of the IAEA​ - VeSPoTec
By Sanaa Alvira. In June 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors found Iran to be in non-compliance with its safeguards obligations for the first time in nearly two deca...
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
First post of @vespotec.bsky.social and @inef-duisburg.bsky.social 's new blog series is finally out! Check out here 👇
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🚨 New blog post out now! In a world of overflowing data and limited institutional capacity, OSINT may hold the key to strengthening nuclear verification. This piece explores how researchers and policymakers can harness OSINT to close critical gaps. 🔗 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4rGp6ou
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Too much information, too little IAEA: How can OSINT contribute to Nuclear Verification?​ - VeSPoTec
By Philipp Fischer. Nuclear verification is a critical component of global security, ensuring compliance with international treaties and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. However, verif...
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Early career researchers in nuclear verification: share your ideas in our blog series New Perspectives on Nuclear Verification 🌍📚. Amplify interdisciplinary & regional voices for scientists, policymakers & practitioners. Contribute now! 🚀
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Linda Ostermann @lindaostermann.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I was there, I remember it all too well ☺️
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🌟 Congrats to our PI @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social for receiving the Political Science Teaching Prize 🏆 for her seminar on nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation & global security! With her exceptional teaching approach, she is empowering students to critically engage with political developments. 👏
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🕊️ Peace & Conflict Researchers in NRW - let’s connect! Join us at the 2025 meeting of the Network Peace and Conflict Research NRW at Ruhr University Bochum. 📅 09 September 2025 📬 Questions & registration: ifhv@rub.de See you there!
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Nuclear Threat Initiative @nti.org · 26/08/2025
If this is how you found out that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, be honest...
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🚨 Final countdown! Sign up by this week’s end for SPS '25 - the interdisciplinary conference on technical peace research (free of charge 🎉). Big ideas. Bold discussions. Brilliant minds. Be there. 🤯 🔗 sps.peasec.de/sps25/
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SPS’25 – Science Peace Security: Interdisciplinary Conference Series on Technical Peace Research
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🚨 Only 19 days to go! 🚨 Join us in Aachen, Germany for the SPS Conference on Technical Peace & Conflict Research 🕊️ 🌍 Interdisciplinary insights 🤖 Emerging technologies 🛡️ Arms control & verification 💡 And so much more Be part of the conversation and register now! 👇 More info below 👇
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
🔥 Register now: 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Technical Peace Research – SPS ’25! 📅 September 10–12, 2025 📍Aachen, Germany 🔍 Focus: verification, risks posed by conventional arms and WMDs, role of emerging technologies, ... 👉 Register here: sps.peasec.de/sps25/
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
🎉Wer sie verpasst hat oder einfach nicht genug bekommen kann: Die Aufzeichnungen der VeSPoTec-Ringvorlesung sind jetzt online.🍿 Danke an Frank Sauer, Marvin Mendyka, Frank Kuhn, Betty Suh, Lydia Wachs und Martin Senn für die spannendenden Beiträge 🥰 🎞️: bit.ly/3UGexUL
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Kreative Inspiration zwischen Rhein und Ruhr: Inmitten der dichtesten Hochschullandschaft Europas liegt die Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE). 2003 durch die Fusion der Gesamthochschulen in Duisburg u...
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Linda Ostermann @lindaostermann.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Vielen Dank an unsere Gäste für die sehr interessanten Beiträge! 👏 Und vielen Dank an das Organisationsteam rund um @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social, Leonardo Bandarra und Lena Herholz für die spannende @vespotec.bsky.social -Vorlesungsreihe 🫶
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Ringvorlesung "Leben mit der Bombe" - letzter Termin! Heute mit Lydia Wachs, Martin Senn, Elisabeth Suh und @lindaostermann.bsky.social zum Thema "Die Nukleare Ordnung in der Krise". ⏰HEUTE (18.01.) um 18.30 Uhr 💻ONLINE! Zum Zoom-Raum geht es hier bit.ly/46lQcFR
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Linda Ostermann @lindaostermann.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
Ich freue mich schon auf den 18. Januar 2024 und den Abschluss der @vespotec.bsky.social Ringvorlesung 😀
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Linda Ostermann @lindaostermann.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
🚨Heute Abend an den Endgeräten einschalten💻: Um 18.30 Uhr geht es mal wieder 🛑NUR ONLINE🛑 weiter. Bahnfahrten sind in dieser Ringvorlesung irgendwie verflucht ... ❌🚆😢 Thema der Podiumsdiskussion: "Die Bombe und Deutschland" Mehr Infos hier👇
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Linda Ostermann @lindaostermann.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
I had a great time at #EUNPDC2023 with my @vespotec.bsky.social colleague Leonardo Bandarra. I got many inspiring insights during the sessions (especially on conflict and cooperation in Outer Space and East Asia) and am very grateful to have met exciting people like Jo-Ansie van Wyk.
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Merle Spellerberg @merlespellerberg.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
Du studierst und hast Lust auf linke Politik mitten in Berlin? Du weisst wie man politische Inhalt auf Social Media kommuniziert und wie man mit entsprechenden Programmen umgeht? Du stehst auf Feminismus und Außen-/Sicherheitspolitik und arbeitest selbstständig? (1/2)
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Linda Ostermann @lindaostermann.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Dieses Mal lief alles nach Fahrplan, ganz ohne Weichenstörung! Vielen Dank an @drfranksauer.bsky.social für den Vortrag in der @vespotec.bsky.social Ringvorlesung. Bereits nächste Woche geht es weiter mit einer spannenden Podiumsdiskussion. Mehr Infos hier👇
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Linda Ostermann @lindaostermann.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
📣Heute wagen wir den zweiten Anlauf in der @vespotec.bsky.social-Ringvorlesung mit @drfranksauer.bsky.social - es wird sicher spannend! Mehr Infos hier 👇
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Carmen Wunderlich @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
📢 NACHHOLTERMIN: Virtueller Vortrag von @drfranksauer ℹ️ Welche humanitären Konsequenzen hätte ein Atomwaffeneinsatz? Welche Rolle hat das „Spiel mit der Angst“ im Konzept der #nuklearen #Abschreckung? 📅 30.11, 18:30 - 19:45 📍 Online ➡️ uni-due.de/politik/leben_…...
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Linda Ostermann @lindaostermann.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
📣Neuer Termin für den 2. Teil der @vespotec.bsky.social Ringvorlesung mit @drfranksauer.bsky.social! Da es mit der Bahn heute nicht klappte, verlassen wir uns nächste Woche lieber auf die digitale Infrastruktur 🤞 📆30.11.23 um 18:30 Uhr 💻ONLINE 👉 bit.ly/46lQcFR
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Linda Ostermann @lindaostermann.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
So schnell kann es gehen! Die Veranstaltung mit @drfranksauer.bsky.social kann leider kurzfristig aufgrund von erheblichen Zugverspätungen nicht stattfinden. Wir freuen uns auf den Nachholtermin - dann digital ohne die Bahn 🚆
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Malte Göttsche @mgoettsche.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
@vespotec.bsky.social has made it here! Follow for updates on our interdisciplinary nuclear verification research for nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament!
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
📣Heute um 18:30 Uhr Teil 2 der VeSPoTec-Ringvorlesung! Dieses Mal mit @drfranksauer.bsky.social über "Putin und die Bombe in unseren Köpfen", nukleare #Abschreckung und die Folgen von #Atomwaffen. Die Teilnahme ist für alle möglich: 📍in Duisburg und 💻 online bit.ly/46lQcFR
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