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8 Eur. J. Sec. Rsch. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/eupnjfos8 and id is 1 raw text is: European Journal for Security Research (2023) 8:1-3 https://doi.org/l 0.1007/s41125-024-00101-0 EDITORIAL Editorial Stefan Kaufmann' Published online: 8 June 2024 ŠThe Author(s) 2024 In May this year, the WHO declared the end of CoVid-19 as an international health emergency. The WHO estimated that 20 million people had died from the virus. The end of the public health emergency was a relief for the daily lives of most people in Europe. However, from a research point of view, the pandemic with its far-reach- ing consequences for various sectors of society has increased the focus on security issues. Moreover, while societal security has largely been considered separately from military threats and defence, the military and civilian spheres have moved closer together in terms of research since Russia's war against Ukraine. This has led to a broader range of topics, which is reflected in this issue, with contributions ranging from ethical issues in security research, to the link between terrorism and health care, to questions of comprehensive national security strategy. The question of the ethical, legal and societal implications of research and inno- vation has long been a standard in security research - it is no coincidence that the acronyms ELSI or ELSA (A stands for aspects) are widely used. However, the rel- evance of this research aspect and the scope of the ELSI considered in inter- and transdisciplinary research projects can vary greatly. Friedrich Gabel, Maira Schob- ert and Marco Kruger use the example of an EU-funded security research project to develop a system that encompasses different dimensions of ethical issues. They distinguish between research ethics and ethical research and divide the integration of ethical reflection into four stages, ranging from the formal recording of the ethi- cal implications of a research project (tick-boxing) to basic research on ethical issues in the context of innovation. The intention is both to provide guidance on appropriate research designs for ethical issues in collaborative projects and to make a case for improving the quality of research outcomes in general by integrating ethical perspectives. Stefan Kaufmann stefan.kaufmann@soziologie.uni-freiburg.de Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany Springer