Two-day workshop as part of the MOTRA-K Research Cluster of Excellence Conference, September 1 and 2, 2022, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden (on-site and via Zoom) Academia, also - or especially? - security research, consists of numerous routines, the striving for stability, precisely: security. In addition, there are business and organizational necessities to "increase efficiency." At best, science is still free within narrow content-related limits. Third-party funding, conference events, paper dissemination - the requirements are substantial, but so is the need; see not only #IchBinHanna. But where should all the creativity, innovation, and invention come from if the same habitat is walled off, reduced, and precarized more than ever? Desired freedom of research and actual development and rigidity of "flexible" systems contradict each other. The smoother, cleaner, and more efficient, the less creative, is the diagnosis. After all, the scientific enterprise also follows the innovation paradox. Yet radicalism is not evil per se and thus worth fighting. Crossing boundaries is not only helpful and good in youth; the advantages of breaking taboos, of meandering on the interface between genius and madness, also become very clear later on. Even if the well-structured but sometimes somewhat bloodless and thick-skinned scientific community often doesn't like to admit it: it needs disrespect, impropriety, and disturbance. Shaking things up is impossible without touching; change only works with a change of direction, and questioning oneself is only possible without limiting oneself and others. Therefore we dedicate workshop #NTF22 to the three topoi modularity, transdisciplinarity, and vexation. We want a workshop that brings together units of meaning (M) and strives for transcending disciplines and problem-solving (T) while using the element of vexation creatively, innovatively, and radically (V). The MTV Idents serve as a model, among others, as "gap fillers" between the television program parts, making the MTV brand known in a visually radical way, at the same time promoting non-conformist art and providing space for new visual experiences and worlds of thought, despite their integration into a thoroughly profit-oriented company. However, this Call for Papers is not only addressed to researchers active in the arts and sciences but explicitly to all people in Academia who find the element of disruption meaningful and who find themselves and their work in one or more of the topoi mentioned above. Our workshop is thus intended to go a step further than last year's workshop, which was themed "Revolution, Innovation, Provocation." This time, we want it to be more radical, vexing, awakening, and, therefore, more intensive than last year's workshop in terms of content and structure. However, this is not meant to devalue the previous workshop, but - quite the opposite! - to tie in with it. Because without this preliminary work of the presenters at that time, this year's setting would not be possible - they have opened the eyes of many responsible persons to the necessity of provocative contributions. We want to build on this and therefore invite you: Become scientifically creative by disturbing! In particular, we would like to strongly encourage young scientists, especially from the ranks of the NTF, to submit proposals. Presentations should be approximately 20 to 30 minutes in length and should be followed by an opportunity for discussion. We welcome contributions from the following security research areas (although other proposals not mentioned here may, of course, be submitted): - Terrorism research from marginalized perspectives - Extremism research in structurally underexposed areas - Methodological criticism - Artistic-scientific work in and from the field of security research - New theoretical approaches to terrorism research - Transdisciplinary innovations from research, development, and teaching - Digital art that disturbs, irritates, and provokes - New forms of international (digital) security collaboration - Developments in problem-solving skills - Creative methods for authorities, NGOs, associations, etc. - Predictive policing - Experimental forms of artificial intelligence in security research - Trends in Machine Learning If you would like to present your idea at our workshop, please send us an abstract of no more than 1000 characters and a short biography by June 30, 2022, to: NTF22@ntfev.org. You will receive feedback by July 15, 2022. We may cover travel and lodging expenses for up to ten presenters. Two outstanding papers, selected by the Board of Directors, will be presented directly at the MOTRA conference in the "grand setting." MOTRA and the Terrorism Research Network (Netzwerk Terrorismusforschung/NTF) The collaborative project "Monitoring System and Transfer Platform Radicalization" (MOTRA) (https://www.motra.info) is a research network in the context of civil security research funded through the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI). The project arose within the framework of establishing a Research Cluster of Excellence on the early detection, prevention and countering of Islamist Extremism and Terrorism. MOTRA aims to systematically monitor radicalization in Germany, focusing on the development of Islamist extremism and terrorist acts, using multimethod, longitudinal phenomenon/trend analyses, and in-depth case analyses. The Terrorism Research Network (NTF) has been an associated/transfer partner of the MOTRA network since 2019. This role is responsible for promoting young researchers in the subject areas of terrorism/extremism research. We are pleased to be the first security research network for young researchers in the context of a Research Cluster of Excellence and cordially invite you, as young researchers, in particular, to present and discuss your research ideas, projects, theses, or doctoral and post-doctoral projects at this year's NTF workshop in the context of the MOTRA annual conference in Wiesbaden! The small stage of the NTF workshop, close to the large MOTRA stage, offers you the opportunity to come into contact and exchange with scientists from the field of security research as well as (de)radicalization work, terrorism and extremism research, to deepen specific topics in person or digitally via provided break-out rooms, to expand your network as well as to approach potential supervisors for research papers. As the pandemic allows, social gatherings are also possible as part of the workshop. Of course, we must always observe the legal regulations at the conference/workshop! Notes on event format due to the corona pandemic Due to the dynamic pandemic situation, the final format of the event is currently not irrevocably fixed. If necessary, the workshop will be held as a hybrid event. Online participation is possible without restrictions. If you are interested in participating without a presentation, we request registration (NTF members as well as external guests) by August 15, 2022. Spontaneous or anonymous participation is not possible either on-site or online! We will inform you about the exact format, conditions of participation, and program in due time. Your contact persons: Stephan Humer: stephan.humer@ntfev.org Isabelle Holz: isabelle.holz@hs-fresenius.de Literature: Husbands, L.: The ‘Quasi-Artistic Venture’: MTV Idents and Alternative Animation Culture. In: Cook, M., Thompson, K.M.: Animation and Advertising. pp. 229-246. Palgrave Animation, 2019. -- Prof. Dr. Stephan G. Humer Internet Sociologist Director, Internet Sociology Department, Hochschule Fresenius Berlin Chief Research Officer, Hochschule Fresenius Berlin Founding Chairman (2013-2021), Coordinator Advanced Research, NTF e.V. Member, Research Cluster of Excellence on Terrorism/Extremism (MOTRA) Tel. (DE/EU): +49 (0)157/58064165 Phone (US): (213) 267-0214 Website: www.humer.de Twitter: @netsociology