Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)

05/06/2025

📢CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 📢
Are you a or working on or are you posted in Vienna and want to strengthen your understanding of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament? ⚛️
We are now opening applications for our intensive on nuclear non-proliferation & disarmament. 🙌

🗓️ 22–26 September 2025
📍in-person in Vienna, Austria
📩 Apply by 16 July👇
https://vcdnp.org/fall-2025-short-course/

10/12/2024

Happy to share the summary and recording from the last week’s VCDNP event featuring International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Charles Oppenheimer, founder of the Project and grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer. We explored the past, present, and future of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. ⚛️ 👇

VCDNP Executive Director Elena K. Sokova was joined by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Charles Oppenheimer, founder of the Oppenheimer Project and grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, for a conversation on the past, present, and future of nuclear energy.

06/11/2024

📢 Join us for a conversation on the past, present, and future of and technology featuring International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) DG Rafael Grossi and Charles Oppenheimer, founder and Co-Executive Director of the and grandson of Robert J. Oppenheimer.🗣️

📅Monday, 2 December 2024

⏰15:00-16:30 CET

📍TechGate Auditorium

Register now 👇
https://vcdnp.org/powering-hope/

10/10/2024

📢CALL FOR APPLICATIONS📢
After the course is before the course.😉 Now that we have successfully concluded our 2024 Fall Short Course, we are now already accepting for our on nuclear and specifically designed for and practitioners.⚛️🙌

📍 in-person in Vienna, Austria
📅 10 to 14 March 2025
🔔 Apply by 24 November 2024 (applying early is recommended)
More info about the course and link to apply👇
https://vcdnp.org/spring-2025-short-course/

29/08/2024

Ahead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s annual General Conference (GC), we've published the latest brief in our Governing the Atom series. Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew describes the GC, how it functions, how it takes decisions for the IAEA's work and what other activities take place during the week. Take a look:

In the new VCDNP’s Governing the Atom brief, Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew explains the IAEA’s annual General Conference and its structure, as well as how it works and makes decisions.

12/08/2024

Happy ! This day is devoted to raising awareness and supporting the . At the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), we contribute to this mission by expanding opportunities for young people in the disarmament and nonproliferation field.
Find out how below 👇

Launched as part of the EU non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium, our Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme ( ) offers young women the opportunity to be paired with experts in the disarmament and nonproliferation field. Learn more👉 https://vcdnp.org/mentorship/

We offer various and opportunities for students and young professionals to conduct research on nuclear issues. Currently, we are still accepting applications for the Japan Chair Fellowship, don't miss your chance to apply 👉 https://bit.ly/3YD6MAW

We regularly host events focused on specifically engaging the future generation of leaders. This April, we held a hybrid panel discussion providing a range of perspectives on the importance of the for the future of .
https://vcdnp.org/nuclear-security-next-gen/

06/08/2024

As we mark almost 80 years since the devastating atomic bombings of and , the VCDNP is proud to join many other voices all around the world in the campaign. 🪽

In an era where the threat of use is greater than it has been in decades, let us all commit to build a more peaceful and secure future to make sure that nuclear weapons are never being used again. ✋

30/07/2024

📢CALL FOR APPLICATIONS📢

Are you a researcher in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation issues, including multilateral diplomacy? ⚛ 🇯🇵

Under the Japan Chair for a World without Nuclear Weapons programme we are looking for a to conduct research on nuclear disarmament issues for 3-6 months ideally starting in October 2024. 🔎

📍 in-person in Vienna, Austria
⏰ Apply by 15 August 2024

More info and how to apply 👇

The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) is now accepting applications for a Fellowship under the Japan Chair for a World without Nuclear Weapons programme. The VCDNP is an international non-governmental organisation based in Vienna, Austria. The Center conducts research, f

31/05/2024

📢CALL FOR APPLICATIONS📢
Are you a female undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate student or a recent graduate (within two years) interested in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament? We are excited to announce the call for applications for the fourth cohort of the Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme. We are proud to work with Istituto Affari Internazionali - IAI and the EU non-Proliferation and Disarmament on this competitive programme, which has grown markedly in the past years - so apply early!

🔔Deadline to apply 30 June 2024🔔
More info about programme and link to apply⬇️

The VCDNP and IAI are welcoming applications for the 4th edition of the Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme.

14/05/2024

📢CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: We are now accepting for our Fall 2024 Short Course on nuclear and specifically designed for and practitioners. 🙌

📍in-person in Vienna
📅23 to 27 September 2024
🔔Apply by 12 July (applying early is recommended)

More info about the course and link to apply⬇️
https://vcdnp.org/fall-2024-short-course/