The report for the Dagstuhl Seminar “Trustworthy Evidence-Based Election” is now available. The seminar took place from October 5 to 10, 2025. The seminar aimed to bring together experts in secure electronic voting, cryptography, verified software, statistics, and human-computer interfaces - from academia, industry, and government organizations - to evaluate past successes and failures, review the state of the art, discuss emerging challenges such as quantum-safe cryptography, and identify future solutions for secure and privacy-preserving voting methods. The seminar was organized by Melanie Volkamer together with Josh Benaloh (Microsoft Corporation), Peter Rønne (University of Luxembourg), and Philip Stark (University of California).

The paper “Phishing URLs versus Phishing E-Mails" by Leoni Schmidt-Enke, Benjamin Berens, Anne Hennig, Daniela Reimer, and Melanie Volkamer was published in the May edition (volume 50) of the journal "Datenschutz und Datensicherheit (DuD)" (data protection and data security). This article examines the various strategies cybercriminals use to create links in fraudulent messages and provides recommendations for awareness-raising measures based on these findings.

On June 19, Karlsruhe will once again celebrate Bunte Nacht der Digitalisierung with a diverse program of events throughout the city. The citizens' panel ‘Wir forschen digital’ will also be there with a booth at City Hall! Are you interested in digital technologies and can you imagine participating in a study yourself? Stop by and learn more about our current research. We’ll be joined by STAR, our Security Teaching and Awareness Robot, who educates people about phishing. 

In June, the Karlsruhe Science Office will launch a pop-up store at Kaiserstrasse 145 under the motto “Today, Karlsruhe studies. . .” We are delighted to contribute to this initiative with the “Wir forschen digital” Citizen Panel! From June 24 to 30, you can share your experiences with digital services in Karlsruhe at our interactive station and compare them with the results of the Nutzerklimatest. The activity is part of “Wir forschen digital on Tour,” so the data will be incorporated into current research. Stop by and share your perspective with us!