Nikolaus Grauszer
Head of International Strategic Prevention, Directorate for State Protection, Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service
2026
Nikolaus Grauszer is Head of International Strategic Prevention at Austria’s Directorate for State Protection and Intelligence (DSN). He holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Vienna and is a permanent member of the EU Steering Board on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE). He also serves as the Austrian Government’s official representative on P/CVE to the European Commission and the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation.
A founding member of the Ministry of the Interior’s prevention unit in 2016, Nikolaus played an integral role in establishing Austria’s National Network for Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism and De-radicalisation (BNED) and contributed to the development of Austria’s national P/CVE strategy.
My network of professionals working on countering hate in all its forms grew exponentially after attending Eradicate Hate in 2021. The myriad voices represented at Eradicate Hate, from big tech companies to academic researchers to those with lived experience, reinforced to me the importance of cross-cutting and collaborative approaches to counter hate and its devastating impacts on society. I’ve been fortunate to sustain and build those networks with many of those I met at Eradicate Hate in 2021.
