Project Cassandra (literature)

Project Cassandra is a project aimed to use literature as "a tool for early crisis detection". The project was funded by German Federal Ministry of Defence and is being led by Jürgen Wertheimer, a professor of comparative literature of Weltethos Institut. In recent years, the Cassandra project has primarily worked on the basis of individual assignments for various sectors, including the Bertelsmann Foundation (studies on the future of Europe and the well-being of young people before and after the Covid pandemic), the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Eastern Germany (studies on the challenges and future prospects of reunification as well as on transformation processes focusing on the Lusatia and Ruhr regions).

Currently, the focus is a project by the NATO Defense College in Rome on the Taiwan-China conflict. Starting in January 2025, studies on Jordan and Poland as future "hubs" between systems will follow. Affiliated institutions include Dalhousie University in Halifax, the Universities of Wrocław and Paris IV, the Munich Security Conference, and the Global Ethic Foundation. The general objective remains the mapping and ongoing observation of fractures within and outside of Europe.

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