Global Security: From Evidence-Based Research to Networked Impact
Generously funded by the DT Institute.
Pressing security challenges including the Russia/Ukraine crisis, climate change, and violent turmoil in regions ranging from South Asia and the Middle East to Latin America have prompted demands from academics, policymakers, and the wider public for a better understanding of the diverse visions of a more secure world that exist across the globe. The wake-up call? The world is multi-conceptual—not just multipolar! Security research therefore needs to engage with non-Western views, listen to marginalised voices, and stop taking for granted the liberal world order—it requires a global take on security.
Having been awarded a $50,000 grant from the DT Institute, this 12-month long project aims at producing rigorous academic research that will help improve the lives of individuals and communities suffering from conflict and insecurity, via more participatory and globally representative security studies and international relations. The Global Security Programme and the DT Institute are collaborating to bring together leading academics and practitioners in a virtual seminar series. In eight seminars, we will analyse the meaning of global security, how it is studied, and how it can be looked at from a variety of different angles. In doing so, the seminar series seeks to cut across a variety of perspectives from different regions, disciplines, and epistemological traditions. A special focus will be placed on the interactions of different dimensions of global security. The seminar series promises to provide both policymakers and practitioners with insightful discussions and practical takeaways.
Listen to the Webinar Series on Global Security on YouTube or Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/embed/show/5mOqlSFN63VmquAWxq9gnW?utm_source=generatorThis webinar was co-hosted by the Minerva Global Security Programme, Blavatnik School of Government, and the Global Security Programme, Pembroke College. It was generously funded by the DT Institute.
Global Security Roadmap: From Evidence-Based Research to Networked Impact
Global security consists of political, economic, and social dimensions. Understanding global security requires identifying how these dimensions interact with each other dynamically. Our roadmap provides guidance to government officials, civil society actors, academics, and private companies on how to best analyse and think about global security. The Global Security Programme at Oxford University’s Pembroke College and the Blavatnik School of Government co-hosted a webinar series with 27 world-renowned expert speakers from academia, civil society, and government to discuss and reflect on how to productively think about and analyse global security. We supplemented the findings from our webinar series with an extensive review of the global security literature. This roadmap synthesises the key insights from both the webinar series and our literature review to derive key recommendations that can inform better security policy and programming design.
This roadmap aims to enhance the lives of individuals living under conditions of insecurity.
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Webinar Series reading list recommendations
To deepen our understanding of global security, we have collaborated with our panelists and audiences to curate this comprehensive syllabus consisting of literature, podcasts, and publications.
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