Courses

Online SOURCE PhD Course - Societal Security: Critical Perspectives

Published on Fri, 01 Feb 2019

This course provides an overview of scholarly perspectives and debates on policies, perceptions, actors, economy, ethics and technology of security in Europe. The course took place at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB); Belgium - Institute for European Studies (IES) in October 2018, and the lectures are made available here for students to take the course virtually.

Course on Societal Security for Policy and Law-makers

Published on Thu, 19 Oct 2017

You can now enroll to the online course on Societal Security for Policy and Law-makers.

Course on societal security for engineers and designers

Published on Thu, 19 Jan 2017

This course is one of the results of the SOURCE Project on Societal Security . The content for the course was jointly elaborated by European project partners that are experts in Security, Technology and Education: Vicess e, FOI, VUB (IES), EOS, TNOand Tecnalia.

PhD Course on Interconnections of Finance and Security

Published on Tue, 23 Jun 2015

The Research School on Peace and Conflict invites applications for the course Interconnections of Finance and Security, 8^th -10^th October 2015.

Blogs

Three ways to Improve Preparedness for Cybersecurity—and Ethical Issues

Cybersecurity is part of societal security (“the ability of a society to persist in its essential character under changing conditions and possible or actual threats”). Potentially, cybersecurity concerns all of us; we can all become victims. Cyberattacks can come from a wide range of sources, ranging from a state and non-state groups to criminals, and can be aimed at a wide range of targets, ranging from individual citizens and businesses to infrastructure. Furthermore, the risks of cybersecurity are not always easy to grasp. And even if we understand the risks and know possible solutions, we can fail to prepare properly. Moreover, cybersecurity is not only a technological and economic phenomenon, but also a societal phenomenon; it involves citizens, companies and government agencies.