For our series of Stories of People- and Planet-Centred Cooperation, we interviewed Zsófia Hacsek of Coventry University about the origins, meaning and impact of the Human Security paradigm. Over three decades, this centring of people and planet has revolutionised thinking about security, but also experienced a backlash from those committed to the ‘national security’ concerns … Continue reading Human Security and the Mainstreaming of People in International Relations
Citizen Social Science: Researching security that matters to you
Security means something different to each of us, so why shouldn’t we all research it? A new guide from Rethinking Security and Coventry University explains how anyone can design and implement their own citizen social science project to research security in their own context. Zsófia Hacsek explains why and how.
Where are you in the story of security?
Rethinking Security’s Alternative Security Review project is committed to understanding what security means to people across the UK and using it to change the national narrative on security policy. Zsófia Hacsek explains how our research partners at Coventry University have used a review of theoretical approaches to security to devise a practical and inclusive methodology for hearing from all kinds of people, and how you can get involved in our research over the rest of this year.