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Critical Security Studies

STVC82 – Critical Security Studies (7.5 credits). Bachelor course in Political Science. Autumn term.

  • What is (in)security?
  • Who are the subjects and objects of insecurity in contemporary politics?
  • What is the role of gender, race and class in creating different forms of (in)securities?

The objective of the course Critical security studies is to analyse the concept of security in Political Science and International Relations and offer a radical rethinking of of it from critical theories.

Starting from an understanding of mainstream debates in Security Studies, the course aims to both broaden what is considered security-related topics (by going beyond armed conflict and the military) and change the ways in which we analyse them.

To do so, this course approaches the concept of security with theoretical and methodological lenses, thus using creative, art-based and narrative methods. With this course, students will familiarize with contemporary security issues and learn to formulate research problems relevant to global and everyday (in)securities from critical perspectives.

Literature (pdf, new window)
Syllabus (pdf, new window)

Contact

Helen Fogelin

International coordinator – incoming students

Room: 234
Telephone: +46 (0)46-2228951
E-mail: helen [dot] fogelin [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se