Security: Advancing a Framework for Enquiry
The aim is to identify new perspectives for inputs of human and social science research into security research. The institutional framework – an inter-organisational cooperation and co-sponsorship between ESF Standing Committees for the Humanities and the Social Sciences and NATO’s “Science for Peace and Security” Programme (SPS) – is challenging as it means to connect different research networks and approaches, but it also holds the promise of a more direct link into relevant policy discussions.
Summary
This forward look will develop new perspectives for integrated research, to inform long-term understandings of models of security, of contingent cognitive, cultural, ideological and legal frameworks, and of relevant management issues.The objective is to address scientifically complex issues such as critical thresholds and systemic imbalances. Through comparative studies, it will reflect the different approaches to the topic in the ESF constituencies.
