About this course: Security and safety challenges rank among the most pressing issues of modern times. Challenges such as, cyber-crime, terrorism, and environmental disasters impact the lives of millions across the globe. These issues also rank high on the agenda of politicians, international organizations and businesses. They also feature prominently in the public conscience and in governmental policies. In the current, interconnected world, security challenges are becoming increasingly complex. Facilitated by developments as globalization and the spread of networked and hyper-connected technologies, new safety and security challenges arise and impact local, national, regional and international levels, which dramatically increases their complexity and scale. As such, solutions to contemporary security challenges require a wide array of actors operating on multiple levels of governance. The course will introduce you to the broad theme of security and safety in an increasingly complex world. Together we will search for answers to important questions: what is security and safety? How can we understand complex modern-day security and safety challenges? And how do we deal with such challenges? This course combines scholarly inquiry from multiple disciplines (ranging from terrorism studies, to crisis management, to medical science) with real-life cases to explore and understand complex modern-day safety and security challenges.
Who is this class for: This course does not require previous knowledge of the subject. It has been designed for (prospective) students as well as practitioners in the field of safety and security who are seeking to deepen or broaden their knowledge and understanding. This course is free, and will remain free for participants. There is also the option to purchase a certificate.
Taught by: Bibi van den Berg, Dr.
Institute of Security and Global Affairs
Taught by: Ruth Prins, Dr.
Institute of Security and Global Affairs
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 6 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Tremendous course. It uses several cases of study to illustrate the students on the topic and also provide various practices to support the learning process.
Amazing.
Course provides a very good introduction in the fascinating world of security and safety challenges in a globalized world. The analytical tools provided are easy to understand and useful in tackling these challenges in a systematic, scientific way. Other tools stimulate synthesis so that the global view isn't lost. By any standard an excellent course stimulating individual work and res
a very informative course that gives you a good understanding of the complexities regarding an ever changing planet!! I enjoyed it.
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Conciously set up to initiate the students in a friendly manner. The interaction with your peers in the course will definitely help you. Great course, you will enjoy it.