Centre for Security Research

CeSeR

CeSeR is an interdisciplinary centre that aims to promote and link diverse forms of security research across disciplines

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About

Security was once a matter of war and international relations alone, but has become a pressing issue for potentially any area of research or policy. CeSeR connects the increasing number of University of Edinburgh researchers who work on security, from Social and Political Science, Law, Business, Psychology, Informatics, Divinity, History, Geoscience, Engineering, and elsewhere. CeSeR is based in Politics and International Relations in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh and was established in 2015.

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Research and knowledge exchange

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FPA Research Network

The group's aim is to provide peer support to staff and PhD students working on foreign policy research, from foreign policy analysis to political psychology and role research.

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People

Our Co-Directors, steering group and members.

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13/01/2023

Call for papers open for CeSeR annual conference

The theme for this year's CeSeR annual conference is 'Securing the Self in Strange Places and Times.' The call for papers is now open.
04/05/2022

CeSeR annual conference

We invite contributions to our annual conference on the theme of 'The Documents of Security'.
15/09/2021

9/11: Reflections on security 20 years on

A series of videos personal and professional reflections from CeSeR members on 9/11
31/08/2021

Parliaments and security conference 23-24 June 2021

CeSeR’s 2021 annual conference was on ‘Parliaments and Security’. While parliaments’ roles in security have often been neglected in practice and in scholarship, the importance of parliaments in security has received significant attention in recent years.

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30 January 2023
13:00 - 14:00

Book Discussion with Dr Mike Slaven

Dr Slaven discusses his new book: 'Securing Borders, Securing Power: The Rise and Decline of Arizona's Border Politics' (Columbia University Press). A CeSeR event co-hosted with the University of Edinburgh's International Relations research group.

12 January 2023
10:00 - 18:00

Policy-Oriented IR Scholarship in Scotland

How can academia engage with policy makers, and how can policy makers engage with academia?
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22 November 2022
17:00 - 19:00

Guantanamo's Legacy: From a Legal Black Hole to a Battleground in the Fight

Lisa Hajjar will discuss her new book, "The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture", with a particular focus on the legal battles over the treatment of people detained at Guantanamo. Hajjar will explain why hundreds of legal professionals were galvanised to defend the rule of law that was upended by the torture policy and enlisted in what turned into a war in court.
11 April 2022
15:00 - 16:00

How ISIS Fights: Nonstate Combat Effectiveness and its Future Implications