openSecurity
- has been a full section of openDemocracy since 2012.
- has a global remit, with a particular focus on the global south.
- recognises that violence and conflict are often amplified in urban milieux.
- appreciates that insecurity has many sources in social hierarchies and dividing lines.
- takes a long view of the trajectory of conflict, and of reconciliation.
- brings to the fore gender issues which are often left in the background.
- is concerned with human security, rather than the security of the state.
- understands that the legitimacy of security policies rests on ethics as well as evidence.
- presents the spectrum of policies and practices and range of actors effective security entails.
- Cities in conflict
- Conflict in context: Colombia
- Future under surveillance
- Syria's peace: what, how, when?
- Whose police?
is principally funded by a generous grant from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The strands
The team
- Lead editor, Robin Wilson, has a PhD in politics with a particular interest in issues of interculturalism, on which he advises the Council of Europe.
- Co-editor, Shilpa Jindia, has a masters in human rights from LSE and has worked in Damascus, Cape Town and Istanbul.
- Associate editor Hannah Schling has a masters in globalisation and development from SOAS.
- Associate editor Tom Cowan is a PhD candidate in urban geography at King’s College, London.The openSecurity team draws on an expert international advisory board.Read more.
