The Chair is dedicated to the study of security, from both traditional and critical approaches. Its axis of rotation is the analysis of safety performance - at cultural, organizational and technological levels - and its relationship to social order. Here, safety is approached primarily from a transdisciplinary angle. This localization of safety, at the intersection of several disciplinary influences, directly structures the theoretical and methodological orientations of the studies conducted within the Chair.

Thus, the work articulates, without merging, different scales of analysis. Researchers focus on a variety of empirical fields (war, migration, gender and post-conflict, radicalization and terrorism, etc.), which are interrogated by a disciplined use of theoretical and methodological pluralism. The work also explores how the instruments of diplomacy can be mobilized to respond to security issues.

Research projects

  • 2016-2020: Blame Games in International Arenas: How the attribution of moral responsibility influences governmental actions | T. Braspenning & E. Rousseau
  • 2015-2018: Historical lessons, individual instrument or social constraint? Exploring the influence of collective memory on international conflict discourses | T. Braspenning & E. Sangar
  • 2015-2017 : Peacebuilding through a gendered approach; an analysis of the United Nations' mechanism for integrating women into conflict resolution | T. Braspenning & A. Sommo Pende