Traditional and Critical Concepts in Security Studies

The course introduces some of the key concepts used in security studies. It does so by discussing first the evolution of the discipline and its connection to broader scientific reflection on politics and then focuses on more specific scholarly attempts to approach theoretically and conceptually some features and phenomena of security politics both from the “traditional” as well as “critical” perspective. The emphasis of the course is placed on developing independent and critical thinking on these concepts and using them in students’ own research.