At an event held at the University on the 16 March, the School of Social and Political Science and the School of Humanities launched two new cross-disciplinary Masters programmes in Global Security.

The new MSc and MRes programmes will allow both postgraduate students and professionals working in related areas to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge already at Glasgow to either pursue the discipline in a theoretical context or embark on a dedicated research pathway.

Building on the existing expertise of Glasgow’s academics already working on global security matters across a wide range of subject areas, including: Politics, History, Business, Law, Sociology, Archaeology, Geography, Hatii and CEES, the aim of the new set of programmes is to offer a unique opportunity for students to come together in a broad-based, multi-disciplinary and collaborative environment in order to study this fast evolving discipline.

Over recent decades, security threats, such as terrorism, cyber warfare and crime, migration and climate change, have come to challenge the traditional dominance of military security. This development has brought with it a growing demand for knowledge and research on the changing security challenges that are prevalent today which can affect state and society on a local, national or global level, a demand that the University is addressing by increasing its focus on the study of Global Security.

These Masters programmes are the first developments that have stemmed from the new Global Security Roundtable (GSR), which was founded last year to bring together academics with research interests in this area. Designed to be a dynamic network, the Roundtable was conceived to facilitate the exchange of ideas, projects and events in the field of global security, leading to further cooperation around the study of global security. 

First published: 31 March 2011

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