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Security & Safety Challenges in a Globalized World
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 11 hours
  • Course by Universiteit Leiden
  • Offered by

About

Security and safety challenges rank among the most pressing issues of modern times. Challenges such as, cyber-crime, terrorism, and environmental disasters impact the lives of millions across the globe. These issues also rank high on the agenda of politicians, international organizations and businesses. They also feature prominently in the public conscience and in governmental policies. In the current, interconnected world, security challenges are becoming increasingly complex. Facilitated by developments as globalization and the spread of networked and hyper-connected technologies, new safety and security challenges arise and impact local, national, regional and international levels, which dramatically increases their complexity and scale. As such, solutions to contemporary security challenges require a wide array of actors operating on multiple levels of governance. The course will introduce you to the broad theme of security and safety in an increasingly complex world. Together we will search for answers to important questions: what is security and safety? How can we understand complex modern-day security and safety challenges? And how do we deal with such challenges? This course combines scholarly inquiry from multiple disciplines (ranging from terrorism studies, to crisis management, to medical science) with real-life cases to explore and understand complex modern-day safety and security challenges.

Modules

1. Welcome to the course

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Plugin
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1 Discussions

  • Introduce yourself

2 Videos

  • Introduction to the course
  • How to succeed in your online class?

1 Readings

  • Meet the instructors & the team

Global Challenges and Wicked Problems

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Crowdsourcing Exercise

3 Videos

  • Global Challenges
  • Wicked Problems
  • Crowdsourcing Exercise

2 Readings

  • Global Trends to 2030: Can the EU meet the challenges ahead?
  • Rittel and Webber: Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning

Quiz Time

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Global Challenges and Wicked Problems

What is Safety and Security?

    • 5 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Assessing Risk Management

5 Videos

  • What is Safety and Security?
  • What Are We Protecting?
  • Risk Management
  • Risk Management: Critiques and Alternatives
  • Recap and Outlook

3 Readings

  • Van den Berg and Hutten: Security and Safety: An Introduction
  • Renn: Concept of Risk: A Classification
  • Documentary: Seconds From Disaster - Hurricane Katrina

Quiz Time

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Safety and Security

Multi-actor and Multi-level

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Multi-actor in Security and Safety?

3 Videos

  • A Multi-level Perspective on Security and Safety
  • A Multi-actor Perspective on Security and Safety
  • The Three-step Approach: Explore, Understand, Do

1 Readings

  • Dewulf: An introduction to multi-actor processes

Peer Review

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Case Study: Hurricane Katrina

Security and Safety Cases

    • 5 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Failure of Foresight

5 Videos

  • Safety case: Kursk Submarine Disaster (I)
  • Safety case: Kursk Submarine Disaster (II)
  • Security Case: Boston Marathon Bombing
  • Security And Safety Case: Bhopal Disaster (I)
  • Security and Safety Case: Bhopal Disaster (II)

2 Readings

  • Required Documentaries
  • Turner: The Organizational and Interorganizational Development of Disasters

Quiz

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Test Your Knowledge

Safety and Security in Practice

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Expert Interview: Chief Information Security Officer
  • Expert Interview: Director Corporate Communication
  • Expert Interview: Managing Director

1 Readings

  • Important: Read First

Peer Review

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Expert Interviews: Perspectives and Dilemmas

Security and Safety: Explore, Understand, 'Do'

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Case Study: Explore, Understand, Do
  • What Have We Learned?

Peer Review

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Explore, Understand and Do: Security and Safety Case

Auto Summary

Explore the intricate world of security and safety challenges in this foundational Coursera course led by expert instructors. Delving into issues like cyber-crime, terrorism, and environmental disasters, it combines interdisciplinary scholarly insights and real-life cases to address complex global threats. Ideal for personal development, this course spans 660 minutes and offers Starter and Professional subscription options. Perfect for those keen on understanding and tackling modern-day security concerns.

Bibi van den Berg
Instructors

Bibi van den Berg

Ruth Prins
Instructors

Ruth Prins