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The Future of Security Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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Security, the security of society and of individuals, is at the centre of concerns of contemporary society. In recent years it has, however, become clear that developing new technologies alone will not improve our security. It is now widely accepted that secu- rity depends as much on attitudes and behaviour of individuals and groups as on availability of new technological solutions. If we want to feel more secure, better protected, we need to better under- stand the social, cultural and psychological factors underlying human understanding of security but also of insecurity. We should also be able to analyse the factors and conditions which bring insecurity. This can only be achieved through contributions from multiple disciplines of social sciences and humanities: sociology and psychology, history and philosophy, law and theology, anthropology and linguistics, and others. The disciplines of social sciences and humanities should not only collaborate among themselves to analyse issues related to security; they should also work closely together with medical, technical and environmental sciences. This new multidisciplinary approach to security research is reflected in the work programme of Societal Challenge 7: Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens of Horizon 2020.

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