Human Security
What is "Human Security?"
From Human Insecurity in a Global World:
"The idea of security is most often associated with nation states defending their borders to protect their citizens from foreign military threats. But the broad goal of security is to enable people to live without fears for their survival, well-being, and freedom.
The concept of 'human security' was first advanced in the 1994 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme. Over the ensuing years, the concept gained salience in policy-making and research. This interest culminated in the establishment of an independent international Commission on Human Security in 2001."
Human Security at GEI
At GEI, Lincoln Chen, Alex de Waal, Sabina Alkire, and Amartya Sen work as scholars, policy-makers, activists, and negotiators with the goal of increasing awareness of human security around the globe.
The current GEI Human Security program comprises two projects:
- The Joint Learning Initiative on Children & AIDS, a collaborative program to address the unique impact of AIDS on children, including orphanhood, vulnerability, and many other potential problems.
- The crisis in Darfur, which forms a primary component of Alex de Waal's work as an activist, negotiator, and scholar.
In previous years, GEI researchers have been instrumental in the development of the Human Security field through their scholarship, writing, and activism. Click here for a list of GEI's Human Security publications.
Click the links below for individual researcher publications:
Other Human Security links: