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Security & Safety Challenges in a Globalized World

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Security & Safety Challenges in a Globalized World

Instructors: Bibi van den Berg

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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There are 7 modules in this course

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.

Module details

Welcome to the first module! This module features an introduction to the course and explains the main topic addressed, as well as introduces you to the teaching staff. Before you start with studying we invite you to first go through our introductory resources and introduce yourself in the forum to meet your fellow learners. If you encounter any difficulties while studying, please let us know in the forum. For technical difficulties or questions regarding the course certificate, you can always contact the Coursera Learner Helpdesk. Good luck and we hope you will enjoy the course!

What's included

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In this module you will learn about global challenges. In the modern, interconnected world, security and safety challenges are increasingly complex, impacting local, national, regional and international levels. You will also learn why many of these challenges can be labeled as 'wicked problems'; they are challenges which are difficult or impossible to solve because they have many different causes, are difficult to describe, and don’t have a single 'right' answer.

What's included

3 videos2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

3 videosTotal 19 minutes

Global Challenges6 minutes
Wicked Problems7 minutes
Crowdsourcing Exercise5 minutes

2 readingsTotal 35 minutes

Global Trends to 2030: Can the EU meet the challenges ahead?15 minutes
Rittel and Webber: Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning20 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Global Challenges and Wicked Problems30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Crowdsourcing Exercise10 minutes

In this module, you will learn more about safety and security. Safety and security have now become buzz words for society, marking the top of the agendas of politicians, businesses and many other actors worldwide. But what do these concepts mean? In this module we address the difference between safety and security. In addition, you will learn about one of the most important approaches to dealing with issues of safety and security, namely risk management.

What's included

5 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

5 videosTotal 31 minutes

What is Safety and Security?7 minutes
What Are We Protecting?7 minutes
Risk Management8 minutes
Risk Management: Critiques and Alternatives6 minutes
Recap and Outlook5 minutes

3 readingsTotal 75 minutes

Van den Berg and Hutten: Security and Safety: An Introduction15 minutes
Renn: Concept of Risk: A Classification20 minutes
Documentary: Seconds From Disaster - Hurricane Katrina40 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Safety and Security15 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Assessing Risk Management10 minutes

In this module, you will learn more about the different actors and levels of governance involved in contemporary security and safety challenges. You will also learn a three-step approach which can be used to unravel modern-day safety and security challenges in an academic way.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 peer review1 discussion prompt

3 videosTotal 19 minutes

A Multi-level Perspective on Security and Safety6 minutes
A Multi-actor Perspective on Security and Safety6 minutes
The Three-step Approach: Explore, Understand, Do7 minutes

1 readingTotal 20 minutes

Introduction to Policy Analysis of Multi-Actor Systems.20 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Case Study: Hurricane Katrina60 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Multi-actor in Security and Safety?10 minutes

In this module, we will take a closer look at three specific cases of security and safety. Using the three-step approach from the previous module, we will unravel these cases to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of modern-day safety and security challenges.

What's included

5 videos2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

5 videosTotal 26 minutes

Safety case: Kursk Submarine Disaster (I)2 minutes
Safety case: Kursk Submarine Disaster (II)6 minutes
Security Case: Boston Marathon Bombing9 minutes
Security And Safety Case: Bhopal Disaster (I)3 minutes
Security and Safety Case: Bhopal Disaster (II)5 minutes

2 readingsTotal 25 minutes

Required Documentaries10 minutes
Turner: The Organizational and Interorganizational Development of Disasters15 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Test Your Knowledge15 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Failure of Foresight10 minutes

In this module, we will continue to take a closer look at real-life cases of security and safety. Through interviews with three experts, we will look at the different actors and perspectives that are involved in the management of a specific type of security incident, namely a breach of cyber security.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 peer review

In this final module, you will be asked to apply all the knowledge from the previous modules towards unraveling a real-life safety and security case. Using the three-step approach of Explore, Understand and Do from previous modules, you will analyze how this case unfolded, which actors and specific levels of governance were involved, and apply various academic perspectives.

What's included

2 videos1 peer review

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Bibi van den Berg

Universiteit Leiden

3 Courses43,087 learners

Ruth Prins

Universiteit Leiden

1 Course33,706 learners

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Universiteit Leiden

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Reviewed on Oct 25, 2018

Excellent course. Now I know the two important concepts of security and safety. Leadership in South Asia only remain struck to the old idea of security, and they neglect the critical safety issues.

Reviewed on Jul 12, 2021

Opened my eyes to new perspectives as it relates to Safety and Security.I crave for more!Excellent course of study.

Reviewed on Jun 29, 2023

This course is very specific and eye opening on the issues of safety and security. One can get a clear conception about issues of safety and security here. I highly recommend this course!

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