Security and Defence

Led by: Prof Christian Kaunert

Under the coordination of Prof Christian Kaunert, the Security and Defence cluster produces internationally excellent and world-leading research, innovation, and impact activities in international security and defence. Research themes include security theory, securitization, terrorism and counter-terrorism, defence and security, conflict and security, migration and mobility, criminology, policing and the international security of different world regions.

Projects

EU Academy
EUCTER
EU-GLOCTER
EUCTIRL
EUMIGSEC
 

Books (by Prof Christian Kaunert)

2010: European Internal Security: Towards Supranational Governance in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice? (Manchester: Manchester University Press - Europe in Change Series).

2013: The EU as a Global Security Actor – a comprehensive analysis beyond CFSP and JHA (with K. Zwolski), (Basingstoke: Palgrave - Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics).

2019: Refugees, Security and the European Union (with Sarah Leonard), (London: Routledge - Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies Series)

2021: EU, Turkey and Counter-Terrorism: Fighting the PKK and ISIS, (with E. Ilbiz), (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar).

2022: The EU as a Global Counter-Terrorism Actor, (with A. MacKenzie and Sarah. Leonard), (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar).

2022: Securitization outside the West: African Security reconceptualised (with E. Ezeokafor), (London: Routledge - Routledge New Security Studies Series).

2023: The Sharing Economy for Tackling Cybercrime (with E. Ilbiz), (Cham: Springer).

2023: Israel: National Security and Securitization (with O. Wertman), (Cham: Springer).

2024: Cybercrime, Digital Forensic Readiness, and Financial Crime Investigation in Nigeria (with T. Sibe), (Cham: Springer).