HUMSEC Summer Academy on Human Security – 20-30 July 2008, Graz, Austria

Part of the HUMSEC project, ‘Human Security in the Western Balkan region the impact of transnational terrorist and criminal organisations on the peacebuilding process of the region’, the Summer Academy is designed to contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between transnational terrorist and criminal organisations in the peace building process of the Western Balkan region. Lectures at the summer academy will be mainly given by experts from the HUMSEC partner institutions, but also by external experts, and the programme provides an introduction to human security and security threats such as terrorism and organised crime. Participants will be selected on the basis of their field of interest and their personal motivation to be involved. Full or partial scholarships will be available in limited numbers.