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Security & Safety Challenges in a Globalized World

Universiteit Leiden

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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.

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Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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Beginner Level

Approx. 11 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

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Bibi van den Berg

Prof. dr.

Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University

30,317 Learners

2 Courses

Ruth Prins

Dr.

Institute of Security and Global Affairs

24,148 Learners

1 Course

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Universiteit Leiden

Leiden University is one of Europe's foremost research universities. This prominent position gives our graduates a leading edge and prepares them for careers both within and outside of academia. Leiden University is the oldest university in the Netherlands, founded in 1575. Our motto is: Praesidium Libertatis (Bastion of Liberty) - Freedom of spirit, thought and expression. Leiden University has a campus in Leiden and The Hague, with 7 faculties, 47 Bachelor Programmes, 79 Master Programmes and nearly 30,000 students.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Introduction

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!

1 hour to complete

2 videos (Total 6 min), 4 readings

2 hours to complete

Global Challenges and Wicked Problems

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.

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 19 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Safety and Security

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.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 31 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Perspectives and Levels

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 19 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week

Week 4

1 hour to complete

Case Studies

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 26 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM SECURITY & SAFETY CHALLENGES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

by AROct 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.

by WTSep 3, 2019

most well organized online course I have found in my life and I recommend to take this course

by SHJun 19, 2021

The course was really interesting but was very simple. Hope they will update it with new content and information.

by CAMay 29, 2017

Tremendous course. It uses several cases of study to illustrate the students on the topic and also provide various practices to support the learning process.

Amazing.

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Security & Safety Challenges in a Globalized World

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