Security and Society in the Information Age. Volume 5

  

This fifth in the series of scholarly volume bring together a series of research papers by participants in the Security and Society in the Information Age program held at Collegium Civitas, university in Warsaw, Poland.  

During the academic year 2021/2022 the program was held online and it was composed of a fully-fledged online course and the online research internship seminar at the Krzysztof Liedel Terrorism Research Center (TRC). TRC is a leading think-tank and a research unit within Collegium Civitas. 

This volume presents the result of the internship held in the summer of 2022, after the Russian invasion on Ukraine in February 2022. The security issues explored in this volume include war and peacebuilding - perhaps the most relevant topics in today’s security. The participants analyzed among other issues – topics relating to cybersecurity, special services, effectiveness of economic sanctions, terrorism and famine, and peacebuilding. The papers show how interconnected and interdepended the world is and that education is a pillar of the solution to global challenges. 

The leadership and team members of the program Security and Society in the Information Age stand with Ukraine. 

Security and Society Summer School is a program run by Collegium Civitas in cooperation with SRAS (USA). It is composed of summer school courses, semester or academic year abroad opportunities, and an internship. The courses are devoted to a wide range of history, security, and sociology issues. We hope you will find this book interesting and valuable and we invite you to learn more about the program Security and Society in the Information Age at: www.securityandsociety.org.