Human Security

The Human Security field of study requires the completion of a minimum of three courses from the list below.

Students have the option of completing additional courses to receive a Certificate in Human Security

Related Courses

ILO L210 International Human Rights Law
ILO L211 Current Issues in Human Rights
ILO L214 Transitional Justice
ILO L250 Law and Development
ILO L252 Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Societies 
DHP D206 Ethics of Development and Humanitarian Aid
DHP D220 Processes of International Negotiation
DHP D221 Seminar on International Mediation
DHP D221 International Mediation
DHP D223

Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution

DHP D225

Conflict Resolution Practice
[DHP D228m] Protracted Social Conflict: Dynamics and Major Issues and Possible Consequences
DHP D230 Humanitarian Action in Complex Emergencies
++DHP D232 Gender, Culture & Conflict in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
DHP P201 Comparative Politics (PhD students, see note below.)
DHP P222 Development Aid
++DHP P227 Advanced Development and Conflict Resolution

++[DHP P229]  

Development and Human Rights
EIB E240 Development Economics: Macroeconomic Perspectives
EIB E241 Development Economics: Policy Perspectives
EIB E247 Econometric Impact Evaluation for Development

Note:  PhD students offering the Human Security Field are required to take DHP P201: Comparative Politics.

KEY
* This course is required for constitution of the field.
++ Any one of these courses may be used as the required course in the field.
+ Any one of these courses may be used as the second required course in the field.
[ ] Bracketed courses are those not offered 2012-2013.
Unless otherwise indicated, students need three course credits to complete a field of study. Modular courses count as one-half credit and if listed in a field, two must be taken to complete one course.

Professors with expertise in the field

Research Centers

  • The Institute for Human Security
  • Refugees and Forced Migration Program

Student Thesis

Where Peace Begins: The Role of Local People and Communities in Transforming Economies of War (MALD 2010)

When Do We Get to Peace? Patterns of Gender-Based Violence in Post-Conflict Liberia (MALD 2009)

Achieving Complex National Security Missions: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Design and Management of Collaborative Institutions (MALD 2009)

If We Could Hear & Read Their Stories: A Comparative Analysis of Perpetrator Patterns & Community Responses to Sexual Violence in Liberia & Eastern (MALD 2008)

Violence Prevention Through Bodybuilding (MALD 2008) 

Towards a Framework for Culturally-Sensitive Psychosocial Interventions in the Population of Internally Displaced Sudanese (MALD 2008)