I don’t recall whether this has come across our screen before, but this seems to be a center for risk related analytic work and critical social science at LSE. It includes some of the folks in the risk discussions (Beck, Ericson) as well as more technocratic types. Lots of working papers…worth a scan. The seminars look to be on the technical side; I was particularly drawn to one on participatory risk mapping. Also the research fellowships may be of interest to some.
COLLABORATORY: VITAL SYSTEMS SECURITY
The Vital Systems Security collaboration examines how, today, security is being constituted as an object of knowledge, intervention, and political reflection. It proposes that the security of vital systems such as energy, transportation, communication and health is one norm in relationship to which security is being reproblematized. A central goal of the collaboration is to examine these issues through collective, conceptually driven inquiry that addresses rapidly developing contemporary problems.
