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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.

Monthly Archives: December 2007

Operations Research & Homeland Security

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Onur Ozgode

The special issue of Interfaces journal from 2006 was entitled: Homeland Security: Operations Research Initiatives and Applications. You might find some of the papers interesting, since they touch on broad range of topics discussed on this blog. Some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in avian flu, emergency response, vital systems | 5 Comments

The 2007 Trust for America’s Health Report and the Measurement of Public Health Preparedness

Posted on December 27, 2007 by Dale A. Rose
Posted in preparedness | 4 Comments

Brief End-Of-Year Update on Avian Flu

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
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Vaccine Development Imbued With Politics!

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Dale A. Rose
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Introduction: Amelia Moore

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in biopolitics, bioscience, introductions, risk, security frameworks, vital systems | 2 Comments

Free from the administrative burdens of maintaining their own infrastructure…

Posted on December 2, 2007 by ckelty
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