Congratulations to all the new Human Security graduates from the 2021 cohort! This year's graduation speech by Frederik Møller Christensen is included below. Dear fellow graduates, faculty, family, and friends, It is an honour to stand here today as we celebrate the completion of our Master’s program in Human Security at Aarhus University. As I look [...]
Author: Christian B. N. Gade
Human Security profile – Marcella Myers: Filling the knowledge gap by studying “the essence of what it means to be human”
By Lasse Underbjerg Marcella Myers has a Ph.D. and has been teaching for more than a decade in the US. So why has she now decided to go back to school and become a part of the 2020 Human Security cohort? The answer is simple. - For me, this concept of Human Security is so [...]
Conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding: from theory to practice
By Wiebke Anna Stimmung In March, the Human Security Committee organized a practical workshop on “Conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding: from theory to practice” in cooperation with Dan Church Aid (DCA). Luckily the workshop could still take place, just before the Corona lock-down. DCA is a Danish organization that works in Africa, the Middle East and [...]
Human Security Profile Søren Brusgaard Lillelund-Holst: From practice to theory and back again
Former Human Security student Søren Brusgaard Lillelund-Holst is on his way to the Middle East as military observer under the UN auspices to supervise peace processes and security of groups and individuals in the Golan Heights. With a background in the Danish Military and a degree of Human Security from Aarhus University he combines practice [...]
Breakfast’n’Brainstorm
The Human Security students met the last time before Christmas for an idea-generating workshop focusing on the project placement and thesis process. By Dikte Reeh Andersen The Human Security program encourage all students to collect data on their third semester either abroad or in Denmark. It is a unique opportunity to get hands-on experience with [...]