I had the pleasure of being with the Human Security programme from 2015-17. When time came for an internship, I had the chance to link up with a cool project on education in Sierra Leone and spent a semester working together with Youth Dream Centre Sierra Leone who work with non-formal education. This is also [...]
Author: Jasmin El-Sarraj
“What is Human Security?” – Lilja Guðmundsdóttir
If you are about to study Human security, are currently a Human security student or just enthusiastic about the field, it is likely that you will be asked: “What is human security?”. Now, after one semester of studying it, I still feel a bit lost with an answer. The thing is, Human security is a [...]
Reflections on the first semester of the Human Security Program – Persilla Atsiende Lutta
The first semester of the program has been a roller-coaster ride as it has been a period of drastic change for me (the unpredictable weather, the sun setting at like 4 pm, different learning methods, etc). From the first week of school when everything was new and exciting, getting to know each other, to having [...]
Reflections on ‘The Undocumented Migration Project’ – Nadine Andersen.
On Friday the 17th of September, Aarhus University hosted Jason De León and Hostile Terrain 94. It was an impactful lecture in which Jason presented his research and relayed the stories of migrants who had died trying to cross the US-Mexico border. His research project, the Undocumented Migration Project, has used a combination of forensic, [...]
Reflections on my first week at Human Security – Mikkel Weis Petersen
Expectations In the days leading up to the first week I was full of excitement. I spent a lot of time doing research on the programme’s own website and their social media sites. The information I found confirmed that I had made the right decision to apply for the Human Security programme. It was a [...]