The issues
A safe life, free of fear and violence is a basic human right. But the security of millions of people worldwide is threatened every day, locally or globally, whether by violent conflicts, poverty, environmental change, lack of food and water, epidemics or crime and terrorism.
 | Ideologies and beliefs |
 | Terrorism |
 | Transnational organised crime |
 | Cybersecurity |
 | Threats to infrastructures |
 | Proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) weapons and technologies |
Living with uncertainty
How can people develop positive relations in times of uncertainty?
The research project will look at the role of language and metaphors in affecting how people think about and relate to others.
Living with uncertainty: metaphor and the dynamics of empathy in discourse
Online security on tap
UK academics are working together with industry to control the deluge of personal data that floods the internet and threatens the integrity and security of people’s identity. Through the £3.6 million EnCoRe (Ensuring Consent and Revocation) project, a team of e-privacy experts aim to create a solution to increasing problems caused by the uncontrolled flow of personal data online and enable people to take charge of securing their own personal information.
Split-second detection of chemical weapons
A new chemical sensor device currently being developed provides anti-terrorist agents with the means to quickly identify chemical and biochemical warfare agents. Special gel pads are used to ‘swipe’ an individual or crime scene to gather a sample which is analysed with Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Even the smallest trace of a suspected chemical picked up in the gel can now be detected in seconds.