Geopolitics and Human Security
The Geopolitics and Human Security group includes political, social, and historical geographers as well as regional experts developing human and material-ecological perspectives on geopolitics, security, and international uncertainties to address the global challenges of our time.
Moving beyond traditional approaches focused exclusively on the role of the state, our research foregrounds how geopolitics is relevant to everyday life and its broader ecologies. Our work focuses on how global events, uncertainties, and geopolitical change are experienced at a variety of scales and levels, and shape everyday risks, lived experiences, physical environments, and localised forms of politics and security.
The group’s area of expertise includes Europe and Russia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Arctic.
The group works in several languages beyond English, including Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Danish, Estonian, German, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Urdu.
Specific research interests
Specific research interests
- Borders
- Conflict
- Diplomacy
- Environmental and materialist geopolitics
- Urban geopolitics
- Human security, (in)equalities, gender, and livelihoods
- Migration
- Militarism
- Resilience
- Spaces of detention
- Terrorism and counterterrorism
People who work in these areas
People who work in these areas
Academic Staff
Dr Johanne Bruun
Research associates and doctoral students
- Xiaolin Dai
- Thomas Lewis
- Catherine Parry
- Nushrat Tashmin
- Mackenzie Thompson
- Will Thurbin
- Diletta Accardo
Relevant UKRI Industrial Strategy sectors
Relevant UKRI Industrial Strategy sectors
- Defence and National Security
Relevant Pillar II Horizon Europe clusters
Relevant Pillar II Horizon Europe clusters
- Civil security for society
- Climate, energy and mobility
- Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment