• The ethical implications of security and insecurity
• Non-conventional security threats and the new cultural of insecurity
• The social determination of risk
• Revising NATO's strategic concept
• Philosophy of value
• Europe as moral community
• The Globalisation of European security identity
J. Peter Burgess left PRIO in 2015. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
J. Peter Burgess
Interests and experience
- Peter Burgess is the Series Editor for the PRIO New Security Studies.
Languages spoken:
English, Norwegian, French, German, Italian, Dutch
Working experience:
• 2001 - 2015: Research Professor, PRIO
• 2004 - 2011: Programme Leader, Security Programme, PRIO
• 2001 - 2013: Editor, Security Dialogue
• 2007- Adjunct Professor, Risk psychology, University of Trondheim.
• 2006-2007 Guest Professor, Institut d'études politiques de Paris
• 2004 Professor, cultural studies and philosophy, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo
• 2000-2001 Associate Professor, Cultural History, Volda College
• 1998-2001 Senior Researcher, PRIO (20%)
• 1999-2000 Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies, EUI, Florence
• 1998-1999 Jean Monnet Fellow, Dept. of History & Civilisation, EUI, Florence
• 1997-1998 Research Fellow, Volda College
Education:
• Ph.D., Universite Francois Rabelais de Tours (2010)
• D.E.A., Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (1991)
• City University of New York (1989)
• M.Phil. Columbia University (1989)
• Freie Universität, Berlin (1987-88)
• Université de Paris VII (1986-87)
• M.A., University of Chicago (1986)
• B.A., University of Iowa (1984)
• B.S., University of Colorado (1983)
Projects
All of J. Peter Burgess projects
LArge Scale Information Exploitation of Forensic Data (LASIE)
Communicating Risk in the Digital Age (DIGICOM)
Virtual Centre of Excellence for Research Support and Coordination on Societal Security (SOURCE)
Securing Europe Through Counter-Terrorism: Impact, Legitimacy, and Effectiveness (SECILE)
Tactical Approach to Counter Terrorists in Cities (TACTICS)
Public Perception of Security and Privacy (PACT)
Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies (IRISS)
European Security Trends and Threats in Society (ETTIS)
Francophone Network on Identity-Based Conflict
Decision Support on Security Investment (DESSI)
Latest publications
All of J. Peter Burgess publications
Horizon Scan: Critical security studies for the next 50 years
Journal article in Security Dialogue
Surveillance, Privacy and Security. Citizens’ Perspectives
Edited volume
Introduction: Surveillance, privacy and security
Book chapter in Surveillance, Privacy and Security. Citizens’ Perspectives
Exercising Access Rights in Norway
Book chapter in The Unaccountable State of Surveillance. Exercising Access Rights in Europe
The local is everywhere: a postcolonial reassessment of cultural sensitivity in conflict governance
Book chapter in Cultures of Governance and Peace: A Comparison of EU and Indian Theoretical and Policy Approaches
Unique Biometric IDs: Governmentality and Appropriation in a Digital
PhD thesis
Between Intervention and Sovereignty: Ethics of Liberal Peacebuilding and the Philosophy of Global Governance
PhD thesis
The Security of Public Credit
PhD thesis
Desirable surveillance? studying norms and values in the Indian national biometric ID scheme
Conference paper
The Discourse of Justice in Political, Legal and Moral Community
Book chapter in Spheres of Global Justice
Latest news
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PhD Course on Interconnections of Finance and Security
A course organised by the Research School on Peace and Conflict and the SOURCE Societal Security Network
Call for Applications: PhD Course on Methods in Critical Security Studies
A course organised by the Research School on Peace and Conflict
SOURCE launches an Online-Questionnaire
Building a network of excellence of Societal Security in Europe
PRIO journals place Top 10 in global rankings; JPR number one on Scopus list
PRIOs two leading international scientific journals, the Journal of Peace Research (JPR) and Security Dialogue, are now ranked among the world’s Top 10 most influential journals in international relations.
PRIO Journals Climb Rankings
Journal Citation Reports released
PRIO awarded funding for a Nordic Centre of Excellence
Nordic Centre for Security Technologies and Societal Values will be financed by NordForsk
DRIVER Project Successfully Launched
The European Union's new demonstration project, DRIVER (Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience) was successfully launched in May 2014.
DRIVER Project Successfully Launched
The European Union's new demonstration project, DRIVER (Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience) was successfully launched in May 2014.
SOURCE Sector Survey Meeting in Brussels
The SOURCE Network of Excellence on societal security organized a sector survey meeting with high-ranking experts from different fields at the VUB on 5 June 2014.
SOURCE Website Launched
SocietalSecurity.net
Latest events
All of J. Peter Burgess events
PhD Course on Interconnections of Finance and Security
Bringing the “Cloud” Down to Earth
From Innovation to Imposition: How Technology is Shaping EU Security Policy and Transforming European Values
PhD Course on Methods in Critical Security Studies
Terror og risikokommunikasjon
Justice Past, Justice Present, Justice Future: Three Messages to the European Council
Cultures of Governance and Conflict Resolution in Europe and India
PhD Course: Research Methods in Critical Security Studies
Drones for Search and Rescue Operations?
Quantum Diplomacy - This event is cancelled