OGLM 3010 - Urban Security in Large Metropolis

The purpose of this workshop is to explore and discuss urban security as a key component of urban development. It will familiarise participants with issues of security and safety in a city as well as approaches on how to deal with them. It will present a human rights-based, holistic and strategic approach to urban security that has developed internationally over the last 30 years – notably through the European Forum for Urban Security. The workshop will look at the governance of security and its institutionalisation and explore the role of local authorities. It will allow discovering methods and tools in this field and discussing concrete cases of dealing i.e. with uses of public space or technologies in local crime prevention.

Each of the three workshops will focus on a specific angle and include a presentation by the professor and a group discussion during which active class participation is expected. Depending on the size of the group, students may be divided into subgroups in some of the group exercices. The workshop will give a policy overview of this field, based on case studies and focusing on cities’ practices.

Evaluation and grading will be based on the following

Reading will be encouraged but not obligatory. The final assignement (2-3 pages max) is the only work outside of workshop hours.