Principles, Practices and Terminologies of Resilience, Security and Emerging Technologies
Assess whether the governing systems in place in society are able to rise to the challenges and build a resilient future.
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
8 hours
Principles, Practices and Terminologies of Resilience, Security and Emerging Technologies
Explore mechanisms of resilient governance
The course will introduce the twin geopolitical ideals of societal security and resilience as derived from the Copenhagen School, and refined elsewhere, along with theories and strategies of resilience designed to sustain, protect and nurture the preservation of sovereign nations, transnational organisations, and peoples.
The features of the course will centre on explaining different concepts of resilience and security as they relate to customs, cultures and geographical contexts.
What topics will you cover?
- Understanding resilience
- Societal security
- Cyber security and resilience
- Key aspects of resilient governance
- Converging technologies
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Discuss the meaning, various geopolitical perspectives, and definition of societal security and resilience
- Assess the controversy over defining terms and how assigning conventional validity to them affects how we understand their dynamics
- Explore mechanisms of resilient governance
- Identify key features of emerging technologies that will be key to resilience and security
Who is the course for?
This course is aimed at students who wish to explore features of emerging technologies that will be key to resilience and security.
Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.
Who will you learn with?
Ast. professor and practitioner in crisis management, risk, BCM, security and resilience. A recipient of 3 awards having worked across 49 countries. https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-harrop-2b54b83/
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
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