The Haven Project Symposium: Intervening for Human Security in the Mediterranean Crisis

Sat, 29 Oct 2016 09:00:00 IST - Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:00:00 IST

At Moore Institute, Hardiman Research Building

Organised by Moore Institute

The Haven Project centres on advancing the idea of ‘intervening for human security’ in the ongoing Mediterranean humanitarian crisis. By placing at centre stage the notion of ‘human security’, a core concern in this IRC-funded research project lies in challenging how Western interventionism has long been guided by military definitions of security, involving repeated and frequently counterproductive mechanisms of military violence.


The Haven Project is ultimately prompted by a sense of intellectual responsibility to respond constructively to the increasingly precarious geographies evident in our current moment of global geopolitics and its seemingly endless cycles of violent Western interventionism. Reflecting on the above and more, leading academics, including Prof. Derek Gregory (University of British Columbia), Dr Alex Jeffrey (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Gerry Kearns (Maynooth University), will join colleagues at NUI Galway for a one-day symposium on Saturday October 29th in the Moore Institute. They will be joined by a range of other contributors from NGO advocate groups, including Galway One World Centre, and also by representatives from Irish Aid and the Irish Naval Service.


The aim is to coalesce expertise from across the public sphere on geopolitics, humanitarianism and international development, with a view to offering a critical contribution to a series of vital debates on the Mediterranean Crisis and the West’s response.



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