Latest Module Specifications
Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026
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Description This module seeks to provide an in-depth examination of a key security issue/interrelated set of key security issues relating to contemporary politics and international affairs and will depend heavily on the lecturer’s research interests and expertise. Learning Objectives: • To attain a deep understanding of an emerging/a closely-knit set of emerging security issues • To contextualise contemporary and emerging security issues with reference to ‘classic’ notions of security • To understand and analyse how emerging security issues may develop in the future • To become familiar with the range of disciplines that feed into the topic(s) at hand and the associated literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. To attain a deep understanding of an emerging/a closely-knit set of emerging security issues 2. To contextualise contemporary and emerging security issues with reference to ‘classic’ notions of security 3. To understand and analyse how emerging security issues may develop in the future 4. To become familiar with the range of disciplines that feed into the topic(s) at hand and the associated literature 5. To engage in deep research on a self-identified topic, and to produce an essay and presentation to display sufficient comprehension | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Course Overview This year's module will focus on the use of data to understand, analyse, prevent and respond to violent conflict and insecurity. We will explore different datasets for monitoring violent conflict and insecurity; carry out analysis of trends over time, space, and modalities of violence; explore data visualisation techniques; and examine the relationship between violent conflict and insecurity, and issues such as gender, governance and inequality through the lens of data. The module will build students' data literacy and their ability to understand, analyse and critically assess the evidence base of key theories and policies in international security. Indicative Course Outline Please note, individual topics are subject to change. PART I: Week 1: Introduction to Conflict Analysis and Conflict Data; Week 2: Monitoring Insecurity and Crisis: An Overview of Data and Approaches; Week 3: Different Sources of Conflict Data; Week 4: Measuring Events, Fatalities, Opinions and Proxies; Week 5: An Introduction to Datasets; Week 6: Quantitative Data Analysis – The Basics. Part II: Week 7: Reading Week; Week 8: Timelines of Conflict: Legacies, Trends and Forecasting; Week 9: Geographies of Violence: From Local to Transnational; Week 10: Data Visualisation; Week 11: Ethics of Quantitative Data; Week 12: Review Class. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List Books: None Articles:
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