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European International Summer School  "Security, Borders and Mobility"University of KentBrussels School of International Studies2-15 September 2012Topic and Approach of the Summer SchoolThis summer school will engage with questions of fundamental rights and liberties in relation to security, borders and mobility. The questions addressed will include:1. What is the relation between security and liberties? Should we seek to find an appropriate balance between security and liberties, or is it a question of political judgment to untie liberty from security?2.Where is the location of borders? What is the relation between territorial, legal and technological borders? Are borders specific sites for security measures? What is their impact on liberties? And conversely what are the liberties which structure our understanding of the role of borders?3. Who is mobile/ immobile? What are the criteria applied to distinguish between desired and undesired movement? What is the relation between mobility, freedom of circulation and speed? What is the relation between mobility, information gathering on travelers and differential forms of surveillance?This summer school provides doctoral students with the opportunity to engage with eminent researchers and practitioners in this field; a combination of theory, methodology and practice; an inter-disciplinary approach drawing upon political theory, political sociology, law and critical security studies; the pursuit of individual and collaborative research; and the integration of doctoral students in existing research networks. It will draw upon the expansive research conducted in this area through recent European inter-disciplinary research networks, such as Challenge and Inex.This is an inter-active summer school, providing apart from lectures, research opportunities and engagement in roundtables. Several time slots are dedicated to the presentation and discussion of students’ own research and each participating student will thus have the opportunity to benefit from an in-depth discussion of his/her doctoral work by an expert in their respective field, in addition to the multiple exchanges they will have with the great variety of experts who will participate in the summer school. The organization of three roundtables during which practitioners and academics will reflect upon their own research and practice will further support the networking aim of the summer school.Modules OfferedModule I: Security and LibertiesTopic: On the relation of security and liberties. What is the relation between security and liberties? Do we need more security? Should we pursue an appropriate balance between security and liberties?Form: 2 days of lectures, seminars, roundtable, discussion of Ph.D. research, informal dinner with academics and practitionersCoordinator: Didier Bigo &#38; Tugba BasaranModule II: BordersTopic: Conceptualizing Borders. Where is the location of borders? What is the relation between territorial, legal and technological borders? What is their impact on liberties?Form: 1.5 days of lectures, seminars, roundtable, discussion of Ph.D. research, informal dinner with academics and practitionersCoordinator: Tugba Basaran &#38; Elise FéronModule III: MobilityTopic: Practices of Mobility. Who is mobile/ immobile? What are the criteria applied to distinguish between desired and undesired movement?Form: 1.5 days of lectures, seminars, roundtable, discussion of Ph.D. research, informal dinner with academics and practitionersCoordinator: Didier Bigo &#38; Tugba BasaranModule IV: MethodologiesTopic: Critical Methodologies in Security. This draws upon the work of the collaboratory in critical security methods. Discussion of discourse analysis, visual analysis and sociological analysis.Form: 1 day of lectures &#38; practiceCoordinator: Tugba BasaranModule V: Collaborative ResearchTopic: Collaborative research for an article and conference/ panel organization. In this module, we will discuss the topic and structure of a collaborative research project – the writing process will continue after the summer school and could lead to publication as C.A.S.E. article. This will allow participants to engage closely with each other’s research, receive appropriate guidance from scholars in this field, and develop long-term research relations.Form: 2 days of supervised research and organizationCoordinator: Elise Féron See more :http://www.kent.ac.uk/brussels/eirss.html