Centre for Security Studies

The Centre for Security Studies (CSS) is a multidisciplinary research centre based at Loughborough University. Located within the International Relations, Politics and History department in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, the centre brings together researchers from across the university to analyse emerging security challenges from a mix of innovative, cross-disciplinary perspectives. Our research expertise cuts across five principal thematic areas:

Crisis and Emergency Governance

Researchers contributing to the Peace and Conflict theme are committed to understand the complex social, historical and political dynamics of conflict and international peace-making.

Diplomacy and International Governance

Researchers contributing to this stream of enquiry seek to critically investigate the contemporary character and historical development of global diplomacy and international governance.

Gender and Security

The relationship between gender and security remains central to the way that security and peace are understood in scholarship, policy and practice and is a vital area of study.

International Political Theory

Researchers in the International Political Theory look to apply, refine and challenge the various paradigms through which we seek to make sense of global politics.

Peace and Conflict

Researchers contributing to the Peace and Conflict theme are committed to understand the complex social, historical and political dynamics of conflict and international peace-making.