19 October 2011 - Professor Mary Kaldor, director of the Civil Society & Human Security Research Unit (CSHS), will join Angela Merkel and a host of top international scientists at the Falling Walls conference in Berlin on 9 November 2011.
Professor Kaldor's lecture, entitled 'Breaking the Wall of War: How Human Security Makes People feel Safe in a Global Era' will highlight the growing security deficit due to the use of anachronistic classic military tactics, and proposes an innovative human security approach, based on the protection of individuals against contemporary global challenges.
Professor Kaldor introduced the idea of 'New Wars' and developed a concept of human security| as a response including the need to reinterpret international peacekeeping as cosmopolitan law enforcement.
The Falling Walls conference is an annual global gathering of forward thinking individuals from 75 countries. Each year, 20 of the world's leading scientists are invited to Berlin to present their current breakthrough research. The aim of the conference is to:
- connect science with industry, politics, media and culture;
- identify trends, opportunities and solutions for global challenges;
- make research understandable to a broad audience;
- inspire people to break down the walls that we face today.
Further details about the conference are available here.|