In this MOOC you will learn about the colorful and diverse international security landscape, and gain insights into challenging topics including Open Source Intelligence, serious organised crime and illicit trade. You will also meet stakeholders from different sectors and backgrounds. We recorded our videos at different locations in Europe to also give you an insight into the original environment of our contributing experts. You will realize that the style and focus of the various presentations will differ from one week to the other. We feel that this is a big asset! And yes, we also have men in suits and uniforms...
Welcome to the first week of our MOOC! During this week you will be introduced to the international security landscape, it's actors and why this landscape concerns us all.
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7 videos3 readings1 discussion prompt
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7 videos•Total 30 minutes
Welcome to this course•5 minutes
Who are we?•5 minutes
Key organisations with a security function•6 minutes
The role of technology: positive and negative influences•3 minutes
Interview with the head of the Catalan Police School•3 minutes
Interview with the Risk Advisory Director of Deloitte in the Netherlands•4 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
The international security landscape•10 minutes
Photo exercise•10 minutes
Helpful links•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
How would you define safety?•10 minutes
Managing security
Module 2•2 hours to complete
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Welcome to week 2 of our MOOC! During this week we will take a closer look into the concept of security management as well as the underlying challenges. The week concludes with an exercise in which you can conduct your own risk assessment.
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10 videos9 readings
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10 videos•Total 56 minutes
What is security management?•7 minutes
International security cooperation•12 minutes
Security risk assessments•4 minutes
Smart cities•3 minutes
Case study | The narcotics programme of the national Dutch police•4 minutes
Interview with the head of the Catalan Police School•2 minutes
Interview with the Risk Advisory Director of Deloitte in the Netherlands•4 minutes
Interviews from the security narratives symposium•10 minutes
Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace & Justice•8 minutes
Conduct your own risk assessment•3 minutes
9 readings•Total 90 minutes
Lack of knowledge of risks can lead to risks•10 minutes
What does that grey device do?•10 minutes
How to complete a risk assessment•10 minutes
Download the risk assessment matrix•10 minutes
Risk assessment scenario example 1 - the firework display•10 minutes
Risk assessment scenario example 2 - the football match•10 minutes
Risk assessment scenario example 3 - the carnival•10 minutes
Risk assessment scenario example 4 - the cruise•10 minutes
Risk assessment scenario example 5 - the hospice•10 minutes
Internet Intelligence and Investigation
Module 3•1 hour to complete
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This week focuses on Internet Intelligence and Investigation (the three "I's"). This concept is sometimes also referred to as Open Source Intelligence or OSINT. In addition to learning how the Internet contributes to the management of security, you will also learn how technological developments have influenced security management over the past decades.
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3 videos2 readings1 assignment
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3 videos•Total 11 minutes
Using the internet as an investigatory tool•4 minutes
Investigation in practice•3 minutes
Inside the internet•4 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
Intelligence analysis•10 minutes
Does a digital society need a digital police?•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 5 minutes
Test your knowledge of Internet Intelligence and Investigation•5 minutes
Serious Organised Crime
Module 4•1 hour to complete
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You are past the half-way point of our MOOC! During week 4 you will learn more about the concept of serious organised crime. Where does terrorism fit into serious organised crime and what are some of the treats emerging on the horizon? Read on to learn more...
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8 videos1 reading1 assignment
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8 videos•Total 43 minutes
What is serious organised crime? (part 1)•5 minutes
What is serious organised crime? (part 2)•6 minutes
Facts and figures on serious organised crime and terrorism (part 1)•5 minutes
Facts and figures on serious organised crime and terrorism (part 2)•5 minutes
Accountability and cooperation•6 minutes
Emerging threats•2 minutes
Understanding chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats (CBRN)•10 minutes
Joining the Security Multilogue Platform•4 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
An open invitation to join the discussion!•10 minutes
1 assignment
Test your knowledge of serious organised crime•0 minutes
Leadership in security management
Module 5•1 hour to complete
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This week takes a step back from the various facts and figures provided in the previous weeks and examines why leadership is an important element when addressing global challenges, including safety and security.
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17 videos1 reading
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17 videos•Total 67 minutes
An introduction to wicked problems•2 minutes
Stakeholders in wicked problems•1 minute
Leadership in wicked problems•3 minutes
Case study | Complex leadership in practice•3 minutes
Co-creation & multi-stakeholder management | part 1•7 minutes
Co-creation & multi-stakeholder management | part 2•5 minutes
Co-creation & multi-stakeholder management | part 3•3 minutes
Case study | Quinn's leadership model within the national Dutch police•6 minutes
Interview with the head of the Catalan Police School•3 minutes
Interview with the Risk Advisory Director of Deloitte in the Netherlands•4 minutes
Director of Studies and Planning at the Portuguese National Police | part 1•6 minutes
Director of Studies and Planning at the Portuguese National Police | part 2•6 minutes
Director of Studies and Planning at the Portuguese National Police | part 3•2 minutes
Compilation of speeches & debates from Estoril Conferences | part 1•6 minutes
Compilation of speeches & debates from Estoril Conferences | part 2•7 minutes
Compilation of speeches & debates from Estoril Conferences | part 3•3 minutes
Compilation of speeches & debates from Estoril Conferences | part 4•2 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
How to Design for Large-Scale Multi-Stakeholder Co-Creation Initiatives•10 minutes
Illicit trade
Module 6•1 hour to complete
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Welcome to the penultimate week of our MOOC! This week provides a very detailed overview of illicit trade. What are the consequences of illicit trade, why does it concerns everyone, and what can you do yourself? These questions and more will be answered!
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17 videos1 assignment
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17 videos•Total 66 minutes
What is illicit trade?•4 minutes
How a violation of the law becomes illicit trade•6 minutes
Illicit trade in day-to-day life•5 minutes
The consequences of illicit trade•3 minutes
Ethics and illicit trade•3 minutes
Crime and illicit trade•4 minutes
Countering illicit trade•4 minutes
Policymaking to counter illicit trade•6 minutes
Operations to counter illicit trade | part 1•2 minutes
Operations to counter illicit trade | part 2•2 minutes
Public & private cooperation to counter illicit trade•3 minutes
E.Illicit trade and its practical application•3 minutes
What can you do?•6 minutes
Integrated border management•4 minutes
Illegal immigration•3 minutes
Case study: French yellow vests | part 1•3 minutes
Case study: French yellow vests | part 2•3 minutes
1 assignment
Test your knowledge of illicit trade•0 minutes
A positive lens on safety
Module 7•1 hour to complete
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You have made it to the final week of our MOOC! Let's take a look at safety from a more positive angle. What makes you feel safe in your day-to-day life and can taking a calculated amount of risk also be a positive approach to safety? In addition to covering these questions, we will also ask you to re-evaluate whether your definition of safety has changed following the completion of our MOOC.
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6 videos4 readings1 discussion prompt
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6 videos•Total 28 minutes
Looking through the positive safety lens•5 minutes
Safety perceptions in public spaces•6 minutes
Safety and risk: getting the best from both•4 minutes
People's engagement in safety challenges•5 minutes
How can police officers feel safe in their job?•5 minutes
Conclusion of this MOOC•3 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
Are we too safe? Could we live better by living more dangerously?•10 minutes
Citizens' Positive Safety Perceptions in Public Spaces•10 minutes
Constructing safety in our future society•10 minutes
Photo exercise•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Defining safety... again!•10 minutes
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Reviewed on Apr 23, 2021
I loved this course! It has opened my eyes to look at security not only from a local perspective, but from an international one as well!! I cant wait to take my next course!!
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Reviewed on Jan 19, 2021
first of all i would like to thnks the all lecturer that helped me to improve security management and i knew more infomation about security management thnkz allot
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Diverse speakers and lecturers in different professions which makes the course enjoyable ,not stagnant on just one issue but broader perspective in security management.
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