Securing Inclusion

Project Acronym: Securing Inclusion

Action Type: KA220-HED – Cooperation partnerships in higher education

Project title: Diversity and Inclusivity in Security Studies

https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/projects/search/details/2023-1-BG01-KA220-HED-000154615

Project description:

The aim of ‘Securing Inclusion’ is to promote inclusion and diversity in the field of Security Studies; one of the least inclusive and diverse fields in the study of International Politics. It aims at supporting higher education staff and students at dismantling the explicit and implicit intersectional barriers linked to gender, ethnicity and religion, which translate into monolithic and outdated teaching and learning environments in the field of security studies. ‘Securing Inclusion’ will offer a suite of teaching and learning activities, which will embed diversity and inclusion within security studies university curricula, whilst enhancing the institutional capacity of the partners to continue the efforts towards greater inclusivity after project completion and, most importantly, create spill over dynamics that can impact other fields.

Deliverables:

• WP2: Comparative analysis on inclusion in security studies gaps and best practices & development of e-course that will provide an attractive and easily available reference and source.
• WP3: The anti-discrimination game and the game handbook. The simulation game will be based on principles, definitions, strategies and best-practices concerning inclusion in higher education.
• WP4: Securing Inclusion E-Learning Platform and User’s Handbook. The development of the e-learning platform will provide the opportunity for remote education, material and training on inclusive and diverse security studies.
• WP5: Dissemination and exploitation strategy and policy recommendation strategy. The results will be the development of informational material, dissemination and awareness events, a sustainability plan, a policy recommendation toolkit and a final international conference.

Partnership:

• University Of National And World Economy (BG)
• Neapolis University Pafos (CY)
• Universita Ta Malta (MT)
• Institut Catholique De Lille (FR)
• Univerzita Mateja Bela V Banskej Bystrici (SK)
• University Of Peloponnese (EL)
• PA Partners For Skills Development (CY)