Empathy and International Security

This new project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Fund, will use a series of historic and contemporary case studies to examine how a more nuanced understanding of empathy, and the tensions inherent in the concept, can inform more human-centric approaches to security. Using an interdisciplinary and applied approach, and qualitative research methods, this research will look at the evolution and utility of empathy in the context of security strategy and policy-making, and analyze how it can be used to both alleviate and transform, or perpetuate or entrench, insecurity.

It will involve a series of publications and outreach with academics, policymakers, and practitioners.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101032697.