This event is part of PRIO's European Security Week and is organized by the CENTREPEACE project.
In 2026, the European security landscape is marked by the prospect of rearmament, a challenging threat scenario, hybrid warfare activity, and increasing financing to military R&D, all this under a shifting transatlantic relationship and rapid technological transformation. While security and military topics have risen in the media and political agenda, some critical arguments and alternative ways of thinking have been sidelined at the expense and more mainstream militaristic voices. This panel gathers Oslo-based researchers whose work has used critical approaches to security studies, legal studies, and science and technology studies, widely considered. The discussion aims at expanding the contours of the debate of how to navigate the contemporary international security situation.
Convener: Bruno Oliveira Martins, PRIO and editor-in-chief, Security Dialogue.
Speakers:
- Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Department of Criminology and Sociology of the Law, University of Oslo
- Håvard Rustad Markussen, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU)
- Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert, PRIO and deputy editor, Security Dialogue
- Mareile Kaufmann, Department of Criminology and Sociology of the Law, University of Oslo (tbc)
- Kristoffer Lidén, PRIO and deputy editor, Security Dialogue
