HCSS is one of the participants to EvoCS, a project dealing with the evolving concept of security and a focus on the European Union and its close neighbors, which was kicked off on 11 July 2014.
The project will provide a holistic view on the complex concept of security by evaluating it across four dimensions:
1) Core values: What aspects of security are taken into account?
2) Perceptions of security: From whose perspectives is security considered?
3) Areas of security: How is security perceived in various regions of Europe?
4) Time: How does the concept of security evolve?
The research will be performed through four case studies, which are expected to be sufficiently different from each other, and yet as a whole representative for the European Union, from the West-Mediterranean EU to its Eastern borders, and the North and South West.
The goal is to analyze the various ways different areas and periods in Europe consider the concept of security. To achieve this, the EvoCS project will bring together all relevant European stakeholders to discuss core values, perceived threats and measures countering these threats. The results of these discussions and analyses will be used to formulate recommendations for change and will serve as guidelines for policy makers who are responsible for formulating measures that influence an evolving European concept of security.