Implications of Social Networking Usage in Academia

Should environmental issues be securitised?

by Owais Rajput

Environmental issues
The variables that have defined national security for the most part of the World’s history... more Environmental issues
The variables that have defined national security for the most part of the World’s history have largely been military in nature. Security was primarily made up of the physical defence of the country, its people and whatever they possessed. Profound factors outside the traditional area of military operations have been realised that could affect the securities of many countries.
It is within this background that environmental issues have raised to importance, and the term ‘Environmental Security’ has entered the language of environmentalists, policy makers and security planners. With the ending of the cold war, the usual concepts of the nature of national security and the methods to achieve it have changed. The global powers at the time were engaged in military containment of each other, as in the case of America and the Soviet Union containment of each other.

THE CENTRE FOR MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER

by Owais Rajput

Hard to Reach Communities: Living in the UK, and Issues Facing British Muslims of Kashmiri Heritage Born & Bred in the UK

by Owais Rajput

In my presentation I will focus on British Muslim Communities living in UK; my main focus will be on the British local... more In my presentation I will focus on British Muslim Communities living in UK; my main focus will be on the British local community with Kashmiri heritage, as most of the time they are labelled in the media as “Home Grown Radicalised” Muslims, even if they are the fourth & fifth generation born & bred in UK.

I will also focus on Processes to Radicalisation in UK, in local communities, again particularly in the Kashmiri community.

I will also focus on design and delivery processes so far used by authorities in de-radicalisation processes and the results so far, and why we need to change those design and delivery processes, especially when we focus on the British Diaspora with Kashmiri heritage, the fourth & fifth generation born & bred in the UK.

Kashmir Conflict, South Asian Security & Global Peace

by Owais Rajput

Why is US defence spending still at Cold War levels despite the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

by Owais Rajput

Can A Gang Culture Ever Be Justified In A Culture Of Peace?

by Owais Rajput

Presentation slides International Peace Day Bradford 24.09.2011

In this presentation I tried to highligh the issues of HARD TO REACH COMMUNITIES living in UK e.g. 4th and 5th... more In this presentation I tried to highligh the issues of HARD TO REACH COMMUNITIES living in UK e.g. 4th and 5th generation born and bred in UK of British Muslims from Kashmiri heritage.

Evaluation of UK Government Led Prevent Programme, Processes to Radicalisation in Local Communities in UK & Europe and Trans-National Network Connections of Faith-Based Radicalisation.

by Owais Rajput

RESEARCH AIMS
The main aim of this research is to evaluate the Prevent program in the localities of Bradford,... more RESEARCH AIMS
The main aim of this research is to evaluate the Prevent program in the localities of Bradford, Leeds, Manchester, Oldham, Warrington, Birmingham, Leicester (UK & Europe) with the view of determining whether it is a good approach to address the issue of terrorism in these localities. This work is intended to also look at the works of key stake holders who are involved in the monitoring and trying to understand this whole concept of Prevent. Another important aspect of this study is also try to see how the prevent programme can serve as a deterrent to radicalisation and violent extremism.
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
To evaluate the prevent program within the context of UK’s effort at Global Counter Terrorism
• To address the gaps in the literature on Prevent especially that which has to do with locality in the whole discourse on prevent.
• To address the issue of how even the government responds to the issue of radicalisation using the UK but in above said localities.
• To understand also the social as well as the political processes that lead people to be radicalised - what makes people to behave in a particular way which makes the government look at them as terrorist or home-grown terrorists?

Can Technology 'Democratize' Academia?

by Robert Farrow

Write-up of a short presentation delivered at the Digital Humanities Colloquium at The Open University in July 2011 (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/digital-humanities/index.shtml).