Pre-call: Ethics and Rights in a Security Context

The Economic and Social Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council are to invite proposals for their ethics and right in a security context, under the Research Councils UK Global Uncertainties programme. The call aims to develop greater understanding of how questions of ethics and rights play out in a security environment, with a focus on government. The call focuses on the following research themes:

• legitimacy
• jurisdiction
• autonomy
• temporality
• surveillance
• protection
• agency

The ESRC is launching the Call on Ethics and Rights in a Security Context and is giving a chance to consider applying before the Call goes live on 19 August 2013.

The total investment for this Call is £2 million - £2.5 million. Closing date for full applications is 16.00 on 21 November 2013.

For further details visit:  http://www.globaluncertainties.org.uk/funding/pre-call-ethics-and-rights-in-a-security-context.aspx