Dr. David Harries | Human security: Its past, its present and a more relevant future | Nov 9, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time CACOR Zoom

Presenter:  Dr. David Harries

Topic: Human security:  Its past, its present and a more relevant future

Time:  Nov 9, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Summary:  CACOR Session #122

Human Security has had a checkered history since its formal announcement in the 1994 UNDP HDR. I suggest current circumstances should be exploited to recontextualize security to better acknowledge global realities. Humans’ security is only one of three fields of planetary security and needs to be addressed in concert with the other two; states’ security and biodiversity’s security, if it is ever to receive sustained attention. A brief overview of the history of the Human Security field briefly notes two high points; HS1 in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and HS2 following the 2013 UNGA announcement of the Human Security First campaign is followed by a brief description of three of my suggestions for improving the likelihood of more promising and therefore durable global security.

Biography:

A Canadian citizen since birth, he has lived in 20 countries and paid between 1 and 20 working visits to another 94. After education as a nuclear engineer, he worked in the public and private sectors as a senior military officer, as a consultant on personal and corporate security, and as a senior advisor and professor in heavy engineering, national development, humanitarian aid, post-conflict and post-disaster response and recovery, executive development in strategic foresight, and post-graduate university education. He is currently active as a Principal of the Security and Sustainability Guide, a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, Foresight Lead at Ideaconnector.net, Member/former Chair (2013-17) of Canadian Pugwash, and Assistant Coach of Royal Military College Varsity Rugby.

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