Building upon the notion of the global risk society, this panel proposes an open debate on security from the perspectives of political theory and international relations, as well as from political and social practices. The discussion aims to rethink the concept beyond the framework of human security as defined by the United Nations, moving toward its reconfiguration through critical, decolonial, feminist, biopolitical, and deep ecology perspectives.
The dialogue among these different approaches opens new avenues for envisioning a future grounded in coexistence and dignified life, capable of ensuring the ecological and human conditions necessary for social reproduction and collective flourishing. Through this transdisciplinary and multidimensional exchange, spanning local and global scales, the panel seeks to provide analytical tools and practical strategies for addressing transnational challenges that threaten global society as a single, interconnected collective subject. By fostering a critical reconsideration of prevailing understandings of security, the panel aims to contribute to overcoming the colonial, anthropocentric, and patriarchal frameworks that have historically shaped not only theoretical debates but also the hegemonic political and social practices that continue to prevail today.
We invite papers addressing, among other themes, critical security studies; postcolonial and decolonial approaches; Southern feminisms; political ecology; biopolitics; social movements in the Global South; Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and subaltern perspectives; anarchist and Marxist traditions; and alternative conceptualizations of security beyond state-centric, anthropocentric, and Eurocentric frameworks. The panel welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions, as well as interdisciplinary analyses that explore new forms of coexistence, collective care, ecological sustainability, and social justice in the face of contemporary global challenges.
