The mission of the Ford Institute for Human Security is to promote effective responses to severe threats faced by individuals and their communities as a result of conflict and deprivation. To that end, the Institute conducts research on the causes and consequences of political violence and economic underdevelopment, and works to advance the idea that governments have a sovereign responsibility to protect their people.
  

The Ford Institute for Human Security


The Ford Institute for Human Security engages in independent and collaborative research on causes of political violence, the effects of conflict on civilians, methods of conflict resolution, and transitions from conflict to stable peace. We make our research findings available through publications, presentations and consultation to national and international policy makers, non-governmental organizations and other interested parties.

The Ford Institute treats human security and national security as mutually reinforcing. The gravest threats to human security arise when governments are unable or unwilling to protect their population from internal and external threats. Governments face their greatest challenges when the lives and livelihoods of the people they govern are threatened.

Human Security at GSPIA

The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs offers a major concentration in human security for degree candidates in International Affairs and International Development. The major adopts a broad definition of human security as the protection of people from large-scale threats to their physical and economic well being. The Ford Institute and the human security major together make GSPIA a leader in research and education concerning the complex security challenges people face in this rapidly changing world.

 

GSPIA Scholars Cohosts Conference on Sustainable Development in Africa

04/11/2012

By Danielle Loustau-Williams

The Ford Institute for Human Security and the African Studies Program co-hosted a conference entitled, “Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa” on March 29 – 30, 2012 at the University Club.  The two-day event was supported by the University Center for International Studies (UCIS). Panels included Millennium Development Goals; Health and Environmental Sustainability; Educational Sustainability; Governance, Conflict Mitigation and Development; and Gender Equity. Read more.

Ford Institute Announces Grant Competition

03/23/2012

The Ford Institute for Human Security will sponsor a grant competition with the winner receiving up to $4,000 to support policy oriented research, program development, and/or policy dissemination activities on a human security issue by a western Pennsylvania based profit or nonprofit organization with an annual operating budget of less than $100,000. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2012.  Read more.

Prendergast and Picard Featured on Panel for the Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition

02/17/2012

On Monday, Feb 13, a group of experts convened at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Squirrel Hill to discuss the challenges facing Sudan and the new state of South Sudan. The Ford Institute for Human Security’s Visiting Fellow, John Prendergast, spoke on a panel that also included GSPIA professor and the Ford Institute’s director, Louis A. Picard. Read more.

 
 

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