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School of Security Studies

Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy

Society, Culture & Law

The Society, Culture & Law (SC&L) theme works across a range of disciplines with a number of academic staff, postgraduate researchers and early-career researchers across the School of Security Studies.

SC&L incorporates the work of the various research centres that sit under the theme umbrella, including King’s Centre for Strategic Communications, the Centre for Military Ethics, and the War Crimes Research Group, combining an excitingly eclectic range of expertise.

We function as an inclusive community for research collaboration and knowledge exchange, facilitated through weekly gatherings, panel discussions or presentations.

Associated Programmes

Research Centres

Centre for Defence Studies

Centre for Defence Studies

The Centre for Defence Studies (CDS) is a world-leading centre for defence and security research,…

Centre for Strategic Communications

Centre for Strategic Communications

The King's Centre for Strategic Communications (KCSC) aims to be the leading global centre of of…

Centre for Military Ethics

Centre for Military Ethics

At the heart of the thinking behind Centre for Military Ethics is the determination to provide an n…

War Crimes

War Crimes

The War Crimes Research Group conducts research and teaching on war crimes (broadly conceived) and…

Members conduct research on a broad array of issues, including:

Civil-military relations
Social and organisational structure
Gender and security
Human rights atrocities
War crimes
Ethical aspects of war and military service
Violent non-state actors
Propaganda

Dr Neville Bolt

Reader in Strategic Communications Education
Dr Peter Busch

Senior Lecturer
Dr Thomas Colley

Visiting Research Fellow in War Studies
Dr Mark Condos

Lecturer War Studies
Dr Jonathan Fennell

Reader in Modern History
Dr Rebekka Friedman

Senior Lecturer in International Relations
Professor James Gow

Professor of International Peace and Security
Dr Victoria Hudson

Research Fellow
Professor Rachel Kerr

Professor of War and Society
Dr Nicholas Michelsen

Reader in International Relations
Dr Kate Utting

Director of Academic Studies, Royal College of Defence Studies
Dr Maria Varaki

Lecturer in International Law
Professor Guglielmo Verdirame

Professor of International Law
Professor David Whetham

Professor of Ethics and the Military Profession