Rupture, Roles and Relations: Civil Societies and the Transformation of European Security (RECAST)
Rupture, Roles and Relations: Civil Societies and the Transformation of European Security (RECAST)
Navn på bevillingshaver
Liv Nielsen
Titel
PhD research fellow
Institution
Tampere University
Beløb
DKK 2,686,350
År
2026
Bevillingstype
Internationalisation Fellowships
Hvad?
RECAST examines how whole-of-society security governance is interpreted by the populations it seeks to mobilise. It investigates how populations navigate new security roles and how deepening Nordic security cooperation reshapes relations within and between societies and the narratives of collective purpose that sustain them, as transatlantic arrangements weaken and Europe confronts rupture.
Hvorfor?
European governments increasingly expect their populations to play an active role in collective security, yet we know very little about how people actually understand and respond to these expectations. As transatlantic alliances shift and Nordic countries deepen their security cooperation, understanding how populations absorb these changes is essential for building security frameworks that work.
Hvordan?
RECAST compares Denmark, where whole-of-society security governance is newly adopted, with Finland, where it is deeply established. Through discourse analysis of government campaigns and focus group interviews, the project examines how populations interpret their new security roles. Participant observation in Nordic policy forums traces how security cooperation reshapes relations between societies