human_security
Quarterly journal investigating the extended concept of security and the human dimension of conflict
Engaging-Conflict
Summer School providing advanced tools to critically understand conflict and tackle it as a dynamic reality
Violence & Security Seminars
Seminar cycle on conflict and human security for master students and young professionals
to_afrika_summer_school
Summer school offering an introductory framework to the African continent, with attention to the Sub-Saharan region
LSE-Ideas
Partnership with LSE-Ideas for research, exchange and the joint organization of a yearly symposium
SIPRI
Italian translation of the SIPRI Yearbook Summary on armaments, disarmament and international security

Violence & Security

Emerging trends in transnational security: from the rise of non-state actors to force privatization.

Increasing public confidence and satisfaction in policing through a victim-centred approach: a pilot project in Kosovo

Violence & Security T.notes

In the context of SSR programmes, the victim-centred approach not only changes the way policing institutions evaluate their capacity to address citizens’ concerns, but more importantly it shifts the focus of these evaluations, from the police to the victims.

May 6, 2019

MicroMega – 3 maggio 2019

Fabio Armao

Violence & Security In the media

[IT] "L’Italia dei clan (come nasce un’oikocrazia a partecipazione mafiosa)", MicroMega presenta una riflessione di Fabio Armao (Università degli Studi di Torino).

May 6, 2019

InfoSec Monitor – 18 aprile 2019

Stefano Ruzza

Violence & Security In the media

[IT] Stefano Ruzza (Università degli Studi di Torino) racconta come la divisione di ruoli tra pubblico e privato nella garanzia di servizi di sicurezza stia subendo un processo di ristrutturazione di portata internazionale, dove le Private Military and Security Firms risultano spesso in prima linea.

Apr 30, 2019

Whither EU–Russia Relations?

Irina Busygina

Violence & Security T.notes

Today, relations between Russia and the European Union are in a deep and protracted crisis: what started as a project of high hopes, ambitions and enthusiasm in the early 1990s is now associated with deep disappointment, despite the geographical proximity and economic interdependence that arguably compel both sides to cooperate.…

Apr 8, 2019

Combating insecurity through membership? Gang girls in Medellín, Colombia

Katharina Mann

Violence & Security T.notes

Membership provides young women with a feeling of belonging, a social space that offers them the opportunity to gain self-esteem and to position themselves in a harsh society.

Apr 1, 2019

Violence & Security Events
TOAfrica Summer School 2025
16JunMon - 20JunFri
University of Turin - Campus Luigi Einaudi
Lungo Dora Siena, 100 | Torino | Italy
Violence & Security in the Media
- Stefano Ruzza
  Head of Research
  18 December 2025
  “Sicuramente ciò che è accaduto dal 2021 a oggi non può essere cancellato col colpo di spugna delle elezioni: ci sono stati 75.000 morti, tra militari e civili, con più di tre milioni di sfollati, sono stati eseguiti 30.000 arresti politici, con le condizioni di prigionia spesso associate a gravi violazioni dei diritti umani. Attualmente, la giunta militare esercita il proprio controllo soltanto sul circa il 20% del territorio birmano, che però include le città principali.”
  
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T.wai Journals
Biannual journal on the politics, foreign policy and socio-political dynamics of contemporary China
Biannual journal on the international relations and international political economy of South-East Asia
Quarterly journal investigating the extended concept of security and the human dimension of conflict

Fabio Armao

Research Fellow

Fabio Armao is Research Fellow at T.wai and Full Professor of International Relations at the University of Torino.

David Brenner

Research Fellow

David Brenner is Associate Professor at the University of Sussex and Research Fellow at T.wai.

Lorraine Charbonnier

Research Fellow

Lorraine Charbonnier is Research Fellow at T.wai and PhD candidate in War Studies Research at King’s College London.

Edoardo Maria Landoni

Research Fellow

Dr. Edoardo Maria Landoni is a Research Fellow affiliated with the Violence & Security Program at T.wai and Teaching Assistant at the University of Milan.

Stefano Ruzza

Head of Research

Prof. Stefano Ruzza is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin. He is Head of T.wai's Violence & Security Program.

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