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Workshop 4:
Leeds
Date:
27th November 2009
Venue:
Leeds Metropolitan University »
Organisers:
Prof. Dave Webb and Dr. Steve Wright
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Workshop 4: Securing the State: Securing the Corporate Nexus
The Coming Militarization of Climate Change

Resources

Introduction
Dr. Mark Levene
(Crisis Forum)

Dr. Steve Wright (Leedsmet)
TECHNO-FIXING BORDER CONTROLS: THE NEW SUB-LETHAL PARADIGM FOR MASS EXCLUSION

Prof. David Webb (Leedsmet)
REDEPLOYING SPACE ASSETS TO “FIX” CLIMATE CHANGE

Prof.Noel Sharkey (University of Sheffield)
KILLER ROBOTS & FUTURE WAR: MOVING BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE LAW
(Video to follow)

Prof. Simon Marvin (University of Salford)
GLOBAL URBANISM IN THE ANTHROPROCENE: ECO-EMERGENCY, SECURITISATION OF ECOLOGY AND PREMIUM ECOLOGICAL ENCLAVES

  1. Simon Marvin's page, The Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford

Prof. Stephen Graham (Durham University)
CITIES UNDER SIEGE: THE NEW MILITARY URBANISM

Tony Bunyan (Editor, Statewatch)
STATE RESEARCH ACTIVISM: CHALLENGING THE DRIFT TOWARDS A MORE AUTHORITARIAN & MILITARISED EUROPE

Rachel Julian (Peaceforce & Sage Leedsmet)
WHAT CAN CIVILIANS DO WHEN THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS TO PROVOKE VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES?

Articles:

Paul Marks, Robot border guards to patrol future frontiers, New Scientist, Magazine issue 2742, pp 20-21, 8 January 2010.

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