This specialization is designed to train future leaders in the field of security, who will be prepared to effectively face the ever changing security challenges in the interconnected world of today. The Master’s Degree Program International Security Studies is implemented under the auspices of the Terrorism Research Center, Collegium Civitas. This state of the art program is supervised directly by two Collegium Civitas Vice-Rectors and experts on security: Dr. Paulina Piasecka, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Dr. Katarzyna Maniszewska, Vice-Rector for International Relations.
Founded in 2006, the Terrorism Research Center is a research unit within Collegium Civitas University (Warsaw, Poland). The Center is one of the leading think-tanks in Poland with renowned experts participating in projects conducted by the Center. The main fields of activity include scientific research, analytical undertakings as well as education and raising awareness about security issues in society. Center research focuses on the wide range of issues of international terrorism and its combating, as well as on the impact of those phenomena on the functioning of the state and its citizens, both in the public and private sectors. The Center’s interests include, but are not limited to: defining terrorist threats, evolution of modern terrorism, psychology of terrorism, tools to fight terrorism, risk assessment and analysis, issues related to mass media.
More information: http://civitas.edu.pl/en/research/terrorism-research-center
Dr. Paulina Piasecka is an expert in the area of international terrorism and cybersecurity. She holds the position of Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at Collegium Civitas. She is a former senior expert in the Counter-terrorism Unit of the Ministry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland, and Head of Unit for Non-Military Security (Department of Legal and Non-Military Affairs) at National Security Bureau, Poland. Dr. Piasecka was a participant of the US State Department “International Visitor Leadership Program” in the area of cybersecurity. She is the Director of the Terrorism Research Center at Collegium Civitas. She is a co-author and editor of publications on cybersecurity, information analysis, and international terrorism and counterterrorism. She runs a popular podcast series “Dangerous Topics according to Dr. Piasecka” on YouTube and Spotify. Dr. Piasecka is a frequent expert commentator on Polish and international media.
More information: http://civitas.edu.pl/en/our-university/faculty/paulina-piasecka
Dr. Katarzyna Maniszewska is the Vice-Rector for International Relations at Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland. She also is the Director of the Summer School and Study Abroad Program “Security and Society in the Information Age” at Collegium Civitas. Her research focuses on the history and development of political extremism and terrorism with particular emphasis on media coverage of terrorism. She is a member of the Scientific Board of the Terrorism Research Centre and Lecturer at Collegium Civitas where she teaches courses on: geography of terrorism, introduction to security studies, colonialism and decolonization. As a visiting scholar she held lectures, among other institutions, at West Virginia University, Philippine Public Safety College and UNJANI – Indonesia Military University. Dr. Maniszewska is the author of the book “Towards a New Definition of Terrorism: Challenges and Perspectives in a Shifting Paradigm”. In 2024 she was awarded The Kosciuszko Foundation research fellowship at Program on Extremism, George Washington University. She is the recipient of Collegium Civitas Rector’s Award for Teaching 2023, and in 2021 she was awarded as one of the best teachers by the Students of Collegium Civitas.
More information: civitas.edu.pl/en/our-university/faculty/maniszewska-katarzyna-ph-d
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