James Peter Burgess

Contact

James Peter Burgess
Law Science Technology & Society (LSTS)
Building B, room 4B317
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium

Phone
secretary +32 2 629 24 60
direct
fax +32 2 629 26 62

Email
james.peter.burgess@vub.ac.be Website: www.jpeterburgess.com

J. Peter Burgess is Senior Research Fellow at the LSTS/IES and Research Professor at PRIO, the Peace Research Institute Oslo, where he edits the interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal Security Dialogue. Born in Germany, he was trained in Mechanical Engineering, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy in the U.S., Germany and France. His research and publishing has covered fields such as philosophy, political science, gender, history and cultural studies. His current research focuses on the ethical implications of the changing nature of threat and insecurity, particularly in Europe. He has been an active originator and coordinator of a number of national and international research projects, and has contributed actively to the formation of the European security research policy.

Publications

Burgess James Peter, Gutwirth Serge (2011) A threat against Europe ? Security, Migration and Integration. VUBPress, from IES Publication Series, published by ASP.