The current security structures were created for the challenges of industrial society rather than those of the new multicultural and digital society. The new context dictates the need for a security that is not the exclusive task of forces in uniform but also of many other social agents, such as educators and mediators, the mass media and, ultimately, of all citizens. In this new environment, security should not only be managed from top to bottom, but also from bottom to top, so culture and a harmonious coexistence will be decisive axes of security. Without a harmonious coexistence there will never be security.

We therefore need to see security as a basic right, essential for sustainable human development, which will require us to adopt new ways of thinking and new practices enabling us to come up with proactive answers to matters of security that involve all members of the community.

This Master's will give professionals, civil servants and political and social managers the specific knowledge (learning) and skills (know-how) they need for their academic or professional activities to manage public security in an efficient, autonomous and flexible way.