Dear colleagues,

The Institute for Security, Defense and Peace studies, at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, is pleased to invite scholars and researchers to submit paper proposals for the forthcoming annual international conference to be held on September 15-16, 2016. This time the conference is entitled “Privatization of Security in the 21st Century: Experiences and Challenges”. The event will be held in Ohrid or Skopje. The aim of this event is to bring together scholars from Macedonia and abroad for an exchange of research findings and perspectives on the various issues concerning the growing trend of privatization of security.
Among a vast list of possible themes to be discussed, we propose the following:

− Private Security and Public Order: A Delicate Balance
− Development of the private security industry in Macedonia, the Balkans and beyond
− Experiences of the developed democracies in the field of privatization of security
− Private Security Sector: Legitimacy and Regulation
− Private Security vs. Corporate Security
− Public and Private Security - Cooperation or Rivalry?
− Private Security and Human Rights
− Privatization of Security and Gender
− Privatization of Security and Peace-Building
− Private Security Sector Management
− Risk Assessment in the Protection of Persons, Property and Business
− Private Security Actors and Humanitarian Operations and Peace-Keeping Operations