On June 26th/27th we are organzing an IdeaLab on Maritime Security at Cardiff University. The objective of the two days IdeaLab is to explore how the maritime as a security space can be grasped from different disciplinary and practical perspectives. The intent is to discuss work in progress, exchange perspectives and develop ideas of what theoretical and practical contributions a collective project of transdisciplinary Maritime Security Studies can make to understanding the maritime and to facilitate the governance of maritime life. The aim is to address general theoretical questions pertaining to the maritime space as a field of international activity, to consider the governance of the maritime and the securitization processes underlying it and to study the international strategies towards maritime capacity building in regions such as Eastern and Western Africa. The IdeaLab will hence focus on the following themes:

• How can the maritime as a space of international practice be theorized?
• From Seapower to Maritime Security: How does the securitization of the maritime unfold?
• After UNCLOS: What are the challenges for governing the maritime?
• What responses to maritime threats such as piracy are available?
• What maritime security strategies are required for just and sustainable order at sea?
• What are the roles of navies, coast guards and development agencies in capacity building and external assistance in maritime security and developing the blue economy?
• What are the objects, methods and priorities of Maritime Security Studies?

We invite contributions which address one or several of the workshop themes. Please submit an abstract of up to 500 words, together with a brief biography (up to 300 words) and your full contact details, by April, the 1st, to stockbrueggerj@cardiff.ac.uk.