Security, Risk, and Governance Innovation

Lab leaders: Stacy Vandeveer and Hannah Brown

The Security, Risk, and Governance Innovation Lab is a collaborative working group within CPDD dedicated to advancing innovative approaches to security, peace, democracy, and governance. It will bring together faculty, fellows, and students around four streams: a.) Corporate Governance and Community Accountability, b.) Disaster Resilience and Community Governance, c.) AI Governance, and d.) Critical Security Research. The lab will begin with the first two streams and expand over time to include the latter two, ensuring both immediate focus and long-term growth. Planned activities include reading groups, roundtable discussions, speaker series, and dialogues with community partners, alongside opportunities for collaborative research, student engagement, and the development of applied frameworks that link scholarship with practice. The lab will also explore partnerships with other CPDD labs and UMass institutes, such as SSL and INENAS, as well as community organizations to strengthen its reach and impact.