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Siedschlag, Alexander

Alexander Siedschlag is Chair of Penn State’s Homeland Security Programs and Full Professor of Homeland Security, Public Health Sciences, and International Affairs. He holds a venia legendi, of "habilitation," from Humboldt University Berlin and a Ph.D. from Ludwig Maximilian University Munich. He is the author of six monographs, co-author of further four monographs, has published over 100 articles, and has edited fourteen anthologies.


Andrea Jerković has led the CEUSS | Center for European Security Studies at Sigmund Freud University Vienna and is a contractor in the risk and crisis management program at AMC Business Academy Vienna – Austrian Management Center. She also has served as an expert evaluator for security research at the European Union’s Research Executive Agency. She holds a Ph.D. from Sigmund Freud University Vienna.



Alexander Siedschlag and Andrea Jerković are the editors of Homeland Security Cultures: Enhancing Values while Fostering Resilience (2018).

Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Homeland and Civil Security</a>

Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Homeland and Civil Security

Now twenty years after 9/11, this well established and uniquely composed textbook, in its revised second edition, provides a cross-disciplinary introduction to the evolving field of homeland and civil security. It unites researchers and practitioners in addressing foundational topics, risk-informed priorities, and multi-disciplinary perspectives in fostering secure societies.