IAFIE – EUROPE 2019 CONFERENCE IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
“Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy
14.04-17.04.2019
http://www.iafie-europe.org
iafiebucharest@animv.ro
Fourth Edition of IAFIE-EUROPE Conference
About IAFIE Bucharest 2019
While the practice of intelligence has to adapt to challenges such as transnational threats and the unprecedented expansion of information technology, the academic study of intelligence and the way it is taught in schools are also under constant pressure. What began as practitioner reflection in the CIA’s classified journal has now morphed into a large-scale enterprise, involving both practitioners, instructors and traditional social scientists. This determined a contestation of these new forms of knowledge: while practitioners demand that knowledge be for intelligence, academics are intent on creating knowledge about the practice of intelligence. This perpetuates the tug-of-war between the two “tribes” and leads to a series of misunderstandings which need a permanent translation between the “different languages” spoken in the field.
“Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy (MVNIA) is perfectly suited to address these challenges as it is in a unique position. Given its status as a university, it is connected to the academic flow of knowledge. Conversely, MVNIA is an integral part of an intelligence service, and is involved in the education of practitioners, to whom it also provides a platform for reflection. This double-faced status grants MVNIA the possibility to act as a forum for debate between the two seemingly unconnected groups.
Marking the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union as well as building on the previous IAFIE conferences in Breda, Athens and Leicester, MVNIA will organize the 4th edition of the IAFIE-EUROPE Conference in Bucharest from 14th to 17th April 2019. This edition aims to contribute to the above mentioned debate and to bring together practitioners and academics. Indeed, it will represent a possibility for each group to present their views to a wider audience and to attempt to find common ground and mutual understanding, as well as to discuss the best way to improve the education of future generations.
The conference format will be multifaceted and will include panels, workshops, roundtables and poster sessions.
The panels, workshops and roundtables will be configured according to the interests of the participants. Therefore, suggestions and recommendations in the form of an e-mail (including an indication of the topic along with a short rationale) are welcomed to be sent to iafiebucharest@animv.ro by January 15th , 2019.
Full call can be accessed here.
