The workshop was held at the St. Petersburg State University from 27-30 April, 2017. The delegation was led by Prof. Kamrul Hossain wherein post-doc Dele Raheem and researcher Anna Petrétei attended as the members. The workshop has been organized as part of the newly NordForsk funded project led by UiT – Arctic University of Norway, where NIEM is one of the consortium partners. The workshop attracted approximately 15 academic presentations exploring various dimensions in relation to societal security.