The EU-Funded Challenge programme has the pleasure to draw your attention to a multimedia module that critically engages with debates about balancing liberty and security in the European Union, including the changing nature of border controls and war.

Edited by Jef Huysmans and Francesco Ragazzi, it integrates findings from CHALLENGE (The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security), a European Commission funded FP6 project (2004-2009) in a most original combination of texts, videos and audios. Using visual tools and a flexible navigation system they make the complexity and political stakes of contemporary security practices accessible to a wider public. Its modular approach makes it also an excellent tool to support teaching.

It now online at the following address : http://www.libertysecurity.org/module. It is also available in the DVD format, which can be obtained at the following address: http://www.vezfilm.org/libertysecurity-dvd

The aims of this multimedia module are to present research output of the Challenge programme and to explore innovative ways of facilitating teaching and training. We therefore hope that you will find this module not only stimulating in terms of its content but also useful for your courses, and that you will include it in your syllabus.

There are many ways to use this material. The more straightforward way is to select entire videos, chapters of videos, articles or maps directly from the website or the DVD. There are however other options, such as embedding the videos in a web page, blog or email. Just click on the “embed videos” link at the bottom of the online version of the module for a step-by-step guide on how to do it.

We hope you will find the module engaging, and take the time to explore the possibilities offered by this innovative teaching and training tool.