Iavor Rangelov is Research Fellow at LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Co-Founder of the Civic Ecosystems Initiative. He coordinated the ERC-funded research programme Security in Transition at LSE, which pioneered the concept of global security cultures, and the Human Security Study Group which reported to former EU High Representative Federica Mogherini. He has published extensively on human rights in counterterrorism and peace operations, human security, justice, and civic activism. His current research investigates the phenomenon of civic ecosystems, the risks of securitizing the climate crisis, and the military contribution to human security.