Journal
Welcome to the Centuria Journal. Here you can expect interesting interviews with lecturers, students or alumnis, fascinating deep dives into safety- and security-related topics and event recaps, covering extracurricular activities from our most dedicated students!
On this page, you can find the most recent articles, categories to search for a specific topic and an application form for the Journal Committee.
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Illegal Organ Transplants: The Seedy Underbelly of a Life-Saving Procedure
By Anna Vlugt, Editor-in-Chief Introduction: Approximately 172,000 organ transplants are performed every year (Mendoza, 2025). However, anywhere between five and 10 percent of these life-saving surgeries involve illicit practices: the organs come from the black market (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, n.d.). The following article attempts to address this problem by starting at…
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The Evolution of Security Failures
By Sophia Angelina Baerend Introduction 11 of November, 1918 saw the first day of relative international peace in four years, three months and two days. The end of World War I sparked the collapse of empires, the drawing of new borders, and the creation of armistices (a formal agreement to stop active combat) and treaties…
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Deep Strike Drone Warfare
By Hans Propsma 17th of December 2025 15 minutes Introduction The Russia-Ukraine war has been ongoing for (upon the date of publication) almost 4 years, bringing death and destruction to the European continent that has not been seen since the second world war. As is true with most wars throughout history, the Russia-Ukraine war has…
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The Lecturer who Brings Change from Research
Interview with Dr. Anna Matczak By Shaadiya Mohammed During a recent discussion with Dr. Anna Matczak, Researcher and SSMS Senior lecturer in Comparative Criminology, we ventured into her journey to becoming the successful woman she is today, starting with her childhood in a small village of Poland, her education including her PhD, her continuous research…
Want to join the Journal Committee and contribute to SSMS in a meaningful way? Our current team consists of Anna Vlugt, Kinga Pethő, Marit van der Laan, Hans Propsma, and Shaadiya Mohammed. We would love to welcome you to our team!
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