Understanding and Explaining Terrorism Expertise in Practice
This project aims to understand the social production, use and impact of terrorism 'expertise'; how and why it differs across a variety of domains.
Because terrorism and counter-terrorism are highly significant issues in international relations and domestic politics, terrorism expertise is a valued asset in public policy, the criminal justice system, in media institutions and other domains. The aim of the project is to understand the social production, use and impact of terrorism ‘expertise’; how and why it differs across selected domains and
09/06/2015
The five pillars of Islamophobia
https://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/david-miller-tom-mills-hilary-aked-narzanin-massoumi/five-pillars-of-islamophobia
The five pillars of Islamophobia Vague categories like ‘extremist’ and ‘radicalisation’ are trawling Muslims in a very large ‘counter-terrorism’ net.
02/06/2015
The Cordoba Foundation - Cultures in Dialogue An independent Research and Public Relations organisation
20/05/2015
Anarchists should be reported, advises Westminster anti-terror police Islamist terrorists also mentioned in briefing, as anarchists complain of being criminalised for their beliefs
31/01/2015
Also pleased to announce that Tony Shaw will give a keynote on terrorism on film at the conference:
Professor Tony Shaw - Research Database - University of Hertfordshire Shaw's early research interests lay in the history of British imperialism and the modern Middle East. His first book - Eden, Suez and the Mass Media (1996) - looked at the propaganda dimensions of the 1956 Suez Crisis. For the past decade, his research interests have focused predominantly on the Col…
31/01/2015
Pleased to announce that Nisha Kapoor will be giving a keynote at our conference:
nisha-kapoor - Sociology, The University of York Nisha Kapoor is Lecturer in Sociology. She was 2012-13 Samuel DuBois Cook Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences (REGSS) at Duke University, US, where she now holds a visiting fellowship.
15/01/2015
Come to our conference?
Understanding Conflict: Research, ideas and responses to security threats | University of Bath IPR international conference: The Understanding Conflict conference seeks to address important questions about conflict in the contemporary world and interrogate the role of research and advocacy in understanding and responding to it.
15/01/2015
New website Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research.
http://www.paccsresearch.org.uk
03/12/2014
http://www.bath.ac.uk/ipr/news/news-0132.html
Call for papers - Understanding Conflict: Research, ideas and responses to security threats |... Call for papers for an upcoming conference, Understanding Conflict, which seeks to address important questions about conflict in the contemporary world and interrogate the role of research and advocacy in understanding and responding to it.
03/12/2014
https://theconversation.com/spying-on-academics-will-not-help-fight-terrorism-16046
Spying on academics will not help fight terrorism Universities in this country are under increased pressure to share information about the activities of students and staff whether for immigration purposes, in relation to activism on campus or even in…