Dr Nafees HamidThe Spectre of Neuroscience in Security Studies
Read moreBy Nafees Hamid What can neuroscience tell us about violent extremism? As a cognitive scientist who was part of the…
- XCEPT Programme
Stories as Research: How Community Narratives Inform Conflict Research
Read moreBy Pauline Zerla Communities in the Central African Republic have experienced war for over a decade. Yet we rarely hear…
- XCEPT Programme
Do No (Self) Harm: Acknowledging Researcher Vulnerability in Research Ethics
Read moreBy Gina Vale Social media has become an indispensable aspect of everyday life. Platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, Tumblr,…
- Dr Rajan Basra
The Importance of Prisons to Terrorist Groups and Movements
Read moreBy Rajan Basra Throughout the history of terrorism, few locations have impacted the evolution of terrorist campaigns as the jail…
XCEPT ProgrammeThe Role of Trauma and Mental Health in Violent Extremism
Read moreThe full Briefing Note can be accessed here. Please read on for the Key Findings. Traumatic experiences can be linked…
Dr Nafees HamidMass Media and Persuasion: Evidence-Based Lessons for Strategic Communications in CVE
Read moreThe full Briefing Note can be accessed here. Please read on for the Key Findings. Mass media persuasion by itself…
Dr Rajan BasraPrison-Based Interventions Targeting Violent Extremist Detainees
Read moreThe full Review of Evidence can be accessed here. Please read on for the Summary. Background Despite the importance of…
- XCEPT Programme
Bringing Loyalist and Opposition Factions Together: The Prospects for Reconciliation in New Syria
Read moreBy Rahaf Aldoughli When Syria’s Bashar al-Assad was running for re-election in 2021, scenes of patriotic regime loyalists piercing their…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
Conflict Trauma and Violence: How Can We Promote Peace?
Read moreBy Ted Barker, Shiraz Maher & Craig Larkin The past two decades have seen a slew of programmatic efforts aimed…
- Dr Inna Rudolf
The Iraqi Politics of Memory and Victimhood
Read moreBy Ela Khaled and Inna Rudolf After nearly three months of backroom deal attempts and horse-trading, Iraq’s newly appointed legislators…
