Links between extremism and terrorism

Related UKRI funded projects

• 'Extremism and Its Support: Developing More Effective Policy Responses'

  Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in extremism, though mainly al-Qaeda or 'AQ'-inspired terrorism. This emphasis on preventing violent extremism (PVE), and countering processes of radicalization within Musl...

  Funded by: ESRC

  Why might this be relevant?

  The project directly addresses the question by focusing on the understanding of right-wing extremism and developing effective policy responses.

• Reframing Muslim 'Radicalism'

  This study aims to assess Western policy responses to the threat of global jihadi ideology, and to develop a suitable methodology for making them more effective. Since 9/11, the ideological threat from global jihadism...

  Funded by: ESRC

  Why might this be relevant?

  The project aims to assess Western policy responses to global jihadi ideology, which is partially relevant to the question on links between extremism and terrorism.

• From ISIS to (US) Insurrection: Exploring the Sociology of Knowledge on Extremism and Political Violence through Struggles for Expert Authority

  As major recent events, from Brexit to COVID-19 have revealed, the social and political construction of 'experts' and their 'expert knowledge' is pivotal in shaping outcomes and ways of understanding global challenges. H...

  Funded by: ESRC

  Why might this be relevant?

  The project explores the sociology of knowledge on extremism and political violence, specifically focusing on the transition towards new terrorism threats in the Anglo-American context.

• 'The Crime-Terror Nexus: Investigating the overlap between criminal and extremist practices, narratives and networks in Tripoli, Lebanon

  THE RELEVANCE OF OUR RESEARCH Tripoli, Lebanon's second city, has over the past eight years witnessed a significant increase in levels of violence. This mainly stems from the progressive merger of criminal and terrorist...

  Funded by: ESRC

• Constructing the illiberal citizen? Radicalisation prevention, counter-terrorism, and the media in the UK

  Counter-terrorism and radicalisation prevention policies are not peripheral discourses and practices that affect only certain individuals and spheres, but should be understood as instruments that have serious implication...

  Funded by: ESRC

• Understanding and explaining terrorism: Expertise in practice

  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 institu...

  Funded by: ESRC

• Youth Extremisms: Understanding across Ideological and Religious Contexts (Research Seminar Series)

  The proposed seminar series builds on the experience of the co-investigators in organising the ESRC Research Seminar Series on Right Wing Extremism in Europe (2014-2015). It arises from the recognition of the potential b...

  Funded by: ESRC

• Predicting online radicalisation

  RESEARCH CONTEXT An estimated 25,000 foreign fighters have been recruited to Islamic State (IS) from over 100 counties around the world. While shocking in itself, this reflects only the militant end-product of the radic...

  Funded by: AHRC

• Ending Terrorism as Told by Former Italian Terrorists

  Building on previous work by the Applicant, the research innovatively undertakes a comparative analysis of the self-narratives of different types of terrorists. Drawing on the Italian case study but also through a compar...

  Funded by: AHRC

• Islamic Reformulations: Belief, Violence, Governance

  In this project, two fundamental research areas within the Global Uncertainties Programme (GU) are investigated. First, how might ideologies and beliefs contribute to "global uncertainty", and what response is ...

  Funded by: ESRC