Terrorism scholars
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@brianjphillips.bsky.social
@yaelwarshel.bsky.social
Global Conflict, Young People & Media; PeaceComm; and Forced Migration Scholar & Photographer; Pres, Invisible Light; Pres, @AMECYS, VP @AIMS_NAfrica; Author of 6-time award winning book "Experiencing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (Cambridge U); UCLA.
@akilnawan.bsky.social
Academic at Royal Holloway, University of London. Director of the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social. Words in New Statesman, BBC History, National Interest, History Today, Jacobin, BylineTimes, Independent
@ryanscrivens.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University; a criminologist mostly studying on- and offline behaviors and patterns of the extreme right. ryanscrivens.com
@marinegueguin.bsky.social
Lecturer in Security Studies and IR at Leeds Beckett Uni | PhD in Security Studies at Uni of Leeds | Research Interests: Terrorism, Counterterrorism & Decolonial CT, France, Sahel | Co-host and co-creator of Insecure: A Security Podcast
@surajlakhani.bsky.social
Academic @sussexfss.bsky.social Research Fellow at Vox-Pol | Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social | Steering Board @extremismgaming.bsky.social | Ambassador @getwigi.com Researching all things terrorism, particularly video-games and violent extremism.
@emekatn.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @iddbirmingham | Associate Editor @JISBjournal | #terrorism, #counterterrorism #civilsociety, #development, #gender, #sexuality
@jamescrossland.bsky.social
Professor of History. Author of "Rogue Agent" and "The Rise of Devils". #History #spies, #terrorism, extremism, propaganda, weird people and things that are not real Substack - https://jamescrossland.substack.com/
@michellelkahn.bsky.social
Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
@saladinaldronni.bsky.social
Researcher. Terrorism, conflicts, jihadi crime networks, IS/AQ, Central and South-East Asia. Now, also following Islamic State's plans in Africa. Politics in the Sahel. Writing for hire. DM. @saladinaldronni on X/Twitter https://ko-fi.com/saladinaldronni
@p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social
Historian & Arabist Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
@jaredrdmello.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer of Criminology, University of Adelaide | PhD, Criminology | Illicit Networks, SNA, Terrorism | Runner | Disney Super Fan | #FirstGen | Live and work on Kaurna land, *Views are my own https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/jared.dmello
@nawalabu72.bsky.social
Lecturer in the politics of race & decolonial studies / IR lover researching terror & migration-security/ Black Muslim feminist killjoy | https://colouredacademia.wordpress.com
@munira.bsky.social
Founder and CEO of @chasseur.group. Fellow at Verve Research, Visiting Fellow at ICCT Hague 2023, former nonresident Fellow at New Lines Institute of Strategy & Policy in DC. Conflict, CT, and emerging security challenges in Southeast Asia and beyond.
@devorahmargolin.bsky.social
Blumenstein-Rosenbloom Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute; Teach at Georgetown; PhD from War Studies at KCL; All views mine.
@beatricedegraaf.bsky.social
Historian | Distinguished prof Utrecht University | Visiting Fellow Cambridge University/Catz | “Fighting terror after Napoleon (CUP)” | security, terrorism, radicalization, crisis | transimperial relations | Tendit in ardua virtus.
@rajanbasra.bsky.social
Researching how terrorists think and act. ICSR Fellow / KCL War Studies PhD and postdoc / Studying cycles of violence and peace with XCEPT
@davidwellsct.bsky.social
Global security consultant focused on terrorism, CT & technology: Former head of research & analysis at UN CTED: Ex UK/Aus intelligence
@craigwhiteside.bsky.social
teach for the Naval War College resident program at NPS in Monterey, CA; The ISIS Reader (Hurst 2020) and Non-state Special Operations (Routledge, 2025); dad, scout, sports fan, and Geronimo
@annelottejanse.bsky.social
Dr. | Historian of German, European, and transnational far-right extremism since 1945 | Currently also helping teachers discuss disruptive events with their pupils @ TerInfo, Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/staff/JCJanse
@azelin.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” jihadology.net jihadologyplus.com
@alvarovicente.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos & researcher Real Instituto Elcano | radicalization, terrorism and prevention of violent extremism https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alvaro-Vicente-2?ev=hdr_xprf&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImhvbWUiL
@carlgibson.bsky.social
📚 Researcher in Critical Terrorism Studies and Palestinian security politics | 💼 Assistant Professor of IR | Often in 🇵🇸 | Views own (he/him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@graigklein.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. at Leiden University Institute of Security & Global Affairs. PI of ERC funded TERGAP project studying how terrorist groups respond & adapt to government counterterrorism & behavior. Terrorism & Political Violence Research Group. Views my own
@xanderkirke.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in International Relations at Northumbria University. Research: extremism, terrorism, political myth, and ontological security. Also vice Chair of Chelsea Pride, the official LGBTQ+ supporters group for Chelsea FC.
@leenamalkki.bsky.social
Director | Centre for European Studies, University of Helsinki | Political violence and extremism in post-war Europe | blogs.helsinki.fi/leenamalkki/
@alexphelan.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Monash University. All things insurgent governance, legitimation theory, gender, and organised crime especially in Colombia. Left my ❤️ in #LatAm. Staunch defender of trampoline fitness.
@mattlevitt.bsky.social
Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
@thebraith.bsky.social
Political scientist, School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona. Research on concentration camps, refugees and forced migration, violent and nonviolent conflict.
@grahammacklin.bsky.social
Historian @crexuio.bluesky.social University of Oslo. Interested in the far right, fascism & terrorism. I co-edit Routledge’s Fascism & the Far Right book series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Fascism-and-the-Far-Right/book-series/FFR
@hegghammer.net
Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
@mararevkin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Nonresident @carnegiedcg.bsky.social. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: https://law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
@bjornih.bsky.social
Founder & CEO of Revontulet & The Khalifa Ihler Institute - preventing terrorism and keeping people safe by rendering extremists incapable of abusing tech to recruit, organize and coordinate attacks. Primarily operating in 🇬🇧🇳🇴🇸🇪
@pstaniland.bsky.social
UChicago political scientist, amateur bee photographer, Carnegie South Asia nonresident scholar, despairing Bulls fan, public school parent, etc. http://www.paulstaniland.com
@jaylyall.bsky.social
Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Diversity and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen Website: www.jasonlyall.com
@kathleenbelew.bsky.social
Historian of the white power movement, gun violence, the apocalypse. Coloradan. kathleenbelew.com Book coming soon! Home, at the End of the World (Random House) Posts reflect my own views only.
@jmberger.com
Scholar of extremism, dystopia (fictional and otherwise) ► EXTREMISM @mitpress http://amzn.to/2BKXLgU ► OPTIMAL: A dystopian novel http://amzn.to/3aKYZ99 ► https://www.jmberger.com/ Commission on AMZ links PhD @ Swansea University Law School
@maargentino.com
Counterterrorism | Esotericism | Conspiracy Theories | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Wehret den Anfängen A mix of a caffeinated conspiracy theorist and a wise owl, perched atop a mountain of esotericism.
@jacobware.bsky.social
Research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement. https://www.amazon.com/God-Guns-Sedition-Far-Right-Terrorism/dp/0231
@sjacks26.bsky.social
Researching right-wing extremism in the U.S, conspiracy theories, extremist language, etc. Professing in Albany, NY Black Lives Matter he/him My Oath Keepers book: bit.ly/2DOUuh7 CV: https://tinyurl.com/meyy6xpd
@hariprasad.bsky.social
serial typo maker. Researches ME/SA politics and political violence. mainly here for da memes. Apparently, a prominent person. Usual disclaimers
@mrtorsor.bsky.social
Catedrático de Ciencia Política en la Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Director de @UPOComPol. Miembro del Consejo Asesor del Real Instituto Elcano y Senior Fellow en el Centro de Estudios Andaluces
@ilnuttree.bsky.social
Researcher and teacher on security issues at UAlbany. Interested in terrorism/CT, transnational crime, and - of course - the cybers.
@iamnemeth.bsky.social
Associate Prof at Oklahoma State Univ., Union College alum, Iowa PhD. Probably just reposts of pol violence stuff, Simpsons, Arsenal, BBQ, and dogs
@kanol.bsky.social
Lecturer and research fellow at Free University of Berlin | Guest researcher at WZB | Researching religious & political violence, social movements and prejudice | PhD at HU Berlin | Publications: https://ekanol.github.io/publications/
@jamesigoewalsh.com
Program Director, Security & Preparedness, National Science Foundation Professor of Political Science, Data Science, & Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Studies bad things https://www.jamesigoewalsh.com
@oliverkaplan.bsky.social
Prof @JosefKorbelSchool.bsky.social @UofDenver 📚Books: RESISTING WAR (2017) SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER (2024) Nonviolent action & Colombianista | Research + Policymaking Ethics | @KorbelAsylum ⛷️🚵♂️ linktr.ee/oliverkaplan
@cbrandt.bsky.social
Berkeley Ph.D., Sylff Fellow at Uppsala University Scholar of civil conflict peace agreements and international interventions. Lost southerner. She/her.
@michael-spagat.bsky.social
Economist who studies war. Chair of Every Casualty Counts and former Chair of Action on Armed Violence. Obsessed with measurement.
@enzonussio.bsky.social
Political scientist studying peace, violence, and institutions, currently working on consolidator project "Decades of Peace" @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich.
@neerajprsd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam. PhD, The Fletcher School, Tufts University. Ex-World Bank (Dev Research). Website: www.neerajprasad.com
@jessmarindavis.bsky.social
PhD. Social scientist and entrepreneur combining research and practice. Illicit finance expert, newsletter writer, consultant. Working to stop bad people from doing bad things with money. Co-host of Secure Line podcast.
@dmsilverman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST) Ohio State PhD. International Security, Political Psychology, Middle East Politics Opinions my own, don’t reflect employer, etc.
@daveasiegel.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University. Associate Editor (Formal Theory) of the AJPS. daveasiegel.com
@dfjung.bsky.social
Emory Political Science. Legitimacy, Governance, Elections, and Illicit Organizations.
@danigilbert.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Director with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱 #COYS
@lewysbrace.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Computational Social Science and extremism researcher at University of Exeter, Co-Director of the Centre for Computational Social Science (@C2S2exeter.bsky.social) and .gif connoisseur.
@ashkenaz89.bsky.social
Dancer. Proud Boys Subject Matter Expert. 👩💼 Applying Research to the Culture War since 2017 #nafo #fella 🇺🇦💪 Website: Proudboyswhisperer.com All my links: https://linktr.ee/samanthaqkutner (DM for Signal)
@avitek.bsky.social
Political science professor. Teacher/researcher of terrorism and extremism with a focus on the far-right. Posting through it. #BillsMafia
@drsarteschi.bsky.social
Full Professor of SW & Criminology | Extreme violence researcher. Books about #Sovereigncitizens | Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/drsarteschi | Opinions own & RPs not endorsements
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
@charliecarter.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ LSE, Department of International Relations. Conflict, Terror, Networks, Text Analysis, Experiments. charlieacarter.com
@schielonimus.bsky.social
💼PhD student at @uniessexgovt, #terrorism #networkanalysis #policing Associate Fellow at @foepsberlin 🗨Opinions are my own
@assafmoghadam.bsky.social
Prof, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University. Fellow @ CTC West Point, CNS Fordham Law School, ICT Reichman.
@blairwelsh.bsky.social
Postdoc @ NYU Abu Dhabi • PhD University of Essex • Researching conflict, development, and violence • 🏳️🌈
@nihadaboud.bsky.social
Limbo | PhD in Government | Senior Research Officer @ Essex Law School | Conflict & terrorism | Strategies & behaviors of militant groups | Previously ETH & AUC —— https://sites.google.com/view/n-aboud
@nbapat.bsky.social
@sedefaslitopal.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Ripon College, studying conflict processes, rebel group behavior and the Middle East and African Politics.
@mkenney.bsky.social
I study drugs, high-risk activism, and political violence. I support my students and my country. I don’t support 47’s efforts to turn our country into a competitive authoritarian regime.
@mironovavera.bsky.social
Author of “From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists. Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups”(OUP). Affiliations @Harvard @MiddleEastInst and @ForeignPolicy.
@efetokdemir.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof at Bilkent IR, Director of Research @cfppr.bsky.social, Visiting Scholar at UChicago. PhD @bingpolisci.bsky.social Research on peace&conflict processes, strategic use of force, foreign policy & public opinion, Türkiye www.efetokdemir.com
@allthingsct.bsky.social
@allthingsct on Twitter | OSINT, counterterrorism, financial crime, cyber enabled crime, security | Author, http://goo.gl/9tTfsn | Views = personal | Likes for collation only |
@rebeccabestir.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Political Science at UMKC; armed conflict, terrorism, women combatants, women in peace processes, and veteran reintegration
@lizzypearson.bsky.social
Programme lead MSc Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Studies Royal Holloway, UoL. Assoc Fellow ICCT, RUSI. Author: Extreme Britain https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/extreme-britain/
@burcusavun.bsky.social
Political scientist studying political violence and forced migration at Pitt. Feline and canine enthusiast
@marybethaltier.bsky.social
New York University's Center for Global Affairs professor; researching & teaching transnational security, political violence, political behavior, nationalism, ethnic conflict, foreign policy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-beth-altier-5795459/
@christianoswald.bsky.social
Research Associate @ Center for Crisis Early Warning, University of the Bundeswehr Munich | PRIO Research School Member | pol. violence & instability | analog player in a digital world | aggressively mediocre https://christianoswald.net
@ilaydaonder.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M, studying political violence, civil conflict, and rebel organizations. https://www.ilaydaonder.com/
@jeromed.bsky.social
Senior analyst on Jihad and Modern Conflict at International Crisis Group (ICG). Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Forthcoming book on HTS
@royatalibova.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, studying political violence, historical political economy, and political economy of conflict & development. royatalibova.com
@markberlin2.bsky.social
Postdoc at Princeton SPIA. Ph.D. in Political Science from George Washington University. Militant cooperation, extra-lethal violence, and Middle East politics. markberlin2.com
@rubinmichael.bsky.social
Asst Prof, UConn. Political Science & Human Rights. Researching civil wars, armed conflict, political violence, human rights. Web: http://www.michaelarubin.com/
@carlynwayne.bsky.social
Assistant professor @WUSTLPoliSci. @umichpolisci alum. Studying the psychology of political violence, war, and terrorism
@hoffmanbruce.bsky.social
Proud 🇺🇸✡️ & Zionist who has been studying terrorism & insurgency for nearly 5 decades and is a senior fellow @CFR.org. My own opinions. Re-postings are not necessarily endorsements.
@lisastampnitzky.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, cat lady, etc. Thinking about truth, knowledge, secrecy, speakability, torture, “terrorism”, and the relationship between all of the above. Working at a university in the UK, with which this account is not affiliated.
@peterkrause.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Boston College, Research Affiliate at MIT Security Studies Program, Middle East politics, civil war and political violence, nationalism, rebels and regime change, peace-building, and Boston www.peterjpkrause.com
@pagefortna.bsky.social
IR prof (security, civil conflict, peacekeeping, terrorism, climate change), bicoastally migratory (PDX-NYC), dog lover, horse lover, mediocre knitter, avid composter.
@johnhorgan.bsky.social
Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, school safety, and a few other things📍Atlanta, GA. Personal account. All views my own. TERRORIST MINDS is now available https://cup.columbia.edu/book/terrorist-minds/9780231198394
@drjchernov.bsky.social
Professor. #PSC #IR. Author. Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia @ oxfordacademic. Why Terrorists Quit @Cornellpress. Terrorist Behavior. CVE. How Terror Cells are Constructed. Repatriation. SE Asia. Equality for all.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social
Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
@annameier.bsky.social
Union organizer; recovering academic | Your loud queer aunt 🏳️🌈 she/her | posts in English & German | itinerant Midwesterner | annameier.substack.com
@zeitzoff.bsky.social
Professor @au-spa.bsky.social Political Violence | Political Psychology New book "Nasty Politics" https://www.zeitzoff.com/book-project.html
@victorasal.bsky.social
UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy.
@brianjphillips.bsky.social
Terrorism, conflict, crime. @uniessexgovt. Via Ohio, Camp Lejeune, PGH, CDMX. Co-authored book: "Insurgent Terrorism." https://sites.google.com/site/brianjphillips/home