Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime

Young jihadis has been convicted of membership in a terrorist organization. How has the radicalization process been for these teens? And what has been done to de-radicalize them?

23. august 2022 kl 14:00 presenterer Håvard Haugstvedt funn fra en kvantitativ studie om ekstremisme i Norge, fra perspektivene til norske ungdommer.

Nelly Lahoud has taken a deep dive into Osama Bin Ladens files and looked at his plans for future attacks in her new book on “The Bin Laden Papers”.

The possible relationship between mental health and radicalization, extremism and terrorist involvement has received a lot of attention recently. But what do we really know about this relationship?

One of the more salient aspects of the current pandemic is the deep distrust in governments and elites it has exposed. In this seminar Teun van Dongen investigates this ‘resistance movement’ that opposes the Covid-19 restrictions.

Extremist actors have been some of the earliest adopters of the Internet and recognised its potential as a communications and mobilisation tool. While a growing body of evidence suggests that the Internet is a key facilitator of violent extremism, research in this area has rarely incorporated former extremists’ experiences with the Internet when they were involved in violent extremism.

How do local communities experience the Taliban vis a vis questions of security? What did the police reform look like before the Taliban takeover, and will there be a role for the police under Taliban?

In this seminar, we will investigate how multiple factors on the path to violent extremism, such as social, local, individual and global, can differ for men and women. The seminar will demonstrate the significance of gender and place in the journeys to violent extremism.

Often depicted as “Islamic terrorists”, jihadist insurgent governance has rarely been systematically researched in the academic literature. In this seminar, we will discuss what the research tells us about how jihadists govern and why their governance differs not only between different groups but also within the same group.

Since 2015, more than 250 civilians have been killed in jihadist attacks in France. Is France particularly prone to jihadist violence, and how does terrorism affect French society and French politics?

How global is the far right?

Who are the jihadi insurgents, why are they gaining ground, and what are the likely future developments in the Sahel?

How can correctional institutions and the wider society prevent radicalization behind bars?

Milan Obaidi presents research that highlights individual personality characteristics as important when trying to understand the process of radicalization.

How does the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy play out in in real-life, and what's the (potential) role of risk assessments in the prevention of terrorism? Marek Hubert, former academic and a current Police Officer, visits NUPI to talk about these issues.

What is a critical methodology? How and when are critical methodologies useful in terrorism research?

On what basis should watchlisting decisions be made and by whom? And have watchlists begun to proliferate beyond their original purposes and beyond the liberal democracies that invented them?

What factors affect the flow of recruits from the North Caucasus areas to jihadist groups in and outside of Russia?

Fighting terrorism requires wide-ranging cooperation between states. What does such cooperation look like in practice, and does it work?

To what degree can mental illness explain terrorism, and is there a marked difference between the lone actor and the group-based extremist?

Professor Olivier Roy visits NUPI to give a lecture on the characteristics and drivers of Islamist radicalisation in European societies.

Three researchers are visiting NUPI to talk about why the assumption we have about foreign fighters often is incorrect.

What does the current state of play regarding the IS strategic communication operations look like?

The Consortium for research on terrorism and crime has the pleasure of welcoming Anne Stenersen to talk about her book that gives a new perspective on al-Qaida.

In this seminar Pernille Rieker will present a chapter in her forthcoming book “French Foreign Policy in a Changing world. Practicing the Grandeur”.

What is the motivation for the foreign fighters in Ukraine and which challenges do they meet in the war?