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Dr. Kamil Yilmaz works as a post-doctoral researcher at the Cyber Threats Research Centre (CyTREC), Swansea University. He holds a PhD in applied (political) anthropology from Columbia University and multiple master’s degrees in criminal justice, international affairs, and anthropology. He has taught undergraduate and graduate students in counterterrorism, international politics, discourse analysis and research methods, ...

Michael S. Waltman is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is also a Mosier Fellow in the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, and a Fellow with the Faculty Engaged Scholars Program of the Carolina Center for Public Service. He earned his Ph.D. from Purdue ...

Shahed Warreth is a PhD candidate at Swansea University. Her research looks at applying digital forensics and machine learning to the automatic detection of modified terrorist propaganda. She also works in the trust and safety field. Shahed has an International Master’s in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS), awarded by the University of Glasgow, Dublin ...

Joe Whittaker is a lecturer in Cyber Threats at Swansea University. His primary research interest is online radicalisation. For his doctoral research he created a database of 231 Islamic State terrorists that operated within the United States. He also researches how recommendation algorithms promote extremist content, as well as counter-narratives. He is also interested in ...

Dr Katy Vaughan is a Senior Lecturer in Law and member of the Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC) at Swansea University. Katy’s research focuses on counterterrorism law and policy and the impact of this on the protection and promotion of human rights, emphasising the importance to an effective counterterrorism strategy of respect for human rights. ...

Christi Van der Westhuizen is an Associate Professor heading up the Research Programme at the Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD), Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. She was a Visiting Professor at the Institute of African Studies and the Research Centre Global Dynamics at Leipzig University, Germany, in 2022-3. Previously she worked ...

Gina Vale is a Lecturer of Criminology in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy, and Criminology at the University of Southampton. She is also an Associate Fellow of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT). Gina’s research takes a feminist, intersectional approach to studying terrorism and extremist violence. She primarily focuses on terrorist governance, genocide, extremist ...

Sam Treacy is undertaking a PhD exploring the communications activities of the Northern Ireland Executive regarding paramilitaries and paramilitarism, at Swansea University, and is working on a review of the effectiveness of counter-terrorism communications campaigns globally. Her research background includes a variety of national and international projects focused predominantly on mental health and prisons. ...

Vít Střítecký is Associate Professor of Security Studies and Head of the Department of Security Studies at Charles University, Prague. He is also Founding Director of the Erasmus Mundus International Master in Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS). In his research he focuses on the interplay between security and technology, currently with an interdisciplinary focus on ...

Dr Keith Spiller is Lecturer in Criminology at University of Southampton and his research focuses on the social consequences of surveillance and monitoring. He has a particular interest in the tacit knowledges employed by organisations and individuals when performing security roles. Recent work has reviewed the impacts of UK Counter Terrorism and Security Act (2019), ...