In this second episode of Insecure: A Security Podcast we discuss the future of terrorism studies with Dr Gordon Clubb, Associate Professor in Terrorism at the University of Leeds and a Research Fellow at the German Institute for Radicalisation and De-Radicalisation Studies ( https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/staff/66/dr-gordon-clubb ) and Mr. Mohammad Didarul Islam, a PhD student at the University of Leeds and an Assistant Professor at the University of Dhaka ( https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/pgr/1248/md-didarul-islam )

This fascinating discussion explores current and emerging trends within terrorism studies, the nature of ‘the terrorist threat’, and the relationship between the study of terrorism, extremism, and CVE (counter-violent extremism).

It also showcases the research undertaken by both our speakers on CVE and deradicalisation in different contexts, as well as, their thoughts on the current state of terrorism studies and the existing literature.

Dr Gordon Clubb’s recent work on the topic:

Clubb G, Koehler D, Schewe J, O'Connor R. 2021. Selling De-Radicalisation Managing the Media Framing of Countering Violent Extremism. Routledge Studies in Countering Violent Extremism. London, UK: Routledge

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/175528/

Clubb G, Barnes E, O’Connor R, Schewe J, Davies GAM. 2019. Revisiting the de-radicalisation or disengagement debate: Public attitudes to the re-integration of terrorists. Journal for Deradicalization. (21), pp. 84-116

His co-edited book, mentioned within this episode

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terrorism-Political-Violence-Caroline-Kennedy-Pipe/dp/1446272818

Mr. Mohammad Didarul Islam’s recent work on the topic:

Islam MD, Siddika A. 2021. Implications of the Rohingya Relocation from Cox’s Bazar to Bhasan Char, Bangladesh. International Migration Review https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01979183211064829

To find out more about cutting edge research on this, please visit the webpage of the CGSC research centre:

https://css.leeds.ac.uk/research/counterterrorism-and-deradicalization/

https://icct.nl/

What’s next?

Stay tuned, our next episode will be coming out next month and we will be looking at ‘European Security following the invasion of Ukraine and the French Presidential Elections’’.

Get in touch with us at insecurepodcast@outlook.com or using our twitter @InsecurePod to find out more or to submit questions for future episodes

It was Harry and Marine for Insecure: A Security Podcast.

Credits to CGSC https://css.leeds.ac.uk, particularly to Prof. Jack Holland, Dr. Laura Considine, and our Assistant Producer Eirin Groenlund.

In this debut episode of Insecure: A Security Podcast we discuss environmental security and COP 26 with Prof. Richard Beardsworth, the Head of the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds, (https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/staff/1141/professor-richard-beardsworth ) and Dr. Nicole Nisbett, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leeds (https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/staff/1575/dr-nicole-nisbett).

This fascinating discussion explores how climate change is securitised by different actors, actors’ different experiences of climate change and climate diplomacy, the potential conflict between climate security and other forms of security, and how does the Russian invasion of Ukraine impact on the challenge of climate change and the need for climate action. In doing so the episode seeks to address the central question: is the world more secure or insecure today as a result of COP 26?

Prof. Beardsworth’s recent work on this topic:

· Beardsworth R. 2020. Climate science, the politics of climate change and futures of IR. International Relations.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117820946365

· Beardsworth R. 2021. COP26: A decade of decision.

https://www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/cop26-decade-decision

To find out more about cutting edge research on this and other topics

Priestley International Centre for Climate and the Centre for Global Security Challenges websites.

Priestley Internal Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds: COP 26 Reflections https://climate.leeds.ac.uk/cop26/cop26-reflections/

The IPCC 6th Assessment Report April 2022

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/

The Glasgow Climate Pact

https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-glasgow-climate-pact-key-outcomes-from-cop26

https://theconversation.com/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-glasgow-climate-pact-171799

The UNFCCC https://unfccc.int

IPU https://www.ipu.org/event/144th-assembly-and-related-meetings

What’s next?

Stay tuned our next episode will be coming out next month and we will be looking at ‘The future of Terrorism Research’ with Dr. Gordon Clubb and Mr Mohammad Didarul Islam.

Get in touch with us at insecurepodcast@outlook.com or check our twitter InsecurePod for more information.

It was Harry and Marine for Insecure: A Security Podcast.

Credits to CGSC https://css.leeds.ac.uk and particularly to Pr Jack Holland and Dr Laura Considine. Thanks to Eirin Groenlund.

In this bonus episode Dr Harrison Swinhoe and Marine Gueguin will discuss their own research within terrorism studies.

Dr Harrison Swinhoe is an Early Career Research at the University of Leeds. His PhD thesis explored how the Islamic State’s strategic narratives of sovereignty and political legitimacy were constructed through the English language propaganda content produced by the group between 2014 and 2017. In so doing his thesis analysed a range of discourses constructed by the Islamic State and the relationship between these discourses and the group’s strategic narratives of sovereignty and political legitimacy. This thesis was supervised by Pr Jack Holland and Dr Gordon Clubb. Dr Swinhoe has also published an article in Critical Studies on Terrorism entitled, '“They are not muslims. They are monsters”: the accidental takfirism of British political elites', which explored discursive practices utilised by British political elites to police the boundaries of religion and the potential implications and risks of these discursive practices. You can also find him on:

https://twitter.com/harryswinhoe

https://css.leeds.ac.uk/profiles/harrison-swinhoe/

His recent publication:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17539153.2021.1902614

Marine Gueguin is a postgraduate researcher at the University of Leeds. Her thesis focuses on French counterterrorism strategy, and specifically a critique of the crystallisation and/or normalisation of emergency powers, looking at securitisation and a critique of securitisation framework, the construction of the terrorist identity in a French context and the application of emergency powers through a decolonial perspective. Her thesis is supervised by Prof Edward Newman and Dr Gordon Clubb.

She previously worked as a research assistant for the InterParliamentary Union, the IPU, working on the 3rd Global Parliamentary Report released in April 2022. Marine Gueguin has continued to work with the InterParliamentary Union, engaging in research on Tunisia and newly democratised regimes for the IPU’s Global Parliamentary Report which was published recently. She also co-authored an article with Frank Feulner based on research undertaken for the Global Parliamentary Report entitled “Building Public Engagement in Small Island Nations” which will be published in a special issue in the Journal of Legislative Studies.

Marine has also written book chapter entitled “ Are French counterterrorism strategies a colonial legacy? What remains from the colonial matrix when constructing and responding to the threat of terrorism?” for a forthcoming edited book by Prof Tahir Abbas, Dr Sagnick Dutta, and Dr Sylvia Bergh.

You can also find her on:

https://twitter.com/GueguinMarine

https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/pgr/875/marine-gueguin-

3rd Global Parliamentary Report, IPU:

https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/reports/2022-03/global-parliamentary-report-2022

Stay tuned, 'Insecure: A security podcast' will be back next month with its 3rd episode!

Harry & Marine for the CGSC.

We are delighted to announce the new PGR and ECR led podcast ‘Insecure: A Security Podcast’, season 1, funded by the Centre for Global Security Challenges (CGSC).

The podcast is hosted by Marine Guéguin (@GueguinMarine), a postgraduate researcher in POLIS, and Dr Harrison Swinhoe (@HarrySwinhoe), with the goal of advancing the CGSC’s innovative research by strengthening the centre’s existing research culture and fostering new academic relationships between postgraduates, early career researchers and more established academics. Guests on the channel will have the chance to showcase their work to a diverse audience whilst critically engaging with the implications of work for both policy and future research.

The creation of the channel marks an exciting development in the collaborative research culture of the CGSC and POLIS at the University of Leeds, providing a new platform to discuss the centre members’ cutting-edge research and disseminate it to a diverse audience.

Each episode will engage with one of the CGSC’s core research themes whilst engaging with the range of scholarship taking place within the CGSC and relevant current events. Listeners will be encouraged to engage with upcoming podcast topics by submitting their questions to us and the speakers on Twitter @Insecure

Follow ‘Insecure: A Security Podcast’ on Twitter (https://twitter.com/InsecurePod) and contact us via email at insecurepodcast@outlook.com