#JOBALERT : I'm hiring a Humanitarian Policy & Advocacy Lead on the Centrality of Protection to join my humanitarian advocacy team at Save the Children International! A critical job given state of the world for children today. Deadline is 1 May! #humanitarianjobs

savethechildren.net/careers/apply/…

New update to mine and Gina Vale’s live dataset of child terrorism convictions in the UK for ICSR, taking our total to 49 cases: icsr.info/childhood-inno…

Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in 2023 in Iraq, reportedly held by Kataib Hezbollah. Her sister says Iraq’s PM holds the key to her release. “The govt is…committed to disclose the fate of that hostage” he tells me. “We will hold accountable anyone who engages in such abduction”

Monday's news brings us to 49 cases in my and Hannah Rose's Childhood Innocence Project dataset. 1 sentenced plotter + 2 new propagandists.
Also more non-TACT offences of child pornography & (racial) criminal damage
Our live database via @ICSRCentre 👇
icsr.info/childhood-inno…

In a major new report, based on unprecedented access, we detail a human rights crisis for 56,000 men, women and children imprisoned following the territorial defeat of Islamic State in NE Syria in 2019. Ten facts, a 🧵amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

My latest illustrates the risks posed by Iranian-backed groups to Jordan, including heightened arms smuggling, exposure to the crossfire of military escalation against Israel, calls for violence and offers to support armed resistance inside Jordan. en.majalla.com/node/314746/po…

Not a comment on particular cases, just some friendly reminders, folks:

a) If there is no ideological dimension, it cannot be terrorism

b) Ideology and mental illness are not mutually exclusive

c) Misogyny can indeed function as an ideology

Thank you Lizzie Dearden for citing and allowing me to discuss my recent research with Hannah Rose on teenagers convicted of terrorism offences in the UK. Excited to see this in tomorrow’s Telegraph

Check out The #Interlinkages Database!

ICCT has developed a interactive database which maps cases of cumulative prosecutions of alleged terrorists for core international crimes and terrorism in Europe

➡️buff.ly/3Ua1NVJ

Great to have a Chapter in this AMAZING Edited Collection on #Gaming and #Extremism I Look at the Ways in Which Propagandists have Utilised Gaming Aesthetics and Cultural References in #Memes as a Form of Recruitment, The Book is #OpenAccess 😀

NEW: by myself and Camille Jablonski for Washington Institute 'Five Years After the Caliphate, Too Much Remains the Same in Northeast Syria' washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi…

We are hiring: Lecturer in Security and Crime Science ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… Specialism in statistics, data science and generative AI.

Oxford Political Theory Oxford Politics and IR is hiring a 3-year Department Lecturer in Feminist Theory, from September 2024. Would be an excellent post for young scholars of feminist political theory, feminist philosophy, and/or history of feminist thought:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

#Iraq will stop all aid to IDP camps by 30 July. Baghdad has not issued a plan of where the refugees will be resettled, or what funds will be allocated to reconciliation/violence reduction and basic reconstruction needs.
rudaw.net/english/middle…

Australia arrests 14 year old girl on terrorism charges: 'She was allegedly found to have in her in possession extremist material and instructions on how to make explosives.'

apple.news/ARfldba41SnGV8…

New UK Gov data shows highest ever number of children arrested for terrorism offences.

Gina Vale and I dug into these cases for our recent report with ICSR. Quick thread with a few thoughts and learnings⬇️

Thanks to SecurityWomen for this review of Extreme Britain: ‍'In this fascinating study, Pearson, a lecturer on violent extremism Royal Holloway, presents nearly a decade’s worth of research into Britain’s radical right.'
securitywomen.org/post/review-of…