- Mar112024
Understanding the role of unconscious bias in conflict dynamics
Read moreBy Emma Ciccarella Standing before members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in 1977, then President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, declared that…
ICSR Team - Feb272024
Photo essay: A week in Iraq
Read moreIn 2023, Dr Inna Rudolf, Dr Craig Larkin, and Dr Rajan Basra from the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends…
ICSR Team - Feb132024
The costs of ignoring conflict trauma in men and boys
Read moreBy Dr Heidi Riley and Clara May Content warning: contains mention of sexual violence and suicide. President Volodymyr Zelensky of…
ICSR Team - Jan162024
ICSR Event – God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America (Book Launch), February 6th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Tuesday February 6th, 5pm GMT ICSR invites you to attend a book launch for Prof Bruce Hoffman and Jacob…
ICSR Team - Jan102024
ICSR Event – Explaining Recruitment to Extremism: A Bayesian Hierarchical Case–Control Approach, January 29th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Monday January 29th, 5pm GMT ICSR invites you to attend a webinar with Dr Neil Ketchley and Dr Aaron…
ICSR Team - Jan032024
Waiting for War: escalation on Lebanon’s southern border and conflict memory
Read moreBy Brontë Philips *This was written in December 2023, before the targeting of a senior Hamas commander in Beirut. Information…
ICSR Team - Nov152023
Childhood Innocence?: Mapping Trends in Teenage Terrorism Offenders
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. A live version of…
ICSR Team - Nov012023
ICSR Event – The New World Disorder: How the West is Destroying Itself (Book Launch), November 21st
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Tuesday November 21st, 5.30pm GMT ICSR invites you to attend a book launch for Senior Fellow Prof…
ICSR Team - Oct262023
Imagined Threats: Demographic Conspiracy Theories, Antisemitism, and the Legacy of the 2018 Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. Please read on for the Executive Summary. On 2 August 2023, a…
ICSR Team - Oct252023
ICSR Report Launch – Childhood Innocence?: Mapping Trends in Teenage Terrorism Offenders, November 14th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Tuesday November 14th, 5.30pm GMT Recent years have seen a sharp rise in cases of “homegrown” teenage…
ICSR Team - Oct192023
Behind the Mask: Uncovering the Extremist Messages of a 3D‑Printed Gun Designer
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. Please read on for the Executive Summary. About this Study Within the…
ICSR Team - Oct172023
Four years on from Lebanon’s 17 October revolution
Read moreBy Mohamad El Kari Visiting Lebanon today, it is difficult to escape the feeling that a collective sense of hopelessness…
ICSR Team - Oct162023
ICSR & PoE Report Launch – Imagined Threats: Demographic Conspiracy Theories, Antisemitism, and the Legacy of the 2018 Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack, October 26th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Thursday October 26th, 3pm BST On October 26th, ICSR and the Program on Extremism at George Washington University will…
ICSR Team - Sep272023
ICSR Report Launch – Behind the Mask: Uncovering the Extremist Messages of a 3D-Printed Gun Designer, October 18th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Wednesday October 18th, 6.15pm BST This new ICSR report reveals the digital footprint of the world’s most…
ICSR Team - Sep202023
ICSR Event – Routledge Handbook of Transnational Terrorism (Book Launch), October 9th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Monday October 9th, 7.15pm BST ICSR invites you to attend a book launch for the Routledge…
ICSR Team - Aug312023
XCEPT Briefing Note – Imprisoned for Terrorism: The Experiences of Inmates in Roumieh Prison in Lebanon
Read moreXCEPT Briefing Note – Imprisoned for Terrorism: The Experiences of Inmates in Roumieh Prison in Lebanon Dr Craig Larkin &…
ICSR Team - Aug172023
What do we mean when we talk about ‘resilience’ to violent extremism?’
Read moreBy Federica Calissano Speaking at a memorial event 10 years on from 9/11, then President of the United States, Barack…
ICSR Team - Jul282023
XCEPT Briefing Note – Men and Psychosocial Support Services Programming
Read moreXCEPT Briefing Note – Men and Psychosocial Support Services Programming Dr Heidi Riley This Briefing Note explores humanitarian responses to…
ICSR Team - Jun282023
Dr Inna Rudolf shares her research on post-conflict recovery in Mosul
Read moreDr Inna Rudolf is a Research Fellow on the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme at King’s…
ICSR Team - Jun142023
Meet Dr Rajan Basra – XCEPT research
Read moreDr Rajan Basra is a post-doctoral researcher on the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme at King’s…
ICSR Team - May102023
Martyrdom in Lebanon: An Evolution of Memory-Making
Read moreBy Bronte Philips In a speech given on Hezbollah’s 11 November Martyrs’ Day in 2021, the group’s Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah,…
ICSR Team - Apr262023
Meet Dr Fiona McEwen – XCEPT research
Read moreDr Fiona McEwen is the Survey and Interventions Director of the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme…
ICSR Team - Apr122023
Financing Violent Extremism: An Examination of Maligned Creativity in the Use of Financial Technologies
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. Please read on for the Executive Summary. This workbook teaches researchers, analysts…
ICSR Team - Apr122023
Can Uncertainty Make Us Violent? The Role of Uncertainty in Encouraging Violent and Extremist Ideologies
Read moreBy Federica Calissano Credit: Shutterstock/zimmytws. Uncertainty is a condition that all individuals experience, and it is something that we all, to…
ICSR Team - Apr062023
Translation in conflict: an instrument of power or a place of neutrality?
Read moreBy Mohamad El Kari Credit: Shutterstock/igor kisselev. Within the realm of conflict zones, translators play a complex role in representing, and…
ICSR Team - Mar292023
Forgotten refugees – the experiences of Syrian military defectors in Turkey
Read moreBy Alison Brettle Photo: January 2023: Syrian refugee tents near the Syrian-Turkish border. Credit: Shutterstock/Mohammad Bash. In the 12 months…
ICSR Team - Mar212023
ICSR Event – Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism is Built Into Our World and How You Can Change It (Book Launch), April 11th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Tuesday April 11th, 5pm BST ICSR invites you to attend a book launch for Dr Dave Rich’s…
ICSR Team - Mar152023
ICSR Event – Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed (Book Launch), March 30th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Thursday March 30th, 5.30pm BST ICSR invites you to attend a book launch for Lizzie Dearden’s new…
ICSR Team - Feb022023
XCEPT Event – Reimagining Mosul: The Role of Competing Memory Narratives in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, February 20th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London & Online When: Monday February 20th, 5pm GMT Dr Craig Larkin and Dr Inna Rudolf explore…
ICSR Team - Jan262023
ICSR, GNET & HET Event – Marking Holocaust Memorial Day, February 8th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Wednesday February 8th, 4pm GMT Join ICSR, GNET and the Holocaust Educational Trust to mark Holocaust…
ICSR Team - Jan122023
Controversies and Challenges of Peacebuilding in Nineveh: Revisiting Post-IS Reconciliation in Iraq
Read moreThe full Briefing Note can be accessed here. Please read on for the Key Findings. The lack of long-term engagement…
ICSR Team - Dec152022
The Legacy of Trauma: Can trauma be transmitted across generations?
Read moreBy Pauline Zerla Photo: Belfast, 2018: a women writes on the wall of peace commemorating the violence that happened in…
ICSR Team - Dec082022
Gun-toting grannies and cattle raiders: why understanding civilian-combatant identities can help conflict recovery
Read moreBy Alison Brettle Photo: Man from Mundari Tribe, South Sudan. Credit: klublu/Shutterstock. What might Ukraine’s gun-toting grannies have in common…
ICSR Team - Nov172022
What’s next for children in IS-affiliated families from Iraq?
Read moreBy Joana Cook *In November 2022, the newly formed government of Iraq suspended repatriations of Iraqi nationals from al-Hol camp.…
ICSR Team - Sep272022
Storytelling, Memory and Momentum: Iraq’s Tishreen Movement
Read moreBy Ruba Ali Al-Hassani Introduction While many observers claim that Iraq’s Tishreen protest movement has been coerced into silence,…
ICSR Team - Aug112022
The Spectre of Neuroscience in Security Studies
Read moreBy Nafees Hamid What can neuroscience tell us about violent extremism? As a cognitive scientist who was part of…
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