Research Areas

Social Movements

Social movements

Mathieu Rowsell

University: University of Ottawa - Political Studies

Affiliate Type: Masters - Junior Research Affiliate

Area(s) of Expertise: Authoritarianism, Islam, Middle East and North Africa, Security policy, Social movements, Sub-Saharan Africa

Email: MROWS041@uottawa.ca

Rowsell’s PhD thesis will analyze the impacts of Morocco’s religious public policy. The cornerstone of this policy is the fight against radicalization with the promotion of what the Moroccan regime …

Alam, Mariful

University: York University - Social Sciences

Affiliate Type: PhD - Junior Research Affiliate

Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto

Area(s) of Expertise: Extremism, Law, Security, Social movements, Society, Terrorism, Violence

Email: mariful@yorku.ca

Mariful Alam is a senior PhD candidate at York University in the Socio-Legal Studies program. His doctoral dissertation investigates the relationship between legal regimes, state surveillance, and political dissent. The …

Abbasciano, Suzzette Lopez

University: University of Massachusetts Lowell - Criminology

Affiliate Type: PhD - Junior Research Affiliate

Location: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Area(s) of Expertise: Extremism, Resiliency, Social media, Social movements, Terrorism, Terrorism impacts

Email: suzzette_abbasciano@student.uml.edu

Suzzette is a PhD student in Criminology and research assistant with the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies (CTSS) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Prior to entering her doctoral …

Amarasingam, Amarnath

University: Wilfrid Laurier University - Religion and Culture

Affiliate Type: Post-doctoral fellow - Junior Research Affiliate

Location: Canada, London, Ontario

Area(s) of Expertise: Diaspora, Media, Radicalization and Deradicalization, Religion, Resiliency, Social movements, Societal response, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Tamils

Email: amarnath0330@gmail.com

Amarnath Amarasingam is a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University, and also teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University …

Mahdavi, Mojtaba

University: University of Alberta - Political Science

Affiliate Type: Senior Research Affiliate

Location: Alberta, Canada, Edmonton

Area(s) of Expertise: Democracy, Islam, Middle East and North Africa, Muslims, Social inclusion/exclusion, Social injustice, Social movements

Email: mojtaba.mahdavi@ualberta.ca

Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavi is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle East Studies at the University of Alberta. His areas of research and teaching involve domestic and international politics …

Campana, Aurélie

University: Université Laval - Political Science

Affiliate Type: Senior Research Affiliate

Location: Canada, Quebec, Quebec City

Area(s) of Expertise: Canada, Caucasus Emirate, Chechnya, Insurgency and counterinsurgency, North Caucasus, Qualitative analysis, Right wing extremism, Russia, Social movements

Email: Aurelie.campana@pol.ulaval.ca

Dr. Aurélie Campana holds the Canada Research Chair on Conflicts and Terrorism and is the deputy director of the Peace and Security Program (Institut des Hautes Études Internationales, University of …