Osterling’s research for his doctorate thesis will be on Lone Wolf Terrorism. He will be using a comparative analysis perspective, examining historical Lone Wolves to determine if they could have …
Caitlin Ambrozik is a doctoral student in Government at Cornell University. Ambrozik’s primary motive behind her doctoral research is to understand and evaluate policies and programs that counter terrorism. In …
Kyra is interested in investigating and comparing the process of becoming a non-violent extremist with the process of becoming a violent extremist, in order to examine the differences between these …
Noorin is a second-year PhD. candidate in the Faculty of Education of the University of Ottawa. Her research interests include radicalization and de-radicalization in the educational systems of Muslim majority …
Ousmane Aly is a second-year PhD student at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University. Her doctoral thesis is on the regional response to the Mali conflict and …
Emil has begun working with Yannick Veilleux-Lepage (University of St Andrews, TSAS Junior Affiliate), mapping the activities of the right-wing extremist group Soldiers of Odin in Canada, as well as …
Mehmet Bastug is a Visiting Research Scholar at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He received his PhD degree in Global Affairs from Rutgers University. His research interests include terrorism …
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 …
Julius’s dissertation research examines the impact of direct and vicarious police-citizen encounters on youth from racialized and marginalized backgrounds in Toronto, ON. In particular, he is concerned with the impact …
Rachel’s current research is on the recruitment, demobilization, and reintegration of women and girls in non-state armed groups. This is an extension of her Master’s research (NPSIA), where she completed …
For his SSHRC funded doctoral project, Fahad Ahmad will be studying how the work of community organizations that provide social and economic support to immigrant and Muslim communities mitigates radicalization. …
Throughout his graduate studies at both Ryerson University and Carleton University Brandon’s research has focused entirely around security, organized crime, and terrorism. His main interests have been the way in …
Yaqub Imbrahimi is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. His research interests includes terrorism; international security, Islamic radicalization; Islamism; and the emergence of …
Ousmane is second-year PhD student at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University. His doctoral thesis is on the regional response to the Mali conflict and the Islamist …
Jenna’s dissertation seeks to analyze the development of Canadian national security and counter-terrorism policies utilizing archival research, key informant interviews, and Access to Information strategies. She will apply Foucault’s theorization …
Emeka Njoku is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ibadan. His research was shaped by the events that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks …
Naved Bakali is a doctoral student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. His research relates to anti-Muslim racism, Muslim youth identity, and Muslim-Western civic engagement. …
Maihemuti Dilimulati is a doctoral student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. Since entering his PhD program in 2014, he has been working with the …
Alice Chan is a doctoral student in Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. Her doctoral study explores the potential connection between religious literacy and religious bullying – a root …
Véronique Laprise is a PhD student in the Centre d’Étude du Religieux Contemporain at the University of Sherbrooke. She is a former Canadian Forces Officer, and worked in finances and …
Natasia Kalajdziovski is a PhD candidate at Middlesex University. She is currently based at the university’s School of Law, where she was awarded a fully-funded research studentship to complete her …
Nana Ngassam Rodrigue est doctorant en Etudes Internationales à l’Université de Douala au Cameroun où il prépare une thèse de doctorat sur les causes et les conséquences du terrorisme en …
Ruxandra Oana Vlad is a PhD student in Political Science with a background in Counterterrorism and National Security. She graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2015 with a Master’s …
Joahanna Massé a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at Université Laval. For the past three years, under the tutelage of Dr. Aurélie Campana, her main focus has …
Scott Romaniuk is a PhD Candidate in International Studies at the University of Trento, Italy. He has an MRes in Political Research (University of Aberdeen), a BA with a double …
Yannick Veilleux-Lepage is a PhD candidate in International Relations, at the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, located at the University of St. Andrews, GB. His …
Hilary Todd is a PhD student in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. Supervised by Dr. Rick Parent, who has extensive knowledge in policing and terrorism related issues, …
David Dunford is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. He holds an undergraduate degree in criminal justice and a M.A. in criminology. His …
Meriem Rabbani-Gosselin is currently completing a PhD in Criminology at the University of Montreal. Her PhD project revolves around the creation of an ethnography on Montreal’s new center for the …
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 …
Kerry Ann Persen is a PhD student at Stanford University. Her research focuses on societal responses to terrorism, and in particular, her dissertation project explores the effects of transnational political …
Noëmie fait présentement un PhD à l’Université du Québec à Montréal en psychologie spécialisée en terrorisme. Plus spécifiquement, elle étudie le rôle de l’acculturation ainsi que la quête de sens …
Aden Dur-e-Aden began his PhD studies at the University of Toronto in Department of Political Science in the fall of 2015. His research will focus on rebel
Erin is a PhD student in the Department of Geography at UBC. The post 9/11 securitization of borders, combined with the policy options and response initiatives, as they pertain to …
Michael Shkolnik is the 2015-16 Cadieux-Léger Fellow at the Department of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), focusing on issues related to counterterrorism, insurgency, and strategic foresight. Michael is also a PhD …
Valentine Crosset is a PhD student in the Department of Criminology at the Université de Montréal.
Patrick Neal is a doctoral student at Royal Roads University in the Doctor of Social Sciences Program. His research examines public / private partnerships related to cybersecurity and terrorism and …
Ryan Scrivens is a PhD candidate in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. Both his research objectives and experiences go hand-in-hand with the goals of TSAS, having studied …
Rupinder Mangat is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Waterloo.Her research looks at how the Canadian Forces use social media as a means of communication, especially communication …
Katie Ford is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Waterloo. The research that Katie intends to carry out focuses on reducing the ability of terrorist organizations to …
John Pumphrey is is a student in the Doctorate of Social Sciences Programme at Royal Roads University. With more than 25 years of experience in the security and police specialty, …
Mark Irving is a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham’s College of Arts and Law Graduate School. Using a case study method, his research
Shannon Speed is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo. She is interested in the Rule of Law and Sovereignty contextualized …
Maxime Bérubé is a PhD student in Criminology at Université de Montréal. He is interested in criminology, political violence and cybersecurity. More specifically, his research interests are focused on terrorism, …
Nadia Hai is a PhD candidate in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. Her current research will explore how the al Qaeda movement communicates with its Western …
Stephanie Dawson is a PhD candidate in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. She has been the primary research assistant on the TSAS working paper dedicated to understanding …
Geneviève Boucher Boudreau is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Ottawa. She focuses her researches on the concept of violence, national identity, radicalization and …
Azizur Rahman is a PhD student in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) at the University of Manitoba. Mr. Rahman has completed (in four countries – i.e., Bangladesh, …
Marie Ouellet is a PhD candidate in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. Her primary research focus has been on illicit trafficking networks, and criminal groups – how …