BISA 2023 Conference

Gendered narratives in counter terrorism

22 Jun 2023, 10:45

1h 30m

Dee, Hilton

Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group

Description

This panel brings together papers that highlight what a gender lens can bring to key areas of research in critical terrorism studies. Papers ask about what gendered structures underpin the violence of both state and non state security.

Subcontributions

• The Security Threat from Returning Foreign Fighters: A Human Rights Challenge of our Own Making
• Violent, Vulnerable, Victim: A response to terrorism studies’ approach to misogynist incel radicalization
• The impact of gendered narratives on Western women’s decision to join and leave the Islamic State
• Black Pills and Lonely Men: Examining Incel Worldview and Radicalisation with Theories from Terrorism Studies