The societal impact of countering terrorism, political violence, and extremism by Leon Skerritt

This seminar is hosted by the College of Law, Social & Criminal Justice Research Seminar Series. Our series offers exciting insights into ongoing research projects within the law school and conducted by our external research partners. We often feature work from our research centres. Join us for invigorating discussion!

 
In this session, we hear from Leon Skerritt. Leon has been teaching and training since 2015 starting off in Further Education working with adults retraining in manufacturing operations and business improvement techniques in then moving into offender learning, teaching functional skills and personal and social development in HMP/YOI Brinsford. He has been teaching in Higher Education for three years here at BCU as well as Newman University Birmingham.

In this session, Leon Skerritt will give the following presentation, followed by an interactive Q&A.

Title: The societal impact of countering terrorism, political violence, and extremism

Abstract:

My PhD title is 'The state, the right, the problem?: Responding to the far right in Britain since 1945' which is an exploration of the societal impact of the states response to far-right extremism, terrorism and political violence. This mainly revolves around the concepts of societal security and securitisation as well as the gendered nature of countering extremism and terrorism. Using a multi-method approach, I will be using discourse, comparative and content analysis as well as digital ethnographies to develop a wide-ranging picture of the history of the far-right in Britain since 1945, the various legislative responses that the state have implemented in response to their actions, and the impact that they have had on society.

This seminar has now concluded but it is available on demand. If you find that you do not have access, you can email the research seminar series leader at mitchell.longan@bcu.ac.uk in order to gain access.