Centre for Security and Extremism
The centre's aims are to:
- To enhance public understanding of the nature of threats to national, regional and human security;
- To inform debates surrounding extremism and discussion regarding hate crimes and whose security is important;
- To critically interrogate securitisation strategies and the public discourses which surround them, their implementation, and their wider implications in contemporary social and political contexts;
- To develop an understanding of how the Criminal Justice System and wider community-based interventions are used to tackle extremism and security;
- To facilitate student collaboration in research-related activities to ensure that the research activities of the Centre benefit the student experience.
Centre lead: Prof Imran Awan
Deputy Research Director: Dr Damian Breen