Dr Javier Argomaniz, Lecturer in International Relations

Email: ja51st-andrews.ac.uk

Javier Argomaniz joined the St Andrews Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) in 2009. Dr Argomaniz's general interests lies in the application of quantitative methodologies to the study of terrorism, international cooperation in counter-terrorism and the European Union (EU) security policies. In particular, he focuses on the way counter-terrorism has become institutionalised as an area of EU involvement. Consequently his research is concerned not only with policy developments but also with the relationships between actors and the coordination challenges existing within the institutional frameworks emerging in this field. Another area of interest is the impact of these policies in European citizens' civil liberties, especially with a focus on the exchange of personal data.

Before commencing his work at St Andrews, Dr Argomaniz completed his PhD in International Relations at the University of Nottingham. He has undertaken research at a variety of national and international projects, including a UK Home Office-funded national evaluation scheme and has published in the areas of European Studies, Criminology and International Security. He has recently published a monograph for Routledge on the coherence of the European response to the threat of transnational terrorism. Currently he co-directs with Orla Lynch an EU-funded project studying Terrorism Victims Associations in the UK and Spain.

Publications

Books

Post-9/11 European Union Counter-terrorism: Politics, Polity and Policies (London: Routledge, 2011)

Journal Articles

A rhetorical spill-over? Exploring the link between the European Union Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and the External Dimension in EU Counter-terrorism (European Foreign Affairs Review, 17, Special Issue,35-57, 2012)

Before and After Lisbon: Legal implementation as the ‘Achilles Heel’ in EU Counter-terrorism? (European Security, 19:2, 297-316, 2011)

Post-9/11 institutionalisation of European Union Counter-terrorism: Emergence, Acceleration and Inertia (European Security, 18: 2, 151 - 172, 2009)

The Passenger Name Records agreement and the European Union internalisation of US Border Security norms (Journal of European Integration, 31:1,119-136, January 2009)

The Effects of closed circuit television on crime: meta-analysis of an English national quasi-experimental multi-Site evaluation (Journal of Experimental Criminology, 3, 21-38, March 2007) (with Farrington, D., Gill, M. & Waples, S.)

Edited Volumes

El espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia: De presidencia española a presidencia española de la UE (2002-2010) (Revista CIDOB D’Affairs Internacionals, 91, 2010) (with Bermejo, R.)

Book Chapters

‘Terrorism’ in S. Biscop and R. Whitman (eds.) Handbook of European Security (London: Routledge, 2012) (with Rees, W.)

'A ‘coordination nightmare’?: Institutional Coherence in European Union Counter-Terrorism’ in C.Kaunert, S. Leonard and P. Pawlak (eds.) European Homeland Security (London: Routledge, 2011)

‘Lessons in Implementing CCTV schemes: An early review’, in M. Gill (ed.) CCTV (Leicester: Perpetuity Press, 2003) (with Smith, P., Spriggs, A., Allen, J., Jessiman, P., Kara, D., Little, R., Swain, D., Follett, M. & Gill, M.)

Reports

The European Union post 9/11 counter-terror policy response: an overview (RIEAS Research Paper, 140, February 2010)