A paperback edition has just been published of CSTPV Lecturer Rashmi Singh’s study of Hamas and suicide terrorism. Originally published in hardback in January 2011, the paperback edition of Hamas and Suicide Terrorism: Multi-casual and Multi-level Approaches (London: Routledge) was released in December 2012. The volume analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the organisation and also explains why this tactic has disappeared in the post-2006 period.

We are pleased to announce that CSTPV staff members Dr Orla Lynch and Dr Javier Argomaniz have been awarded an EU grant under the programme "Prevention of and Fight against Crime" (ISEC) - RAD Targeted Call for Proposals 2012. The value of the grant is €700,098. The project will look at the victimisation experience and the radicalisation process and seeks to understand the perpetrator-victim cycle amongst individuals involved in political violence. Further to this, the project aims to examine the role of victims in the prevention of terrorism and political violence. This will be a multisite project with research being conducted in Northern Ireland, London, the Netherlands and Spain. There will be a number of outputs from this project including a best practise document and a number of academic publications.

For the 2012/2013 academic year, and subsequent academic years, the University of St Andrews Scotland and Georgetown University Washington D.C. have created a student transfer programme whereby postgraduate students have the opportunity to study abroad for one semester. Students from the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St Andrews will have the opportunity to study at the Centre for Security Studies at Georgetown University and vice versa. Below are the exceptional students who have been chosen for this exchange. Read More...

On Thursday and Friday the 15th and 16th November, CSTPV hosted an expert workshop and an International Conference, both of which dealt with the topic, Victims of Terrorisms.  Read More...