Dr Diego Muro
Senior Lecturer
Research areas
Dr Diego Muro is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and joined the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) in September 2016. Prior to joining CSTPV he was Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF-IBEI) and Associate Professor (tenured) in European Studies at King?s College, London. He has also been Senior Fellow at the University of Oxford, Max Weber postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) and visiting fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
He holds a PhD in Political Science from LSE (2004), a Masters degree in EU Politics from the University of Sussex (1999) and a BA in Politics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1998). Trained as a political scientist, he has maintained an involvement in politics, sociology and IR, working usually within interdisciplinary academic units, and practicing empirical approaches and critical enquiry from political and sociological perspectives.
Dr Muro main research interests are political violence, terrorism, nationalism and secession.
He is the author of Ethnicity and Violence: The Case of Radical Basque Nationalism (Routledge, 2008), Politics and Memory of the Transition: The Spanish Model (Routledge, 2011), ETA's Terrorist Campaign: From Violence to Politics, 1968-1975 (Routledge, 2017) and When Does Terrorism Work? (Routledge, 2018).
He has also authored papers in the following journals: Current History, Ethnic and Radical Studies, Ethnicities, Mediterranean Politics, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Nations and Nationalism, Politics, South European Society & Politics, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and West European Politics.
PhD supervision
- Jamie McCann
- Fayaz Kacho
Selected publications
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Strategies of secession and counter-secession
Griffiths, R. D. & Muro, D., 2020, London.Research output: Book/Report ? Book
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The Oxford handbook of Spanish politics
Muro, D. & Lago, I., 2020, Oxford. (Oxford handbooks)Research output: Book/Report ? Book
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Does international recognition matter? Support for unilateral secession in Catalonia and Scotland
Muro, D., Vidal, G. & Vlaskamp, M. C., 19 Aug 2019, In : Nations and Nationalism. Early ViewResearch output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Political mistrust in southern Europe since the Great Recession
Muro, D. & Vidal, G., Jun 2017, In : Mediterranean Politics. 22, 2, p. 197-217 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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When does terrorism work? [electronic resource]
Muro, D., 2017, 1st ed. London. (Extremism and democracy)Research output: Book/Report ? Book
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Conclusion
Leonisio, R., Molina, F. & Muro, D., 1 Jan 2016, ETA's Terrorist Campaign: From Violence to Politics, 1968-2015. Taylor and Francis, p. 218-230 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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ETA during democracy, 1975-2011
Muro, D., 1 Jan 2016, ETA's Terrorist Campaign: From Violence to Politics, 1968-2015. Leonisio, R., Molina, F. & Muro, D. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 35-53 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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How do prospects of EU membership influence support for secession? A survey experiment in Catalonia and Scotland
Muro, D. & Vlaskamp, M. C., Nov 2016, In : West European Politics. 39, 6, p. 1115-1138 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Introducción: ¿Es eficaz el terrorismo?
Muro, D., 2016, In : Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals. 2016, 112, p. 7-25 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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¿Cuándo fracasa el terrorismo? El papel de la política antiterrorista, la fragmentación organizativa y los costes individuales en el final de Terra Lliure
Muro, D. & Vall-Llosera, S., 2016, In : Revista Espanola de Ciencia Politica. 1, 40, p. 39-61 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article