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Dr Joana Cook
Dr Joana Cook, Assistant Professor
Leiden University
Institution
Leiden University
Research Areas
WomenChildrenGenderTerrorismCounterterrorismViolent extremismForeign fighters.
Dr. Cook is an Assistant Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University (Netherlands), a Senior Project Coordinator/Editor in Chief at the International Centre for Counterterrorism (ICCT, Netherlands), and an Adjunct Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University (US). Her research focuses primarily on terrorism and counterterrorism, with a specialization in the roles of women, children, and gender dynamics. She has also examined the issue of governance by non-state actors.
Key Publications
Books
| The Rule is for none but Allah: Islamist approaches to governance (2022) | Cook J and Maher S |
| A woman's place: US counterterrorism since 9/11 (2020) | Cook J |
Journal Articles
| From Daesh to ‘Diaspora’II: The Challenges Posed by Women and Minors After the Fall of the Caliphate (2019) | Cook J and Vale G |
| From Daesh to'Diaspora': Tracing the women and minors of Islamic State (2018) | Cook J and Vale G |
Grants and Projects
| ‘Promoting collaborative policies of inclusion relating to children of far right and Islamist parents in Western Europe (PREPARE)’. | European Union’s Internal Security Fund — Police (ISFP) programme under grant agreement No 10103586. |