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Dr Sam Andrews
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Dr Sam Andrews

Dr Sam Andrews, Lecturer in Criminology

University of West London

Contact

sam.andrews@uwl.ac.uk

Institution

University of West London

Research Areas

PreventionGenderVideo GamesInternetPolicy

Dr. Sam Andrews is a researcher at the University of West London, specializing in gender, P/CVE policy, and online spaces. His current research interests cover video gaming and extremism, information management, and how gender features in counterterrorism policy and extreme ideologies. He has published on ideology and counterterrorism policy, online radicalization, video games and extremism, and gendered perspectives on counterterrorism.

Key Publications

Journal Articles

The “First Person Shooter” Perspective: A Different View on First Person Shooters, Gamification, and First Person Terrorist Propaganda (2023)Andrews, S.
Strain theory, resilience, and far-right extremism: the impact of gender, life experiences and the internet (2022)Skoczylis, J. and Andrews, S.
Andrews, S., Skoczylis, J., 2022, Prevent, Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus: Analysing terrorism prevention policies using Althusser’s framework, in Millennium (2022)Andrews, S. and Skoczylis, J.
Books
Gendered perspectives on Preventing Violent Extremism: Women and “Prevent” (2022)Andrews, S.
Book Chapters
The spectacle of Ghost Security: The impact of security politics on British Civil Society (2021)in Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society: Post-9/11 Progress and Challenges , Romaniuk, S. and Njoku, E. T. (eds)