Dr Sarah Marsden
Senior Lecturer
Institution
University of St Andrews, UK
Research Area Keywords
Radicalisation; Deradicalisation; Countering violent extremism; Social movements; Protest
Contact: sm992@st-andrews.ac.uk
About Sarah
Dr Sarah Marsden is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, where she gained her PhD in 2013. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to radical and violent politics, looking at transnational social movements, militant networks, grassroots activists, and those practicing everyday forms of resistance from a range of ideological positions. She has published widely on these subjects, and acted in an advisory capacity to policymakers and practitioners working internationally and nationally (e.g. Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Cabinet Office, House of Lords, Public Safety Canada, FBI). Dr Marsden has been Principal or Co-Investigator on £9m of research projects. This includes leading a programme of research through the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST), the UK’s hub for applied security-focused research. This involves sustained engagement with practitioners and policymakers, including significant knowledge exchange and translation activities. Current research includes projects on trauma, adversity and violent extremism; protective factors and constraints on terrorism (CREST funded); an ongoing programme of knowledge synthesis work, most recently producing a series of reports feeding into the refresh of the CONTEST strategy (Home Office funded); and a systematic review of case management interventions to counter radicalisation to violence (funded by Public Safety Canada).
Key Publications
Books
Reintegrating Extremists: ‘Deradicalisation’ and Desistance. Palgrave Macmillan (2017)
S.V. Marsden.
Edited books
Handbook of Radicalisation Research. Routledge. (Forthcoming)
Co-editors: J. Busher, L. Malkki and S.V. Marsden.
Book chapters
Terrorists. In A Research Agenda for Terrorism Studies (2023)
Edited by L. Frumkin, J. Morrison and A. Silke. Edward Elgar.
Disengagement and Deradicalisation Programmes. In Contemporary Terrorism Studies (2022)
Edited by D. Muro and T. Wilson. Oxford University Press.
The Effectiveness of Terrorism. In The Routledge Handbook on Terrorism and Counterterrorism (2018)
Edited by A. Silke. Routledge.
Reintegrating Radicals: A Strengths-Based Approach to ‘Deradicalisation’. In Victims and Perpetrators of Terrorism: Exploring Identities, Roles and Narratives (2018)
Edited by O. Lynch and J. Argomaniz.
Journal articles
PROTOCOL: Case management interventions seeking to counter radicalisation to violence: a systematic review of tools and approaches. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 19(1) (2023)
Lewis, J., Marsden, S.V., Cherney, A., Zeuthen, M., Bélanger, J. J., Zubareva, A., Brandsch, J. & Lubrano, M.
Defining Terrorism: Communities and Contexts. Contemporary Voices in International Relations, Special issue: 12-17 (2020)
Marsden, S.V.
Examining Terrorism’s Persistence: A Relational Approach. Contemporary Voices in International Relations. Special issue: 33-39 (2020)
Marsden, S.V.
Radicalisation: Policy, Research and Trajectories. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 14: 1-6 (2020)
Marsden, S.V.
A Social Movement Theory Typology of Militant Organisations: Contextualising Terrorism. Terrorism and Political Violence, 28: 750-773 (2016)
Marsden, S.V.
Reports
A Guide to Deradicalisation and Disengagement Programming. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2023)
Khalil, J., Zeuthen, M & Marsden, S.V.
Lived Experiences of Contact with Counter-Terrorism Policies and Practices. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2023)
Hewitt, J., Lewis, J. & Marsden, S.V.
Secondary Countering Violent Extremism Interventions: Rapid Review of the Literature. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2023)
Lewis, J. & Marsden, S.V.
Public Mitigation of Terrorism Risk: Rapid Review of the Literature. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2023)
Mutton, R., Lewis, J. & Marsden, S.V.
Online Radicalisation: Rapid Review of the Literature Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2023)
Mutton, R., Lewis, J. & Marsden, S.V.
The Psychological Effects of Criminal Justice Measures: A Review of Evidence Relating to Terrorist Offending. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2022)
Hewitt, J., Lewis, J. & Marsden, S.V.
Conceptualising Protective Factors: Strengths-Based Approaches. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2022)
Marsden, S.V. & Lee, B.
Protective Factors in Risk Assessment: Practitioner Perspectives. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2022)
Hewitt, J., Lee, B. & Marsden, S.V.
Protective Factors for Extremism and Political Violence: Rapid Evidence Assessment. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2022)
Marsden, S.V. & Lee, B.
Trauma, Adversity and Violent Extremism: Rapid Evidence Assessment. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2021)
Lewis, J. & Marsden, S.V.
Women and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Interventions. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2021)
Brady, E. & Marsden, S.V.
Countering Violent Extremism Interventions: Contemporary Research. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2021)
Lewis, J. & Marsden, S.V.
Behavioural-Focused Protective Security Programmes. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2020)
Copeland, S., & Marsden, S.V.
Economic Influences on Radicalisation. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2020)
Copeland, S., & Marsden, S.V.
Evaluating Programmes to Prevent and Counter Extremism. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2020)
Lewis, J., Copeland, S., & Marsden, S.V.
Extremist Risk Assessment. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2020)
Copeland, S., & Marsden, S.V.
Managing Terrorism-Related Offenders in Prison. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2020)
Copeland, S., & Marsden, S.V.
Public Experiences of The UK Counter-Terrorism System. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (2020)
Lewis, J. & Marsden, S.V.