Professor Stuart Macdonald
Professor of Law at the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law.
Institution
Swansea University, UK
Research Area Keywords
Counterterrorism, Criminal law, Regulation, Human rights, Terrorism online
Contact: s.macdonald@swansea.ac.uk
About Stuart
Stuart Macdonald is Professor of Law at the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, Swansea University, UK. He is Co-Director of the University’s Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC) and Coordinator of the VOX-Pol Network. Stuart’s research focuses on terrorist’s use of the internet. Most recently, he has examined jihadist narratives, the strategies used to disseminate terrorist propaganda online, and regulatory responses. He has received research funding from the British Academy, Welsh Government, US Government, NATO and the EU, among others. Stuart is the lead organiser of the biennial Terrorism and Social Media (TASM) conference, a member of Europol’s Advisory Network on terrorism and propaganda and a Senior Fellow at Hedayah. In 2016/17 he was also the holder of a Fulbright Cyber Security Award.
Key publications
Journal articles
Moderating borderline content while respecting fundamental values (2023)
Macdonald S, and Vaughan K
Visual Jihad: Constructing the “Good Muslim” in Online Jihadist Magazines (2021)
Macdonald S and Lorenzo-Dus N
Intentional and Performative Persuasion: The Linguistic Basis for Criminalizing the (Direct and Indirect) Encouragement of Terrorism (2020)
Macdonald S and Lorenzo-Dus N
Regulating terrorist content on social media: automation and the rule of law (2019)
Correia-Hopkins S, Macdonald S and Watkin A
Othering the West in the online Jihadist propaganda magazines Inspire and Dabiq (2018)
Macdonald S and Lorenzo-Dus N
Reports
Tackling Online Terrorist Content Together: Cooperation between Counterterrorism Law Enforcement and Technology Companies (2023)
Macdonald S and Staniforth A
The European Far-Right Online: An Exploratory Twitter Outlink Analysis of German and French Far-Right Online Ecosystems (2022)
Macdonald S, Yilmaz K, Herath C, Berger JM, Lakhani S, Nouri L and Conway M
Remove, Impede, Disrupt, Redirect: Understanding & Combating Pro-Islamic State Use of File-Sharing Platforms (2022)
Macdonald S, Joost S and Rees C
Books
Radicalisation, Counter-radicalisation and Prevent: A Vernacular Approach (2024)
Jarvis L, Whiting A and Macdonald S
Edited books
Islamic State’s Online Activity and Responses (2019)
Conway M and Macdonald S (eds.)
Violent Extremism Online: New Perspectives on Terrorism and the Internet (2016)
Aly A, Macdonald S, Jarvis L and Chen T (eds.)
Terrorism Online: Politics, Law and Technology (2015)
Macdonald S, Jarvis L and Chen T (eds.)
Cyberterrorism: Understanding, Assessment, and Response (2014)
Chen T, Jarvis L and Macdonald S (eds.)