Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
The Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), also known as the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, is a
CSTPV has been able to expand its research and teaching work as the result of a donation from the Worldwide Support for Development (WSD), chaired by Japanese religious leader Haruhisa Handa. Hence it was also named as Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.[1]
The Centre teaches a variety of courses and supports research students completing PhDs, DProfs, and MPhils. It also hosts events year round including the annual
History
The Centre was founded in 1994 by
In 1985 whilst head of Politics and International Relations at Aberdeen University, Wilkinson had established The Terrorism Research Unit in the department, which developed a terrorism database in coordination with RAND. At that time RAND's terrorism database was overseen by Brian Jenkins who in 1989 was replaced by Bruce Hoffman. Hoffman left RAND to set up CSTPV some time in 1994.
In 1998 Bruce Hoffman returned to RAND and Paul Wilkinson took over as Director, amalgamating the role with his position as Chairman. When Wilkinson stepped down Magnus Ranstorp was appointed Acting Director and then briefly Director from early to mid 2005.
In May 2006 Alex Schmid took over as Director. That autumn CSTPV moved into new premises, occupying now the whole second floor of the West-wing of the New Arts Building.
Schmid remained director until 2009.[6]
After this Richard English was appointed as director and served until 2016. During this time he was also made Bishop Wardlaw Professor in Politics. His inaugural lecture was used as a basis for his 2016 book, Does Terrorism Work?.
In 2016 Tim Wilson became director of the Centre.
Academic programmes
CSTPV offer a full-time
Publications
ISSN | 2516-3159 |
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Links | |
Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations, formerly Journal of Terrorism Research, is a quarterly online journal covering the study of terrorism. It was established in 2010.[7] It rebranded as Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations in 2018, beginning with volume 1, issue 1, under that name, after eight volumes of quarterly issues under its former name.[8]
References
- ^ a b "About the Centre". The Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Rupert Herbert-Burns, Sam Bateman and Peter Lehr (eds.), Lloyd's MIU Handbook of Maritime Security, (Fl: Auerbach Publications, 2008) p.xix
- ^ Lloyd's MIU Handbook of Maritime Security, op.cit.
- ^ "CSTPV Hoffman News". The Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Hsinchun Chen, Edna Reid, Joshua Sinai, Andrew Silke, Boaz Ganor (eds.), Terrorism Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining for Homeland Security, (New York: Springer, 2008) p.15
- ^ "Dr. Alex P. Schmid". ICCT. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Journal of Terrorism Research". St Andrews Research Repository. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations". Contemporary Voices. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.