Four years on from the attacks on 9/11 - this was a time when, in the minds of many, Muslims were already associated with terrorism.
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Newspapers, politicians and others invoked the ‘we can take it’ narrative of Blitz spirit.
Manchester downright refuses to commemorate the 1996 IRA bombings – it’s a bold political statement.
It has been 10 years since British police shot and killed an innocent man in Stockwell station.
As media organisations use content produced by those they do not employ,
protection and well-being of news-gatherers must be given highest priority.
The chaos of 7/7 meant even many of the emergency services couldn’t use their phone. But 4G should change that.
The London attacks signalled a decisive turning point in the emergence of a new, collaborative ethos for journalism. It was clear that news had changed as technology had changed.
It can’t compete with the US, but the UK became part of mega-memorial culture after the London bombings.
It may feel like the battle is being lost but some vital information has been gathered in the decade since the London bombings.
The US and UK were attacked by suicide bombers within a few years of each other, but their responses were very different.
Crowds have the potential to provide a “fourth emergency service” - but only if we let them.
A new study rejoices at being able to predict crowd movements and size with phone data. But those methods won’t keep us safe.
Abu Hamza has been sentenced to life in a US prison, after being found guilty of 11 charges of terrorism and kidnapping. The ruling was handed down as events unfolded in France, once again putting his…
Dealing with the rise of homegrown terrorism has prompted governments to take novel approaches in combating such threats. The UK government, for example, has recently pushed for schools to teach children…
While the Westgate terrorist siege in Kenya propelled terrorist group Al Shabaab and, to a lesser extent, the Muslim Youth Centre (MYC) back onto the global scene, the alleged involvement of Samantha Lewthwaite…
What does one billion Pounds Sterling of Olympics security get you? Rapier surface-to-air missiles in Blackheath common, the Royal Navy’s largest battleship moored in the Thames (complete with eight Lynx…
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Researcher in Crowd Behaviour, University of Brighton
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Associate Professor, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick
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Professor, Coventry University
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Research Assistant, Global Terrorism Research Centre, Monash University
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Professor of Journalism and Communication, Cardiff University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor of Social Psychology, University of Sussex
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Emeritus Professor of Social Theory, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Reader in Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Assistant Professor in British Politics, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Media and Collective Psychology, Newcastle University
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Professor, Computer Networking and Telecommunications, University of Salford
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Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton