Harry Swinhoe

Profile

I have studied at the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics, and the University of Leeds.

My PhD at Leeds explored the Islamic State’s construction of its strategic narratives of sovereignty and political legitimacy in its English language propaganda. This research made a number of original and significant theoretical and empirical contributions to the field of Terrorism Studies and a range of other literatures. I also published a solo authored article, ‘“They are not muslims. They are monsters”: the accidental takfirism of British political elites’, in Critical Studies on Terrorism which made a number of original contributions to debates within Critical Terrorism Studies relating to counter-radicalisation and counter-terrorism policy discourses in the UK and the literature on the PREVENT programme.

I have taught as a Teaching Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant on a range of modules in the Department of Politics and International Studies at The University of Leeds, including ‘International Politics’, ‘Comparative Politics’, ‘Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases’, ‘Security Studies’ and ‘Theories of International Relations’.

I also co-host and co-produce ‘Insecure: A Security Podcast alongside my colleague, Dr Marine Gueguin: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6475133dd6f8390011ccf9fc.

Research Interests

• Terrorism
• Salafi-Jihadism
• Security Studies
• Sovereignty
• Critical Constructivism

Publications

1. Pears, H. Swinhoe, M. Gueguin, 2023 (Forthcoming), ‘Any questions? Podcasting as a Way to Flip the Classroom’, Political Science Educator
2. Swinhoe, 2021, ‘“They are not muslims. They are monsters”: The Accidental Takfirism of British political elites’, Critical Studies on Terrorism

Research Groups

• Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Security Challenges
• Member of the ISA International Security Studies Working Group
• Member of the BISA Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) Working Group