Ann-Sophie Hemmingsen

PhD, MA, Arabic
Postdoc, research unit on The Middle East
T: +45 3269 8795, E: , F: +45 3269 8700

Expertise

Militant Islamism in the West with emphasis on interactions with violent conflicts in the Middle East and Africa and parallels to other forms of violent extremism. Measures to prevent and counter terrorism

Selected publications

“Salafi Jihadism. Relying on fieldwork to study unorganized and clandestine phenomena” in Ethnic and racial Studies, Volume 34, no. 7 (2011) pp. 1201-1215

“Whose Courtroom? Observations from terrorism trials” in Jakob Egholm Feldt & Kirstine Sinclair (eds.), Lived Space. Reconsidering Transnationalism among Muslim Minorities, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2011

The Attractions of Jihadism. An Identity Approach to Three Danish Terrorism Cases and the Gallery of Characters around Them. Ph.D thesis, University of Copenhagen, 2010

"Individualiseret terrorisme" i Lars Erslev Andersen et al., Ti år efter 11. september 2001. Tilbageblik, status og aktuelle tendenser, DIIS, 2011

Selected research related activities

Peer reviewer for international journals

External lecturer

Speaker at conferences and meetings

Columnist in the Danish daily Information

Commentator in the media

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