Welcome! I am a Senior Research Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, University of Oxford. My research focuses on militant Islamist groups, dynamics of clandestine activism, and digital methods. A quick look at my books will give you a sense of what I have worked on.
Recent activities
- Lecture: “Text Extraction from Historical Documents in Arabic” (Youtube), Arab Council for the Social Sciences, 13 December 2024.
- Op-ed: “Impostors at War” (with Diego Gambetta), Project Syndicate, 13 December 2024.
- Article: “Fifty Shades of Deprivation: Disaggregating Types of Economic Disadvantage in Studies of Terrorism” (with Steffen Hertog, Adrian Arellano, and Gudrun Østby), International Studies Review, November 2024.
- Book: R for alle: Innføring i programmering for kvalitative fag, Fagbokforlaget, July 2024.
- Edited book: Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict (with Diego Gambetta), Oxford University Press, May 2024.