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Dr Diego Muro is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and joined the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) in September 2016. Prior to joining CSTPV he was Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF-IBEI) and Associate Professor (tenured) in European Studies at King’s College, London. He has also been Senior Fellow at the University of Oxford, Max Weber postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) and visiting fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

He holds a PhD in Political Science from LSE (2004), a Masters degree in EU Politics from the University of Sussex (1999) and a BA in Politics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1998). Trained as a political scientist, he has maintained an involvement in politics, sociology and IR, working usually within interdisciplinary academic units, and practicing empirical approaches and critical enquiry from political and sociological perspectives.

Dr Muro main research interests are political violence, terrorism, nationalism and secession.

He is the author of Ethnicity and Violence: The Case of Radical Basque Nationalism (Routledge, 2008), Politics and Memory of the Transition: The Spanish Model (Routledge, 2011), ETA's Terrorist Campaign: From Violence to Politics, 1968-1975 (Routledge, 2017), When Does Terrorism Work? (Routledge, 2018), Strategies of Secession and Counter-Secession (ECPR, 2020), Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics (OUP, 2020) and Contemporary Terrorism Studies (OUP, 2022)

He has also authored papers in the following journals: Current HistoryEthnic and Radical Studies, Ethnicities, Mediterranean Politics, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Nations and Nationalism, Politics, South European Society & Politics, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and West European Politics.

Research interests

Trained as a political scientist, he has maintained an involvement in politics, sociology and IR, working usually within interdisciplinary academic units, and practicing empirical approaches and critical enquiry from political and sociological perspectives.

Academic/Professional Qualification

PhD in Political Science (2004) - London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

External positions

Senior Research Fellow, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)

2013 → …

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