Javier Argomaniz

Javier Argomaniz is a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), where he has published widely on the subject of state, non-state and civilian responses to political violence. His work has been published in Terrorism and Political Violence, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Cooperation and Conflict, Intelligence and National Security and a number of other peer-reviewed journals. He has co-directed two separate international and multi-disciplinary projects funded by the EU on the needs of victims of terrorism and the role of victims in the prevention of conflict. Argomaniz is the author of Post–9/11 European Union counter-terrorism: Politics, Polity and Policies (Routledge, 2011) and co-editor and contributor to Victims of terrorism. A comparative and Interdisciplinary Study (Routledge, 2014); International Perspectives on Terrorism Victimisation. An Interdisciplinary Approach (Palgrave, 2015), EU Counter-Terrorism and Intelligence: A Critical Assessment (Routledge, 2016) and Victims and Perpetrators of Terrorism. Exploring Identities, Roles and Narratives (Routledge, 2018)

Dr Argomaniz primary research interest is terrorism and political violence in Europe. His research has focused on international cooperation against terrorism and, more specifically, how the European Union has responded to transnational threats.

He is also interested in the consequences of political violence, the relationship between victimhood and radicalisation and the social and political framing of victims of political violence.

Lastly, a further specific research interest relates to patterns and trends in political violence and their study through the use of statistical modelling techniques.

Current

IR5902 Research Methods 

IR5952 Research Methods Online (Tutorials on ‘Describing and Analysing Quantitative data’)

IR4574 Understanding Terrorism

Past

IR5920 International Law and Terrorism

IR5007 Terrorism and Liberal Democracy (Lectures on ‘Counter-terrorism and the European Union’)

IR5003 Regional Security (Lectures on ‘Europe’)

IR3008 International Terrorism (Lectures on ‘Counter-terrorism’ and ‘Terrorism and Liberal Democracy’)

IR5601 Research in International Relations (Lectures on ‘Quantitative and Qualitative Methods’)