CYTREC members’ work is at the forefront of research and they write for a variety of audiences. They have authored academic books and peer reviewed articles in leading journals, as well as official reports, blogs and conference papers. A complete list of our publications follows below.
Many of these items are freely available on an open access basis or from our institutional repository. Please check the list below or visit the author’s profile page.
Journal Articles
Extremist Construction of Identity: How Escalating Demands for Legitimacy Shape and Define In-Group and Out-Group Dynamics (ICCT – The Hague)
doi: 10.19165/2017.1.07
Deconstruction of Identity Concepts in Islamic State Propaganda (ICCT – The Hague)
The Turner Legacy: The Storied Origins and Enduring Impact of White Nationalism’s Deadly Bible (ICCT – The Hague)
doi: 10.19165/2016.1.11
Making CVE Work: A Focused Approach Based on Process Disruption (ICCT – The Hague)
Without Prejudice: What Sovereign Citizens Believe (George Washington University Program on Extremism)
The ISIS Twitter Census (The Brookings Institution)
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/isis_twitter_census_berger_morgan.pdf
The Enduring Appeal of Al-Awlaqi’s “Constants on the Path of Jihad” (CTC Sentinel)
https://ctc.usma.edu/the-enduring-appeal-of-al-awlaqis-constants-on-the-path-of-jihad/
The Metronome of Apocalyptic Time: Social Media as Carrier Wave for Millenarian Contagion (Perspectives on Terrorism)
Books
Extremism (MIT Press)
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/extremism
ISIS: The State of Terror (Harper-Collins)
Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam (Potomac Books)
https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-books/9781597978668/
Reports
The Alt-Right Twitter Census: Defining and Describing the Audience for Alt-Right Content on Twitter
https://www.voxpol.eu/new-research-report-the-alt-right-twitter-census-by-j-m-berger/
Other Publications of Interest
The Dangerous Spread of Extremist Manifestos (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/583567/
Trump Is the Glue That Binds the Far Right (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/trump-alt-right-twitter/574219/
The Difference Between a Terrorist and a Killer (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/the-difference-between-killer-and-terrorist/558998/
Omar and Me: My strange relationship with an American terrorist (Foreign Policy)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/09/17/omar-and-me/
ISIS and the Dystopian Spectacle (Foreign Policy)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/09/17/omar-and-me/
PATCON: The FBI’s Secret War Against the ‘Patriot’ Movement,and How Infiltration Tactics Relate to Radicalization (New America Foundation)
https://ia801905.us.archive.org/29/items/BergerNSSPPATCON/Berger_NSSP_PATCON.pdf
CYTREC Publications
Publications (Highlights):
Maura Conway, Moign Khawaja, Suraj Lakhani, Jeremy Reffin, Andrew Robertson and David Weir. ‘Disrupting Daesh: Measuring Takedown of Online Terrorist Material and Its Impacts.’ Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 42(1/2) (2019): 141 – 160.
Paul Gill, Emily Corner, Maura Conway, Amy Thornton, Mia Bloom, and John Horgan. ‘Terrorist Use of the Internet by the Numbers: Quantifying Behaviors, Patterns, and Processes.’ Criminology and Public Policy 16(1) (2017): 99 – 117.
Maura Conway. ‘Determining the Role of the Internet in Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Six Suggestions for Progressing Research.’ Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 40(1) (2017): 77 – 98.
Clive Walker and Maura Conway. ‘Online Terrorism and Online Laws.’ Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict 8(2) (2015): 156 – 175.
Derek O’Callaghan, Derek Greene, Maura Conway, Joe Carthy, Pádraig Cunningham. ‘Down the (White) Rabbit Hole: The Extreme Right and Online Recommender Systems.’ Social Science Computer Review 33(4) (2015): 459 – 478
Journal Articles:
Maura Conway. ‘Researching Online Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Ethics Issues.’ Terrorism and Political Violence (forthcoming 2021).
Weeda Mehran, Stephen Herron, Ben Miller, Maura Conway, and Anthony F. Lemieux. ‘Two Sides of the Same Coin? Comparative Analysis of Texts by Far-right and Violent Jihadi Extremists.’ Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (forthcoming 2021).
Maura Conway, Moign Khawaja, Suraj Lakhani, Jeremy Reffin. ‘A Snapshot of the Syrian Jihadi Online Ecology: Differential Disruption, Community Strength, and Preferred Platforms.’ Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (forthcoming 2021).
Maura Conway. ‘The Major Social Media Platforms Routed IS, Why Can’t They Do the Same to the Extreme Right?’ RUSI Journal 165(1) (2020): 108 – 113.
Derek O’Callaghan, Derek Greene, Maura Conway, Joe Carthy, Pádraig Cunningham. ‘Down the (White) Rabbit Hole: The Extreme Right and Online Recommender Systems.’ Social Science Computer Review 33(4) (2015): 459 – 478.
Derek O’Callaghan, Nico Prucha, Derek Greene, Maura Conway, Joe Carthy, and Pádraig Cunningham. ‘Online Social Media in the Syria Conflict: Encompassing the Extremes and the In-Betweens.’ In ASONAM 2014: Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, 409 – 416. IEEE Computer Society: Digital Library.
Derek O’Callaghan, Derek Greene, Maura Conway, Joe Carthy, Pádraig Cunningham. ‘Uncovering the Wider Structure of Extreme Right Communities Spanning Popular Online Networks.’ In WebSci ‘13: Proceedings of the 5th Annual ACM Web Science Conference, 276 – 285. New York: ACM Digital Library.
Maura Conway. ‘Editors’ Introduction: Terrorism and Contemporary Mediascapes — Reanimating Research on Media and Terrorism.’ Critical Studies on Terrorism 5(3) (2012): 1 – 9.
Maura Conway and Lisa McInerney. ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It? Framing “Jihad Jane” in “Old” and “New” Media.’ Media, War & Conflict 5(1) (2012): 6 – 21
Lorraine Bowman-Grieve and Maura Conway. ‘Exploring the Form and Function of Dissident Irish Republican Online Discourses.’ Media, War & Conflict 5(1) (2012): 71 – 85.
Adam Bermingham, Maura Conway, Lisa McInerney, Niall O’Hare, and Alan Smeaton. ‘Combining Social Network Analysis and Sentiment Analysis to Explore the Potential for Online Radicalisation’ In ASONAM 2009: Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, 231 – 236. IEEE Computer Society: Digital Library.
Maura Conway and Lisa McInerney. ‘Jihadi Video and Auto-Radicalisation: Evidence from an Exploratory YouTube Study.’ Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 5376 (2008): 108 – 118.
Maura Conway. ‘Terrorist Use of the Internet and Fighting Back.’ Information & Security: An International Journal Vol. 19 (2006): 9 – 30.
Maura Conway. ‘Terrorism and the Internet: New Media, New Threat?’ Parliamentary Affairs 59(2) (February 2006): 283 – 298.
Maura Conway. ‘Hackers as Terrorists? Why it Doesn’t Compute.’ Computer Fraud and Security 12(12) (2003): 10 – 13.
Maura Conway. ‘Code Wars: Steganography, Signals Intelligence, and Terrorism.’ Knowledge, Technology and Policy (Special issue entitled ‘Technology and Terrorism II’) 16(2) (Summer 2003): 45 – 62.
Maura Conway. ‘What is Cyberterrorism? The Story so Far.’ Journal of Information Warfare 2(2) (March 2003): 33 - 42.
Maura Conway. ‘Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Self-Representation: The Case of Hizbollah.org.’ Journal of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations 4(2) (December 2002).
Maura Conway. ‘Reality Bytes: Cyberterrorism and Terrorist ‘Use’ of the Internet.’ First Monday 7(11) (November 2002).
Book Chapters:
Ryan Scrivens, Paul Gill and Maura Conway. ‘The Role of the Internet in Facilitating Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Suggestions for Progressing Research.’ In Thomas J. Holt and Adam Bossler (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2020): 1 – 20.
Ryan Scrivens and Maura Conway. ‘The Roles of “Old” and “New” Media Tools and Technologies in the Facilitation of Violent Extremism and Terrorism’ (with Ryan Scrivens). In Rutger Leukfeldt and Thomas J. Holt (Eds.), The Human Factor of Cybercrime. New York: Routledge (2020): 286 – 309.
Maura Conway. ‘Is Cyberterrorism a Real threat? Yes: Why We Should Start from This Assumption.’ In Jackson, Richard and Daniela Pisoiu (Eds.), Contemporary Debates on Terrorism (2nd edition). Abingdon and New York: Routledge (2018): 102 – 108.
Maura Conway and Clive Walker. ‘Online Counterterrorism.’ In Walker, Clive and Genevieve Lennon (Eds.), Handbook of Law and Terrorism. New York: Routledge (2015): 416 – 431.
Maura Conway. ‘Reality Check: Assessing the (Un)Likelihood of Cyberterrorism.’ In Chen, Thomas, Lee Jarvis and Stuart Macdonald (Eds.) Cyber Terrorism: Understanding, Assessment and Response. New York: Springer (2014): 103 – 121.
Maura Conway. ‘From “Cyberterrorism” to “Online Radicalism.”’ In Mahmoud Eid (Ed.), Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia. Pennsylvania: IGI Global (2014): 198 – 217.
Maura Conway. ‘Von al-Zarqawi bis al-Awlaki: Das Internet als neue Form des radikalen Milieus.’ In Malthaner, Stefan and Peter Waldmann (Eds.), Radikale Milieus: Das soziale Umfeld terroristischer Gruppen. Frankfurt/New York: Campus (2012): 279 – 303.
Maura Conway. ‘What is Cyberterrorism and How Real is the Threat? A Review of the Academic Literature, 1996 – 2009.’ In Pauline Reich and Eduardo Gelbstein (Eds.), Law, Policy and Technology: Cyberterrorism, Information Warfare and Digital Immobilization. Pennsylvania: IGI Global (2012): 277 – 303.
Maura Conway. ‘Media, Fear and the Hyperreal: The Construction of Cyberterrorism as the Ultimate Threat to Critical Infrastructures.’ In Myriam Dunn Cavelty & Kristian Søby Kristensen (Ed.s), Securing ‘The Homeland’: Critical Infrastructure, Risk and (In)Security. London: Ashgate (2008): 109 – 129.
Maura Conway. ‘Terrorist Use of the Internet and the Challenges of Governing Cyberspace.’ In Dunn, Myriam, Victor Mauer, & Felisha Krishna-Hensel (Eds.), Power and Security in the Information Age: Investigating the Role of the State in Cyberspace. London: Ashgate (2007): 95 – 127.
Maura Conway. ‘Terrorism and the Making of the ‘New Middle East’: New Media Strategies of Hizbollah and al Qaeda.’ In Philip Seib (Ed.), New Media in the New Middle East. London: Palgrave (2007): 235 – 258.
Maura Conway. ‘Terror TV? Hizbollah’s Al Manar Television.’ In James Forest (Ed.), Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century (Vol. 2). Connecticut: Praeger Security International (2007): 401 – 419.
Maura Conway. ‘Terrorism & New Media: The Cyber Battle Space.’ In James Forest (Ed.), Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century (Vol. 2). Connecticut: Praeger Security International (2007): 363 – 384.
Maura Conway. ‘Cyberterrorism: Hype and Reality.’ In Leigh Armistead (Ed.), Information Warfare: Separating Hype From Reality. Washington DC: Potomac Books (2007): 73 – 93.
Maura Conway. ‘Cybercortical Warfare: Hizbollah’s Internet Strategy.’ In Sarah Oates, Diana Owen and Rachel Gibson (Eds), The Internet and Politics: Citizens, Voters and Activists. London: Routledge (2005): 100 – 117.
Maura Conway. ‘Terrorist Web Sites: Their Contents, Functioning, and Effectiveness.’ In Philip Seib (Ed.), Media and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Palgrave (2005): 185 – 215.
Maura Conway. ‘Cyberterrorism: Media Myth or Clear and Present Danger?’ In Jones Irwin (Ed.), War and Virtual War: The Challenges to Communities. Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi (2004): 79 – 95.
Maura Conway. ‘Terrorism and IT: Cyberterrorism and Terrorist Organisations Online.’ In Russell Howard & Reid Sawyer (Ed.s), Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations (Rev. Ed.). Connecticut: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin (2003): 271 – 288.
Edited Books:
Maura Conway and Stuart Macdonald (Ed.s). Islamic State’s Online Activity and Responses. London: Routledge (2019).
Maura Conway, Lee Jarvis, Orla Lehane, Stuart Macdonald, and Lella Nouri (Ed.s). Terrorists’ Use of the Internet: Assessment and Response (NATO Science for Peace & Security Series – Vol. 136). Amsterdam: IOS Press (2017).
Journal Articles
Engaging with the Muslim community in Cardiff: A Study of the impact of counter terrorism research (Fieldwork in Religion)
doi:10.1558/firn.v10i1.22203
Terrorism Research: Understanding Muslim Communities (Criminal Justice Matters)
doi:10.1080/09627251.2014.926069
Reports
Developing understanding of the scale, nature and impacts of fraud on individuals and businesses (Home Office)
Journal Articles
Visual Jihad: Constructing the “Good Muslim” in Online Jihadist Magazines (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48658 doi:10.1080/1057610X.2018.1559508
‘I know this whole market is based on the trust you put in me and I don't take that lightly’: Trust, Community and Discourse in Crypto-drug Markets (Discourse & Communication)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39521 doi:10.1177/1750481318771429
‘Othering the West in the online Jihadist propaganda magazines Inspire and Dabiq’ (Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36206 doi:10.1075/jlac.00004.lor
'Representing the West and ‘non-believers’ in the online jihadist magazines Dabiq and Inspire’ (Critical Studies on Terrorism)
doi:10.1080/17539153.2018.1471081
‘cause ur special: Understanding trust and complimenting behaviour in online grooming discourse’ (Journal of Pragmatics)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31764 doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2017.01.004
Understanding grooming discourse in computer mediated environments (Discourse, Context & Media)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26823 doi:10.1016/j.dcm.2016.02.004
Impacts of Radical Right Groups’ Movements across Social Media Platforms – A Case Study of Changes to Britain First’s Visual Strategy in Its Removal from Facebook to Gab
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55390 doi:10.1080/1057610X.2020.1866737
Book Chapters
Terrorists’ Use of the Internet: Assessment and Response (IOS Press)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35300
Conference Papers
Who disseminates Rumiyah? Examining the relative influence of sympathiser and non-sympathiser Twitter users (2nd European Counter Terrorism Centre Advisory Group Conference)
https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/who-disseminates-rumiyah-examining-relative-influence-of-sympathiser-and-non-sympathiser-twitter-users
Reports
‘Extreme Far Right Groups’ Use of Social Media: A Focus on Britain First and Reclaim Australia’
Journal articles
Moderating borderline content while respecting fundamental values (Policy and Internet)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64730 doi: 10.1002/poi3.376
Evidence and Ideology in the Independent Review of Prevent (Journal for Deradicalization)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66539, https://journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/jd/article/view/907
Introduction to Special Issue: The Practicalities and Complexities of (Regulating) Online Terrorist Content Moderation (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63674 doi: 10.1080/1057610x.2023.2222887
Cyberterrorism Today? Findings From a Follow-on Survey of Researchers (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52050 doi: 10.1080/1057610x.2019.1696444
Network and Hypervisor-Based Attacks in Cloud Computing Environments (International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55398 doi: 10.1504/ijesdf.2021.10036493
Introduction to the Special Issue: Extremism and Terrorism Online—Widening the Research Base (Studies in Conflict and Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56104 doi: 10.1080/1057610x.2020.1866730
Intentional and Performative Persuasion: The Linguistic Basis for Criminalizing the (Direct and Indirect) Encouragement of Terrorism (Criminal Law Forum)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40095 doi: 10.1007/s10609-020-09405-x
Daesh, Twitter and the Social Media Ecosystem: A Study of Outlinks Contained in Tweets Mentioning Rumiyah (The RUSI Journal)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51078 doi: 10.1080/03071847.2019.1644775
Regulating terrorist content on social media: automation and the rule of law (International Journal of Law in Context)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45969 doi: 10.1017/s1744552319000119
Visual Jihad: Constructing the “Good Muslim” in Online Jihadist Magazines (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa47929 doi:10.1080/1057610X.2018.1559508
Introduction: online jihadist magazines. (Critical Studies on Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45974 doi:10.1080/17539153.2018.1471036
Online jihadist magazines and the “religious terrorism” thesis (Critical Studies on Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39292 doi:10.1080/17539153.2018.1471098
Introduction to the Special Issue: Islamic State’s Online Activity and Responses (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45972 doi:10.1080/1057610X.2018.1513684
Othering the West in the online Jihadist propaganda magazines Inspire and Dabiq (Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35946 doi:10.1075/jlac.00004.lor
Unpacking cyberterrorism discourse: Specificity, status, and scale in news media constructions of threat (European Journal of International Security)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28965 doi:10.1017/eis.2016.14
Introduction to the Special Issue: Terrorist Online Propaganda and Radicalization (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35706 doi:10.1080/1057610X.2016.1157402
Analogy and Authority in Cyberterrorism Discourse: An Analysis of Global News Media Coverage (Global Society)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26867 doi:10.1080/13600826.2016.1158699
Responding to Cyberterrorism: Options and Avenues (Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21460
State Cyberterrorism: A Contradiction in Terms? (Journal of Terrorism Research)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23520 doi:10.15664/jtr.1162
Constructing Cyberterrorism as a Security Threat: a Study of International News Media Coverage (Perspectives on Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21459
What Is Cyberterrorism? Findings From a Survey of Researchers (Terrorism and Political Violence)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16645 doi:10.1080/09546553.2013.847827
Locating Cyberterrorism: How Terrorism Researchers Use and View the Cyber Lexicon(Perspectives on Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17899
The Cyberterrorism Threat: Findings from a Survey of Researchers (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16642 doi:10.1080/1057610X.2014.853603
Books
Radicalisation, Counter-radicalisation and Prevent: A Vernacular Approach (Manchester University Press)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63197
Islamic State’s Online Activity and Responses. (CRC Press)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53278
Lessons from P/CVE Research: Innovative Methods, Challenges, and Good Practices (Hedayah)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52348
Terrorists' Use of the Internet: Assessment and Response (IOS Press)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34252
Violent Extremism Online: New Perspectives on Terrorism and the Internet (Routledge)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31379
Terrorism Online: Politics, Law and Technology (Routledge)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16644
Cyberterrorism: Understanding, Assessment & Response (Springer)
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16643
Book chapters
Using online data in terrorism research. In A Research Agenda for Terrorism Studies.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62753
Pursuing Lone-Actor Terrorists: UK Counterterrorism Law and Policy. In Lone-Actor Terrorism: An Integrated Framework.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60019
Cyberterrorism: Understandings, Debates, and Representations. In The Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45971
Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Producing Actionable Cyber Threat Intelligence. In Digital Forensic Investigation of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices (pp. 47-64).
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54803
Terrorist Content and the Social Media Ecosystem: The Role of Regulation. In Digital Jihad: Online Communication and Violent Extremism.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52902
Online Radicalization: Contested Terms and Conceptual Clarity. In Online Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment, and Radicalization.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45970
Disrupting terrorist activity: What are the limits to criminal methods of disruption? In Beyond Human Rights and the War on Terror.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45967
Radicalisers as Regulators: An Examination of Dabiq Magazine. In Terrorists' Use of the Internet: Assessment and Response.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34253
Public and expert voices in the legal regulation of technology. In The Routledge Handbook of Technology, Crime and Justice.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33925
Terrorist Narratives & Communicative Devices: Findings from a Study of Online Terrorist Magazines. In Expanding Research on Countering Violent Extremism.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30557
Assessing and Responding to the Cyberterrorism Threat. In Terrorist Use of Cyberspace and Cyber Terrorism: New Challenges and Responses.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21461
Dataveillance and Terrorism: Swamps, Haystacks and the Eye of Providence. In Routledge Handbook of Law and Terrorism.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18076
Terrorism Online: A New Strategic Environment. In Terrorism Online: Politics, Law and Technology.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17547
Cyberterrorism and Enemy Criminal Law. In Cyber War.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16648
Cyberterrorism: What is it and What Threat Does it Pose? In Terrorism and Political Violence.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17546
Prosecuting Suspected Terrorists: Precursor Crimes, Intercept Evidence and the Priority of Security. In Critical Perspectives on Counter-terrorism.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16646
The Criminalisation of Terrorists' Online Preparatory Acts. In Cyberterrorism: Understanding, Assessment & Response.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16647
Conference papers
Moderating Borderline Content While Respecting Fundamental Values (4th European Counter Terrorism Centre Advisory Network Conference)
www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/moderating-borderline-content-while-respecting-fundamental-values
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66065
Who disseminates Rumiyah? Examining the relative influence of sympathiser and non-sympathiser Twitter users (2nd European Counter Terrorism Centre Advisory Group Conference)
www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/who-disseminates-rumiyah-examining-relative-influence-of-sympathiser-and-non-sympathiser-twitter-users
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41091
The Response of, and on, Twitter to the Release of Dabiq Issue 15 (1st European Counter Terrorism Centre Advisory Group Conference)
www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/response-of-and-twitter-to-release-of-dabiq-issue-15
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34344
Reports
Online Jihadist Propaganda Dissemination Strategies
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65743
Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Identify Terrorist Content Online
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65450
Tackling terrorist content online - Propaganda and content moderation
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65364
Tackling Online Terrorist Content Together: Cooperation between Counterterrorism Law Enforcement and Technology Companies
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62447
The European Far-Right Online: An Exploratory Twitter Outlink Analysis of German and French Far-Right Online Ecosystems
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59437
Remove, Impede, Disrupt, Redirect: Understanding & Combating Pro-Islamic State Use of File-Sharing Platforms
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59645
Social Media, Terrorist Content Prohibitions and the Rule of Law
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51958
Shedding Light on Terrorist and Extremist Content Removal
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51011
A Study of Outlinks Contained in Tweets Mentioning Rumiyah
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50989
Cyberterrorism: A Survey of Researchers Five Years On.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48169
Advanced Research Workshop: Terrorists’ Use of the Internet: Assessment and Response: Final Report.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48168
Online Terrorist Magazines: Preliminary Findings.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48167
Terrorists’ Use of the Internet: A Symposium.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48165
Cyberterrorism and the News Media.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48166
A Multidisciplinary Conference on Cyberterrorism.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48164
Cyberterrorism: A Survey of Researchers.
cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48163
CYTREC Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Montasari, R., Hill, R., Montaseri, F., Jahankhani, H. and Hosseinian-Far, A. (Accepted/In press). Internet of Things Devices: Digital Forensic Process and Data Reduction. International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics.
Montasari, R., Hill, R., Parkinson, S., Daneshkhah, A. and Hosseinian-Far, A. (Accepted/In press). Hardware-Based Cyber Threats: Attack Vectors and Defence Techniques. International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics.
Esmaeilbeigia, M., Chatrabgounb, O., Hosseinian-Far, A., Montasari, R. and Daneshkhahe, A. (2020). Low Cost and Highly Accurate Technique for Big Data Spatial-Temporal Interpolation. Applied Numerical Mathematics. 153, pp. 492-502.
Montasari, R., Hill, R., Parkinson, S., Peltola, P., Hosseinian-Far, A. and Daneshkhah, A. (2020). Digital Forensics: Challenges and Opportunities for Future Studies. International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence. 10(2), pp. 37-53.
Adjei, P. and Montasari, R. (2020). A Critical Overview of Digital Twins. International Journal of Strategic Engineering (IJoSE). 3(1), pp. 51-61.
Montasari, R., Carpenter, V. and Hill, R. (2019). A road map for digital forensics research: a novel approach for establishing the design science research process in digital forensics. International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. 11(2), pp. 194-224.
Montasari, R., Hill, R., Carpenter, V. and Montaseri, F. (2019). Digital Forensic Investigation of Social Media, Acquisition and Analysis of Digital Evidence. International Journal of Strategic Engineering (IJoSE). 2(1), pp. 52-60.
Montasari, R., Hill, R., Hosseinian-Far, A. and Montaseri, F. (2019). Countermeasures for timing-based side-channel attacks against shared, modern computing hardware. International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. 11(3), pp. 294-320.
Montasari, R., Hosseinian-Far, A., Hill, R., Montaseri, F., Sharma, M. and Shabbir, S. (2018). Are timing-based side-channel attacks feasible in shared, modern computing hardware?. International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence. 8(2), pp. 32-59.
Montasari, R. (2017). A Standardised data acquisition process model for digital forensic investigations. International Journal of Information and Computer Security. 9(3), pp. 229-249.
Montasari, R. (2016). A comprehensive digital forensic investigation process model. International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. In International Journal of Information and Computer Security. 8(4), pp. 285-302.
Montasari, R. (2016). Formal Two Stage Triage Process Model (FTSTPM) for Digital Forensic Practice. International Journal of Computer Science and Electronic Security. 10(2), pp. 69-87.
Montasari, R. (2016). Review and Assessment of the Existing Digital Forensic Investigation Process Models. International Journal of Computer Applications. 147(7), pp. 41-49.
Montasari, R. (2016). An Ad Hoc Detailed Review of Digital Forensic Investigation Process Models. International Journal of Computer Science and Electronic Security. 8(3), pp. 205-223.
Conference Papers
Peltola, P. Montasari, R., Seco, F. Jimenez, A.R and Hill, R., (2019). Multi-Platform Architecture for Cooperative Pedestrian Navigation Applications. 10th International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN). Pisa, Italy. pp. 1-8. IEEE.
Montasari, R. and Hill, R. (2019). Next-Generation Digital Forensics: Challenges and Future Paradigms. 12th International Conference on Global Security, Safety and Sustainability (ICGS3). London, United Kingdom. pp. 205-212. IEEE.
Montasari, R. (2017). Digital Evidence: Disclosure and Admissibility in the United Kingdom Jurisdiction. 11th International Conference on Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability (ICGS3). London, United Kingdom. pp. 42-52. Springer, Cham.
Montasari, R., Peltola, P. and Carpenter, V. (2016). Gauging the effectiveness of computer misuse act in dealing with cybercrimes. International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security). London, United Kingdom. pp. 1-5. IEEE.
Montasari, R. and Peltola, P. (2015). Computer Forensic Analysis of Private Browsing Modes. 10th International Conference on Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability (ICGS3). London, United Kingdom. pp. 94-109. Springer, Cham.
Montasari, R., Peltola, P. and Evans, D. (2015). Integrated Computer Forensics Investigation Process Model (ICFIPM) for Computer Crime Investigations. 10th International Conference on Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability (ICGS3). London, United Kingdom. pp. 83-95. Springer, Cham.
Book Chapters
Montasari, R. Fiona, C., Jahankhani, H., Hosseinian-Far, A. and Daneshkhah, A. (Accepted). Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Producing Actionable Cyber Threat Intelligence. In Montasari, R., Jahankhani, H. Hill, R. and Parkinson, S. (eds.) Digital Forensic Investigation of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices. Springer. Forthcoming.
Montasari, R. Fiona, C., Jahankhani, H., Hosseinian-Far, A. and Daneshkhah, A. (Accepted). Cloud Computing Security: Hardware-Based Attacks and Countermeasures. In Montasari, R., Jahankhani, H. Hill, R. and Parkinson, S. (eds.) Digital Forensic Investigation of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices. Springer. Forthcoming.
Daneshkhah, A., Jahankhani, H., Forouzan, H., Montasari, R. and Hosseinian-Far, A. (Accepted). Behavioural Analytics: A Preventative Means for the Future of Policing. In Jahankhani, H. (eds.). Springer. Forthcoming.
Mitchell, I., Hara, S., Ibarra Jimenez, J., Jahankhani, H. and Montasari, R. (Accepted). IoT and cloud forensic investigation guidelines. In Montasari, R., Jahankhani, H. Hill, R. and Parkinson, S. (eds.) Digital Forensic Investigation of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices. Springer. Forthcoming.
Montasari, R., Hill, R., Carpenter, V. Hosseinian-Far, A. (2019). Evaluation of the Standardised Digital Forensic Investigation Process Model (ESDFIPM). In Jahankhani, H. (eds.) Cyber Security Practitioner's Guide. World Scientific c.
Montasari, R., Hill, R., Carpenter, V. Hosseinian-Far, A. (2019). The Standardised Digital Forensic Investigation Process Model (SDFIPM). In Jahankhani, H., Kendzierskyj, S., Jamal, A., Epiphaniou, G. and Al-Khateeb, H. (eds.) Blockchain and Clinical Trial - Securing Patient Data. Springer, pp. 169-209.
Farsi, M., Daneshkhah, A., Hosseinian-Far, A., Montasari, R. and Chatrabgoun, O. (2018). Criminal Data Mining, Threat Analysis and Prediction. In Jahankhani, H. (eds.) Cybercriminology and Psychology. Springer, pp. 183-202.
Montasari, R., Hosseinian-Far, A. and Hill, R. (2018). Policies, Innovative Self-Adaptive Techniques and Understanding Psychology of Cybersecurity to Counter Adversarial Attacks in Network and Cyber Environments. In Jahankhani, H. (eds.) Cybercriminology. Springer, pp. 71-93.
Montasari, R. (2018). Testing the Comprehensive Digital Forensic Investigation Process Model (the CDFIPM). In Dastbaz M., Arabnia H. and Akhgar B. (eds.) Technology for Smart Futures. Springer, pp. 303-327.
Montasari, R. (2017). An Overview of Cloud Forensics Strategy: Capabilities, Challenges, and Opportunities. In Hosseinian-Far, A., Ramachandran, M. and Sarwar, D. (eds.) Strategic Engineering for Cloud Computing and Big Data Analytics. Springer, pp. 189-205.
Edited Books
Montasari, R. Jahankhani, H. Hill, R. and Parkinson, S. (2020). Digital Forensic Investigation of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices. Springer. Forthcoming.
Press / Media (Other Research Outputs)
Montasari, R. (2020). `Obsolete Windows 7 and Associated Security Implications'. Today's Legal Cyber Risk. [Online]. Available at: https://www.todayslegalcyberrisk.co.uk/guest-writers/obsolete-windows-7-and-associated-security-implications/.
Montasari, R. (2019). `What Steps Should Your Organisation Take To Prevent Cyber Attacks?'. Today's Legal Cyber Risk. [Online]. Available at: https://www.todayslegalcyberrisk.co.uk/guest-writers/what-steps-should-your-organisation-take-to-prevent-cyber-attacks/.
Montasari, R. (2019). `Challenges Posed by Internet of Things'. Today's Legal Cyber Risk. [Online]. Available at: https://www.todayslegalcyberrisk.co.uk/guest-writers/challenges-posed-by-internet-of-things/.
Montasari, R. (2019). `AI in Cyber Security: A Technology for Good And Evil'. Today's Legal Cyber Risk. [Online]. Available at: https://www.todayslegalcyberrisk.co.uk/guest-writers/ai-in-
Journal Articles
Investigating Reclaim Australia and Britain First’s Use of Social Media: Developing a New Model of Imagined Political Communities Online (Journal for Deradicalization)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48318
State Cyberterrorism: A Contradiction in Terms? (Journal of Terrorism Research)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25434 doi:10.15664/jtr.1162
The Cyberterrorism Threat: Findings from a Survey of Researchers (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19794 doi:10.1080/1057610X.2014.853603
Impacts of Radical Right Groups’ Movements across Social Media Platforms – A Case Study of Changes to Britain First’s Visual Strategy in Its Removal from Facebook to Gab
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55390 doi:10.1080/1057610X.2020.1866737
Book Chapters
Terrorists' Use of the Internet: Assessment and Response (IOS Press)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34059
Researching Terrorism, Peace and Conflict Studies. Abingdon (Routledge)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19796
Counter-Radicalisation in Europe (Routledge)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19797
Cyber Terrorism: A Multi-disciplinary Approach (Springer)
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19798
Reports
Countering Terrorist Narratives
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48756
A Practical Guide to the First Rule of CTCVE
https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/practical-guide-to-first-rule-of-ctcve
Books
Kristan Stoddart, China: The embrace of offensive cyberespionage and potential for cyberwarfare (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025).
Kristan Stoddart, Russia’s hybrid warfare against the West (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025).
Kristan Stoddart and Christian Kaunert (eds.), Western and Non-Western Approaches to Hybrid Warfare (Quantico, VA: Marine Corps University Press, 2025).
Cyberwarfare: Threats to Critical Infrastructure (proposal stage). Introduction; Chapter 1 - Cyberwarfare and its potential; (2) Cyberwar by attacking Critical Infrastructure; (3) Gaining access by technical means; (4) Hacking the human; (5) Russia: Cybercrime, its intelligence organizations, and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure; (6) Chinese theories of cyberwarfare; (7) Chinese pre-positioning in critical infrastructure; Conclusion.
Cyberespionage: Russian and Chinese uses against the West (proposal stage). Introduction; Chapter 1 - On the defensive? The Western Intelligence Community and military; (2) Espionage and active measures: Russia’s use of ‘hybrid warfare’; (3) Russian election interference: The UK and Brexit; (4) The 2016 U.S. presidential election (5); China and Intellectual Property theft: “the Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History”; (6) IP theft, military modernization and China’s rise; (7) Non and sub-state actors: Cybercrime, cyberterrorism and hackers; Conclusion.
Journal Articles
Stoddart, K. (2024). Russia’s Cyber Campaigns and the Ukraine War: From the ‘Gray Zone’ to the ‘Red Zone’. Applied Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, 3(No. 1)
https://doi.org/10.60097/acig/189358, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66893
(with Kevin Jones, Hugh Soulsby, Andrew Blyth., Peter Eden, Peter Burnap, and Yulia Cherdantseva), ‘Determining and Sharing Risk Data in Distributed Interdependent Systems’, Computer, Vol. 50, No. 4 (26 April 2017).
(with Peter Eden, Andrew Blyth, Kevin Jones, Hugh Soulsby, Peter Burnap, and Yulia Cherdantseva), ‘Forensic Readiness for SCADA/ICS Incident Response’, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium for ICS & SCADA Cyber Security Research 2016.
(with Kevin Jones, Hugh Soulsby, Andrew Blyth., Peter Eden, Peter Burnap, and Yulia Cherdantseva), ‘Live Free or Die Hard: U.S.–UK Cybersecurity Policies’, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 131, Issue 4 (Winter 2016).
‘UK cyber security and critical national infrastructure protection’, International Affairs, Vol. 93, Issue 5 (September 2016).
(with Yulia Cherdantseva, Peter Burnap, Andrew Blyth., Peter Eden, Kevin Jones, and Hugh Soulsby), ‘A review of cyber security risk assessment methods for SCADA systems’, Computers & Security, Vol. 56 (February 2016).
Book chapters
‘The Snowden Revelations: Negotiating the Post 9/11 Surveillance State’ in Kurt Jefferson and Tobias Gibson (eds.), (University of Georgia Press, forthcoming).
‘Cybersecurity and interventions’ in Nicolas Lemay-Hébert (ed.), Handbook on Intervention and Statebuilding (London: Edward Elgar, 2019).
‘Cybersecurity in the United States and the United Kingdom: The Need for Trust and Cooperation’, in Damien Van Puyvelde and Aaron F. Brantly, US National Cybersecurity: International Politics, Concepts and Organization (New York: Routledge, 2017).
(with Kevin Jones, Hugh Soulsby, Andrew Blyth., Peter Eden, Peter Burnap, and Yulia Cherdantseva), ‘SCADA System Forensic Analysis Within IIoT’, in L. Thames., D. Schaefer. (eds), Cybersecurity for Industry 4.0: Analysis for Design and Manufacturing. Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing (Springer Nature, 2017).
(with Peter Eden, Andrew Blyth, Kevin Jones, Hugh Soulsby, Peter Burnap, and Yulia Cherdantseva), ‘A Cyber Forensic Taxonomy for SCADA Systems in Critical Infrastructure’ in E. Rome., M. Theocharidou., S. Wolthusen (eds), Critical Information Infrastructures Security: 10th International Conference, CRITIS 2015, Berlin, Germany. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer Nature, Cham (ZG) Switzerland.
Press / Media (Other Research Outputs)
Stoddart, K. (n.d.) The mystery of Vulcan files | Kristan Stoddart and Michael Zinkanell | TVP World
https://doi.org/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbMzJrxGFXQ&t=221s, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63084
Journal Articles
Macdonald, S. & Vaughan, K. (2024). Moderating borderline content while respecting fundamental values. Policy and Internet, 16(2), 347-361.
Reports
Vaughan, K. (2022). The Interoperability of Terrorism Definitions: GIFCT Legal Frameworks Working Group:
https://gifct.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GIFCT-22WG-LF-TVEC-1.1.pdf
Book Chapters
Countering Terrorist Activities in Cyberspace (IOS Press)
http://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/48945
Journal Articles
Whittaker, J., Looney, S., Reed, A., & Votta, F. (2021). Recommender systems and the amplification of extremist content. Internet Policy Review, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.14763/2021.2.1565.
Whittaker, J. (2021). The Online Behaviors of Islamic state terrorists in the United States. Criminology & Public Policy, 20(1), 177-203. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12537
Robinson, N. & Whittaker, J. (2021). Playing for Hate? Extremism, Terrorism, and Videogames. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 0, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610x.2020.1866740
Herath, C. & Whittaker, J. (2021). Online Radicalisation: Moving beyond a Simple Dichotomy. Terrorism and Political Violence, 35(5), 1-22., https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2021.1998008, SU
Whittaker, J. (2022). The Role of Financial Technologies in US-Based ISIS Terror Plots. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 45, 1-26., https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610x.2022.2133345, SU
Whittaker, J. (2022). Rethinking Online Radicalization. Perspectives on Terrorism, 16(4),
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60885
Reports
Countering Terrorist Narratives
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/596829/IPOL_STU(2017)596829_EN.pdf
Whittaker, J., Thomas, A., & Costello, W. (2024). Predicting Harm Among Incels (Involuntary Celibates): The Roles of Mental Health, Ideological Belief and Social Networking, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65cdf458130549000c867a83/140224+SISNET+Incel+Report.pdf
Whittaker, J. (2023). Online Radicalisation: What We Know, https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-11/RAN-online-radicalisation_en.pdf
Pearson, E., Whittaker, J., Baaken, T., Zeiger, S., Atamuradova, F., & Conway, M. (2023). Online Extremism and Terrorism Researchers’ Security, Safety, and Resilience: Findings from the Field, https://voxpol.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Online-Extremism-and-Terrorism-Researchers-Security-Safety-Resilience.pdf
Whittaker, J. (2022). Recommendation Algorithms and Extremist Content: A Review of Empirical Evidence, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61885
CYTREC Publications
Yilmaz, K. 2020. "Claiming and Glorifying Environmental Terrorism Online: The Case of PKK’s ‘Children of Fire Initiative.’ Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET). Available at: https://gnet-research.org/2020/12/15/claiming-and-glorifying-environmental-terrorism-online-the-case-of-pkks-children-of-fire-initiative/
Chamin Herath, Dr. Suraj Lakhani, Dr. Lella Nouri, Anna Pingen and Dr. Kamil Yilmaz. 2021. "Polarisation and the Pandemic: The Alternative für Deutschland’s Narration of COVID-19 on Twitter." Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET). Available at: https://gnet-research.org/2021/05/24/polarisation-and-the-pandemic-the-alternative-fur-deutschlands-narration-of-covid-19-on-twitter/
