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Daniela Pisoiu
Senior Researcher
Daniela Pisoiu is Senior Researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs – oiip. Her fields of research are: Terrorism, Counterterrorism Policies, American and European Foreign and Security Policy and Comparative Regional Security. She holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.
Vita
Education
- PhD at the University of St Andrews, School of International Relations and Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
- PhD Thesis: “A Study on the Islamist Radicalisation in Western Europe: Causes and Processes“, 2006-2010
- University of Cincinnati, M.A. International Relations and American Government (Fulbright) 2005-2006
- University of Vienna and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, M.A.I.S. (Master of Advanced International Studies) 2004-2005
- Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Diplomlehrgang, 2003-2004
- University of Geneva, Certificat de droit transnational, 2002
- University of Cluj-Napoca, Law, 1999-2003
Professional Experience
- Senior Reseacher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (oiip), since 2015
- Researcher, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), 2010-2015
- Lecturer at the University of Hamburg and the IFSH, since 2010
- Visiting lecturer at the University of Vienna, 2007 – 2009, 2011
Teaching
- Lecturer at the University of Vienna since 2018 on international security, terrorism and counter-terrorism policies
- Lecturer at the University for Continuing Education Krems, Extremism Seminar
- University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Institute for Criminological Research, M.A. International Criminology, Seminar “Theories and research on terrorism: traditional and critical approaches”, 2014
- Institute for Peace Researcha and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, (IFSH) and University of Hamburg, Master of Peace and Security Policy – M.P.S., Block Seminars: “Terrorism and liberal democracy” and “Extremism and radicalisation processes in Europe”, since 2010
- University of St Andrews, “Certificate in Terrorism Studies”, Tutor, Modules: Key Issues in Terrorism Studies, Ideologies, Modus, Operandi, The Police Role in Countering Terrorism, 2006 – 2009
- University of Vienna, Visiting lecturer, Lecture series “Fundamentalisms and Terrorism”, 2007 – 2009, 2011
Chosen Positions and Memberships
- Member of the International Studies Association (ISA)
- Member of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
- Member of the European International Studies Association (EISA)
- Member of the European Expert Network on Terrorism Issues (EENeT)
Publications
Monographs
- Theories of Terrorism. An Introduction, Abingdon: Routledge, 2018 with Sandra Hain.
- Islamist Radicalisation in Europe: An Occupational Change Process, London/New York: Routledge, 2011.
Edited and Co-Edited Books
- Contemporary Debates on Terrorism, Abingdon: Routledge, 2018, with Richard Jackson (ed.)
- Political Violence in Context: Time, Space and Milieu, ECPR Press, (2015), with Lorenzo Bosi and Niall Ó Dochartaigh (eds.).
- Arguing Counterterrorism: New Perspectives, London/New York: Routledge, 2014 (editor).
Chapters in Edited Volumes
- Pisoiu, D. (2023). Applying theory to research. In A Research Agenda for Terrorism Studies (pp.79-90) Routledge.
- Pisoiu, D. (2022) Social Movement Research, In Radicalization in Theory and Practice. Understanding Religious Violence in Western Europe University of Michigan Press.
- Terrorismus und Jihadismus, Bundesministerin für Landesverteidigung (Hg.) Sicherheitspolitische Jahresvorschau 2022.
- Radikalisierung in Europa, Bundesministerin für Landesverteidigung (Hg.) Sicherheitspolitische Jahresvorschau 2021.
- Zusammenhänge zwischen Radikalisierung und Diskriminierung Kapitel in: "Politische Bildung im Kontext von Islam und Islamismus", 2020, Stefan E. Hößl/Lobna Jamal/Frank Schellenberg (eds), Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung: Bonn.
- Dressed to kill: Jihadi appearance and its significance in Austria and beyond, in Bonnie Berry (ed.), Appearance Bias and Crime, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Women of Jihad, in Sarah Colvin and Katharina Karcher (eds.), Women, Global Protest Movements and Political Agency Rethinking the Legacy of 1968, 2018, London/New York: Routledge.
- Rechtsextremismus, in Friedensgutachten/Peace Report, 2017, Bruno Schoch, Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Corinna Hauswedell, Jochen Hippler and Margret Johannsen (eds.), Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung.
- Beyond borders: subcultural theory and the transnational jihadi identity in Europe, in Cengiz Günay and Nina Witjes (eds.), ADD – ON 15/16 Jahrbuch / Yearbook, with Reem Ahmed.Pisoiu, D. (2022). Prozesse und Faktoren von Radikalisierung: Ein Überblick. In Terrorismusforschung: Interdisziplinäres Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis (pp. 335-342) Nomos.
- Islam and Western Europe, in Western Europe, Routledge, (2016), with Reem Ahmed.
- Terrorismus, in Jäger, T. (ed.) Handbuch Sicherheitsgefahren, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 197-206, 2015, with Raphael Bossong.
- Radicalization, in Cesari, Jocelyn (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of European Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 770-801, 2014.
- When terrorists talk back, in Pisoiu, D. (ed.), Arguing Counterterrorism: New Perspectives, London/New York: Routledge, 121-140, 2014, with Nico Prucha.
- Das Konzept der „Co-Radikalisierung“ am Beispiel des Salafismus in Deutschland, in Hummel, K. and Logvinov M. (eds), Gefährliche Nähe. Salafismus und Dschihadismus in Deutschland, Stuttgart: Ibidem, 183-198, 2014, with Klaus Hummel.
- A ´Coalition’ of Norm-Challengers? A Comparison of Official Counter-Terror Argumentation in the US, the EU and Russia, in Brzoska, M. (ed.), European Peace and Security Policy: Transnational Risks of Violence, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 92-112, 2014, with Regina Heller and Martin Kahl.
- Studying ‘Effectiveness’ in International Relations: Objectives, Concepts and Applications in Brzoska, M. (ed.), European Peace and Security Policy: Transnational Risks of Violence, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 113-133, 2014, with Hendrik Hegemann, Regina Heller, Martin Kahl and Erin van Um.
- Assessing Effectiveness in Counterterrorism Policy, in Hegemann, H., Heller, R, and Kahl, M. (eds.): Studying ‘Effectiveness’ in International Relations. A Guide for Students and Scholars, Opladen/Berlin/Toronto: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 255-279, 2013, with Eric van Um.
- Von neuer Religiosität zu politischer Gewalt. Religiöse Ursachen für islamische Radikalisierung in Westeuropa, in Kolnberger, T. and Six, C. (eds), Fundamentalismus und Terrorismus. Zu Geschichte und Gegenwart radikalisierter Religion, Essen: Magnus Verlag, 168-187, 2007.
Journal Articles
- Doing it again. Assessing the features and implications of terrorism recidivism in the context of jihadi attacks in Europe, Journal for Deradicalization, 41, 2024, with Erik Hacker, https://journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/jd/article/view/963
- The name of the game: Promoting resilience against extremism through an online gaming campaign, First Monday, 27(5), 2022, with Felix Lippe, https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i5.12600
- Uniting the far right: how the far-right extremist, New Right, and populist frames overlap on Twitter – a German case study, European Societies, 2020, with Reem Ahmed, DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2020.1818112Factors of Individual Radicalization into Extremism, Violence and Terror – the German Contribution in a Context, with Andreas Zick, Fabian Srowig, Viktoria Roth, Katharina Seewald, International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2021, 14, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.4119/ijcv-3803
- Subcultural theory, jihadi and right-wing radicalization in Germany, Terrorism and Political Violence, 27 (1), 9-28, 2015.
- Editor of the Special Issue Subcultures, violent radicalization and terrorism, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 7(1), 2015.
- The porous borders of extremism: Autonomous Nationalists at the crossroad with the extreme left, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 7(1), 69-83, 2014, with Felix Lang.
- Dealing with uncertainty: the illusion of knowledge in the study of counterterrorism effectiveness, Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2014, DOI:10.1080/17539153.2014.981400, with Eric van Um.
- Editors’ introduction: the “dark” side of normative argumentation in counterterrorism – an emerging research field. Critical Studies on Terrorism 6 (3): 410-413, 2013, with Regina Heller and Martin Kahl.
- Coming to believe ‘Truths’ about Islamist radicalization in Europe, Terrorism and Political Violence, 25(2), 246-263, 2013.
- Individuelle Loslösung von Radikalisierungsprozessen. Stand der Forschung und eine Überprüfung bestehender Theorien anhand eines Ausstiegsfalls aus dem militanten Salafismus, Journal EXIT-Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Deradikalisierung und demokratische Kultur, 2/2013, with Daniel Köhler.
- Theoretische Ansätze zur Erklärung individueller Radikalisierungsprozesse: eine kritische Beurteilung und Überblick der Kontroversen, Journal EXIT-Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Deradikalisierung und demokratische Kultur, 1/2013.
- Pragmatic persuasion in counterterrorism, Critical Studies on Terrorism, 5(3), 297-317, 2012.
- The ‘dark’ side of normative argumentation – The case of counterterrorism policy, Global Constitutionalism 1(2), 278-312, 2012, with Regina Heller and Martin Kahl.
All posts by Dr.in Daniela Pisoiu
Doing it again. Assessing the features and implications of terrorism recidivism in the context of...
Article by Erik Hacker and Daniela Pisoiu in Journal for Deradicalisation
Applying theory to research
Book chapter by Daniela Pisoiu in "A Research Agenda for Terrorism Studies" published by...
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