Terrorism remains one of the main security threats facing the European Union (EU) and its Member States, with a considerable impact on European societies.
There is therefore a strong need for knowledge and expertise that will enable the EU and its Member States to effectively address the contemporary terrorist threat. The EU-GLOCTER (EUropean GLOCal Counter-TERrorism) Doctoral Network will produce expertise that the EU and its Member States need to effectively address this threat.
The research programme is highly innovative in its emphasis on analysing EU counter-terrorism through the lenses of ‘glocalism’, at different levels, ranging from the local through the EU to the global level, and in their crossing of the public-private sector boundaries. For this purpose, EU-GLOCTER brings together nine world-leading universities and research institutes from across the EU (including one world leading university based in Israel) and 16 associated partners from across the world in order to deliver a world class PhD programme.
This project will forge a new integrated network of more than 25 industry-academia partners and associate partners, which will train 10 DCs using cutting edge resources at leading research facilities, universities and think thanks throughout the EU and globally in the most important centres of power.
The research programme involves world-leading social scientists (political science, criminology, sociology, policing, and law) in combination with innovative think thanks and industry partners and will combine basic research in order to develop revolutionary methodology for counter-terrorism professionals. EU-GLOCTER network is divided into 7 work packages (WPs). Thus, the two main objectives of EU-GLOCTER are: (1) to provide world-class training to DCs in EU ‘glocal’ terrorism and counter-terrorism – thinking globally, responding locally; and (2) to generate scientific excellence and technological innovation in the area of counter-terrorism. The project runs for four years, starting from January 1, 2024. We will be recruiting 3 new fully funded PhD. students at MUP for this project in the spring of 2024! More information will be posted soon.