Terrorism, Then and Now: narratives and strategies

  • What it is

    Mobility experience with a research focus

  • Who it’s for

    Master students involved in the final research

Department

Department of Political and International Sciences

Main research activities/topics/projects

The projects intends to examine how states’ narrative construction of terrorism informs their strategic counterterrorism responses and potentially modifies legitimate state institutions. They also investigate the function of state institutions in the maintenance of control over territory and socio-political order. This study requires an exploration of socio-cultural influences in explaining the narratives and counter-narratives of political responses to counter-terrorist strategy. The intention of the investigation is to discover if it is possible to identify variables that can be used as a reference system and to provide an extended spatial-temporal interpretation of narratives, through a discourse analysis methodology. The phenomenon of resistance to legitimate power highlights a multi-level view of violence. Through a comparative theoretical framework this project aims to test how, in the transitional era following European centrality, an extended spatial-temporal interpretation of narratives is functional to developing political strategies  Throughout a historical study, which is rooted in the first part of the twentieth century, we will identify the variables for comparative research on the “strategies of terror” via contemporary case studies.

Working language

Good knowledge of Spanish and English

Duration in months (min-max)

Master Research: 3-6

Contacts

Main scientific contact person

Lara Semboloni

0039 0577233729

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Other scientific contact persons of the same group

Andrea Francioni

00390577232405

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