2. EUCTER Virtual Conference: Terrorism in a Changing Landscape

The Jean Monnet Research Network , coordinated by Prof. Dr. Christian Kaunert, Director of the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales and at present Visiting Professor for Transnational Studies at the , holds its second virtual conference.

With 11 panels, 55 papers and more than 500 participants from all over the world, the second of the European Counter-Terrorism Jean Monnet Research Network took place on June 14th - 16th. This virtual EUCTER conference aims to continue to explore the main challenges posed by terrorism at EU and international level. The conference seeks to explore how terrorism is adapting to a changing landscape and to map the current research at resilience, financing, radicalisation and gender level. While Prof. Christian Kaunert was the Discussant on the Panel „Memory, Ontological Security and Hybrid Warfare“, , Chair for Political Science, Peace and Conflict Studies at Augsburg University and , University of South Wales, chaired the Panel „Recidivism and Radicalisation“ at the 2. virtual EUCTER-conference.

 

Based at the University of South Wales, under the coordination of Prof. Kaunert, EUCTER provides research-led excellence in teaching and learning at the intersection of two fundamental areas of EU policy – the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (formerly known as Justice and Home Affairs) and EU counter-terrorism policy and law (also within the CFSP, notably in relation to counter-terrorist financing)  – through an international cross-section of doctoral, post-graduate and graduate students. The objective is pursued by advancing cutting-edge blended learning formats, distance-learing, strong inter-disciplinarity, policy relevance. The project brings together three inter-related teaching and research areas: EU justice and home affairs, EU counter-terrorism and EU external relations. While the EU has progressively become an actor in international security in its own right thanks to its increased powers in the field of external relations (i.e. trade policies), the Lisbon Treaty has also underlined the need for more increased cooperation in the field of EU counter-terrorism. Focusing and analysing on EU counter-terrorism cooperation and diplomacy is the objective of EUCTER. The project aims to discover and explain if and why EU counter-terrorism cooperation, as well as external relations (i.e. CFSP/CSDP, human rights, legal dimensions, etc.) have added to an increased relevance, and if and why diplomacy can add to the counter-terrorism tool set in the EU’s cooperation with third partners via its own delegations at the bilateral and multilateral levels.

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