Projects

Current and past projects in criminology, security studies, violence prevention, and political violence.

Current 2025 – 2030

TRACES: Terrorism, Race and Embodied Security

Funded by an ERC Starting Grant at the University of Lucerne. A 5-year project examining counterterrorism through the lens of race, embodiment, and security practices.

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Current SNSF-funded

Between Intensification and Relativisation

Research on the dynamics of religious intensification and relativisation, led at the Department of Religious Studies, University of Lucerne, under Prof. Dr. Martin Baumann.

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Current männer.ch

Radical — Violence & Radicalisation Prevention

Specialist at männer.ch’s department for violence and radicalisation prevention, examining how masculinity norms contribute to male violence and extremism. Key focus on the manosphere: counselling parents and professionals on online radicalisation dynamics, and providing disengagement support for individuals drawn into extremist ideologies.

Completed SNSF Postdoc.Mobility

Decrypting and Evaluating the Swiss Anti-Terror Dispositif

Research stays at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Max Planck Institute (Freiburg), and SOAS London. Investigated structures of extremism prevention in Switzerland and Belgium.

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Completed SNSF Doc.CH · Published 2023

Politico-Ideological Violence and Mobilisation in the Arab World

Doctoral research at the University of Lausanne and Université Laval (Québec). Published as All In by Routledge in 2023.

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