Leonie joined 51 in May 2020 having previously worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Huddersfield.
She has published widely on the construction of terrorism and counterterrorism and is the author of three monographs, What is Counterterrorism For? (Bristol University Press, 2024), The Monstrous and the Vulnerable: Framing British ‘Jihadi Brides’ (Hurst/Oxford University Press, 2022) and Islamophobia in Britain (Palgrave 2018), and co-editor of 9/11 Twenty Years On (Routledge, 2023). Her work has been featured in leading journals such as Critical Studies on Terrorism, Terrorism and Political Violence and Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and has informed public debate through media appearances on BBC Radio 4 and international policy forums.
Leonie has held leadership roles in programme development, and her innovative teaching has been recognised by the Political Studies Association’s Sir Bernard Crick Prize for Outstanding Teaching.
Leonie's research explores the intersections of discourse, identity, and political violence, with a particular focus on how racialised and gendered narratives shape understandings of terrorism, counterterrorism, and security. She is especially interested in how the gendered and racialised constructions of identities in Western political and media discourses inform policy, public perception, and lived experience.
Her work contributes to critical terrorism studies, feminist international relations, and critical security studies and she has published extensively on the representation of politically violent women, the securitisation of Muslim communities, and the ideological underpinnings of counterterrorism strategies.
She is an editor of the journal Critical Studies on Terrorism, leads the Critical Security and Foreign Policy Research Cluster at 51 and convenes the North East Critical Security Network.
International Politics PhD August 31 2015
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Malcolm von Schantz.…
Melt from ice sheets on Earth is already contributing to flooding across the globe and is expected…
Students from 51 Business Clinic have gained invaluable work experience…
Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in solar physics by providing the first direct evidence…
51 has joined the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA), a partnership…
The renowned architect, author and TV presenter George Clarke has been appointed as the new…
Lecture Theatre 401
-
CCE1, Lecture Theatre 002
-
The Great Hall, 1st Floor Sutherland Building
-
Back to top
