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Dr. Horgan
On November 1, 2007, John Horgan became the new
Director of ICST. Prior to his arrival at Penn State, he was based
at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
at the University of St. Andrews. Dr. Horgan is one of the world’s
leading experts on the psychology of terrorism, and has published
extensively on the area. A Chartered Psychologist, he was awarded
his PhD (Applied Psychology) from University College, Cork, in 2000.
While based in Ireland, he conducted extensive research on the activities
of Irish Republican terrorist movements, and in particular published
a series of noted articles on the fundraising operations of the
Provisional IRA. He is currently finishing a major research project
on disengagement and de-radicalization from terrorism, and his latest
book Walking Away from Terrorism: Accounts of Disengagement from
Radical and Extremist Movements (NY and London: Routledge, 2008)
presents the results of his detailed fieldwork interviews he has
conducted in several countries. Dr. Horgan is a member of the Editorial
Boards of the journals Terrorism and Political Violence, Terrorism
Research, and the Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender
Profiling.
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