Dr Amna Kaleem (she/her)
Department of Politics and International Relations
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
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Department of Politics and International Relations
A10
Modular Teaching Village
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 1AJ
- Profile
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I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department. My research is situated within Critical Security/Terrorism Studies and takes a feminist epistemological approach to study the everyday impacts of security policies at the grassroots level. Through my postdoctoral project entitled 'Counter-terrorism work in/by the community: impact and challenges', I am investigating the impact of community-led counter-terrorism measures on the work of charities and third-sector organisations and their relationships with the local communities they serve.
My PhD research critically analysed the British government’s Prevent Duty that puts a legal obligation on public sector workers to conduct counter-terrorism monitoring. Through published outputs, I have put forward an understanding of Prevent Duty as a hegemonic regime that is normalising surveillance work and creating a securitised ecosystem where ordinary citizens are expected to undertake counter-terrorism responsibilities. I am also one of the co-convenors of BISA's Critical Terrorism Studies working group.
- Qualifications
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- PhD, Critical Terrorism Studies, University of Sheffield
- MA, Social Research, University of Sheffield
- MA, Global Security, University of Sheffield
- MA, International Relations, University of Karachi
- BA (Hons), International Relations, University of Karachi
- Research interests
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As part of my Leverhulme project, I aim to conduct an ethnographic study of charities and community-based organisations that have received funding from the UK Home Office to conduct counter-terrorism work. By focussing on the experiences of community-based actors and organisations, this project will move away from a state-centric analysis of security policies and put forward an alternative understanding of community-led counter-terrorism initiatives. Over the next three years, I will be exploring the following questions:
- How has the British state created a parallel security infrastructure by turning community organisations into counter-terrorism outposts?
- What are the factors and narratives that explain the involvement of community organisations in counter-terrorism work?
- What is the impact of this co-optation of community organisations on their work within their local communities?
- Publications
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Journal articles
- The hegemony of Prevent: turning counter-terrorism policing into common sense. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 15(2), 267-289. View this article in WRRO
- A moral education? British values, colour-blindness, and preventing terrorism. Critical Social Policy, 42(1), 85-106. View this article in WRRO
- Where is Palestine in Critical Terrorism Studies? A roundtable conversation. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 1-26.
Chapters
- Citizen-Led Intelligence Gathering under UK's Prevent Duty, Problematising Intelligence Studies (pp. 73-95). Routledge
- The hegemony of Prevent: turning counter-terrorism policing into common sense. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 15(2), 267-289. View this article in WRRO
- Research group
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International Relations
- Grants
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- Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, 2023-2026
- EISA Postdoctoral Bridge Grant, 2023
- Economic and Social Research Council, White Rose Doctoral Scholarship, 2017 – 2021
- Teaching activities
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Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Contemporary Security Challenges, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield.
- Introduction to International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield.
- Introduction to Comparative Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield.
- Contemporary International Relations Theory, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield.
- Principles of Research Design, Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield.
Guest Lecturer
- “Terrorism: A Conceptual Introduction”, Level 2 Module, Contemporary Security Challenges, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield.
- “The Prevent Strategy: ‘Safeguarding Duty’ or ‘Security Controversy’?”, Level 3 Module, Critical Security Studies, Department of War Studies, King’s College London..
- “From ‘battle of ideas’ to ‘British values’: An overview of the Prevent Strategy”, Level 3 Module, Responding to Violent Extremism, School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham..
- “Introduction to the Radicalisation Discourse”, MA Module, Terrorism and Political Violence, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Co-convenor, BISA Critical Terrorism Studies Working Group
- Co-convenor, International Relations Research Group, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield