Dr Joana Cook
Assistant Professor
Institution
Leiden University
Research Area Keywords
Women; Children; Gender; Terrorism; Counterterrorism; Violent extremism; Foreign fighters.
Contact: j.l.i.cook@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
About Joana
Dr. Cook is an Assistant Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University (Netherlands), a Senior Project Coordinator/Editor in Chief at the International Centre for Counterterrorism (ICCT, Netherlands), and an Adjunct Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University (US). Her research focuses primarily on terrorism and counterterrorism, with a specialization in the roles of women, children, and gender dynamics. She has also examined the issue of governance by non-state actors.
Key Publications
Books
The Rule is for none but Allah: Islamist approaches to governance (2022)
Cook J and Maher S
A woman's place: US counterterrorism since 9/11 (2020)
Cook J
Journal Articles
“Jurisprudence Beyond the State: An Analysis of Jihadist “Justice” in Yemen, Syria and Libya (2020)
Cook J, Haid H, and Trauthig I
From Daesh to ‘Diaspora’II: The Challenges Posed by Women and Minors After the Fall of the Caliphate (2019)
Cook J and Vale G
From Daesh to'Diaspora': Tracing the women and minors of Islamic State (2018)
Cook J and Vale G
Grants and Projects
‘Promoting collaborative policies of inclusion relating to children of far right and Islamist parents in Western Europe (PREPARE)’.
European Union’s Internal Security Fund — Police (ISFP) programme under grant agreement No 10103586.