Dr Michael Wolfowicz
Senior Lecturer
Institution
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Research Area Keywords
Terrorism; Radicalization; Risk factors; Media effects; Meta-analysis.
Contact: m.wolfowicz@ucl.ac.uk
About Michael
Michael Wolfowicz is Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
His research primarily focuses on criminological applications to the study of radicalization, extremism, and terrorism, both theoretically and methodologically. His work to date has included the study of: terrorism and place (crime and place), recidivism, policing of terrorism, deterrence, echo chambers, social media surveillance, media-effects, and risk and protective factors. He primarily makes use of quantitative methods, including meta-analysis. His broader research interests include deviant cognitions, and media-effects, with a focus on the impacts of network structure characteristics.
Key Publications
Journal Articles
Arrests and convictions but not sentence length deter terrorism in 28 European Union member states, (2023)
Wolfowicz, M., Campedelli, G. M., Seaward, A., & Gill, P.
What is the best approach for preventing recruitment to terrorism? Findings from ABM experiments in social and situational prevention (2022)
Weisburd D, Wolfowicz M, Hasisi B, Paolucci, M and Andrighetto G
Does Context Matter? European-specific risk factors for radicalization (2021)
Wolfowicz M, Weisburd D, and Hasisi B
Faces of radicalism: Differentiating between violent and non-violent radicals by their social media profiles (2021)
Wolfowicz M,Perry S, Hasisi B and Weisburd D
Do religious programs in prison work? A quasi-experimental evaluation in the Israeli prison service (2020)
Haviv, N, Weisburd D, Hasisi B, Shoham E, and Wolfowicz M
A field-wide systematic review and meta-analysis of putative risk and protective factors for radicalization outcomes (2020)
Wolfowicz M, Litmanovitz Y, Weisburd D, and Hasisi B
Reports
Campbell Review: Cognitive and behavioral radicalization: A systematic review of the putative risk and protective factors (2021)
Wolfowicz M, Litmanovitz Y, Weisburd D and Hasisi B
Campbell Review: What are the effects of different elements of media on radicalization outcomes? A systematic review (2021)
Wolfowicz M, Hasisi B and Weisburd D
Grants and Projects
What are the social, economic, psychological and environmental risk factors that lead to radicalization and recruitment to terrorism?
Wolfowicz, M
DHS Science and Technology Directorate and the Five Research and Development (5RD) Countering Violent Extremism Network, 2019-2020, $50,000
What are the effects of different elements of media on radicalization outcomes?
Wolfowicz, M
DHS Science and Technology Directorate and the Five Research and Development (5RD) Countering Violent Extremism Network, 2019-2020, $50,000
Organized Violent Threats, "Deterrence in Violent Extremism (DIVE)"
Wolfowicz, M
Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS), Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), 2021-2022, $96,000
PROTON project consortium co-coordinator
(Horizon 2020), 2016-2019