Inés Bolaños
IBEI Fellow
Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University
European University Institute (PhD)
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Biography
Inés Bolaños Somoano is an IBEI Fellow in International Security at the Institut Barcelona Estudis Internationals. She holds a Doctorate in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute, EUI (Italy), under the supervision of prof. Olivier Roy. She has been a Visiting Researcher since her PhD at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, ISGA, at Leiden University (the Netherlands). Before her current lecturer position, she was employed at ISGA as a post-doctoral researcher by professor Tahir Abbas at Leiden University, for DRIVE Project, an EU H2020 project on the role of social exclusion and radicalisation to extremism in north-western Europe.
Her PhD thesis looked at the emergence and consolidation of Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism (P/CVE) as a distinct counter-terrorism policy field in the European Union. Her current research examines European right-wing extremism and online radicalization, and assesses current counter-terrorism strategies focusing on online right wing milieus. Inés is a qualitative researcher, employing policy archives, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, qualitative text analysis and policy analysis.
Background and education
- (2024) Post-doctoral Researcher, H20 Project DRIVE, Institute for Security and Global Affairs, ISGA at Leiden University (Leiden, the NL)
- (2023) PhD in Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
- (2020) Teaching Training Certificate, European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
- (2019) Master of Research in Political Science, European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
- (2017) Erasmus Mundus MA Joint Degree in European Studies, Georg August Universität (Germany) and Univerzita Palackého (Czech Republic)
- (2015) Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English Studies, University of Oviedo (Spain)
Awards
Professional memberships & affiliations
- BISA – British International Studies Association, Member
- ISGA – Institute for Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, Visiting Fellow
Courses
- Contemporary Issues in International Relations - 1007
- Theories of International Security - 2001
- International Relations Theory - 1001
- Online Radicalization, Right Wing Extremism & Conspiracy Theories - 9149
- Research Methods in International Security - 2002
- Teoría de las Relaciones Internacionales / International Relations Theory - 1006
Research
Research interests
- Terrorism and counterterrorism
- Right wing extremism
- Online radicalisation
- Preventive counter-terrorism
- European Security Policy & Practice
Selected publications
- 2023.The Reintegration of FTF Returning Children in the European Union.CIVICA, European University Institute.Link
- 2022.The Buffalo Attack – An Analysis of the Manifesto.The International Centre for Counter-terrorism (ICCT),Link
- 2022.Lessons From the Buffalo Shooting: Responses to Violent White Supremacy.The International Centre for Counter-terrorism (ICCT),Link
- 2022.From a Back Up Plan to Purposeful Research Design. Using Remote Fieldwork in two EU case studies.Politique européenne,16Link
- 2022.The Right-leaning be Memeing’: Extremist Uses of Internet Memes and Insights for CVE Design.First Monday,27Link
- 2020.Gender and danger: the ‘good girl persona’ in institutional fieldwork.The New Ethnographer,Link