We are delighted to welcome Dr. John Morrison who has joined the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University as an Assistant Professor in Criminology.
Prior to joining Maynooth, John was working in Royal Holloway, University of London, University of East London and Pennsylvania State University. John holds a PhD in International Relations (University of St Andrews), an MA in Forensic Psychology (University College Cork), and a BA in Psychology (University College Dublin).
John's research focuses on terrorist decision making processes. Within this he looks at splits in terrorist organisations, disengagement, radicalisation, expert novice differences, terrorist riak and the role of trust in terrorist involvement. John's research has been funded by research bodies in the UK and the US, including the ESRC and the Minerva Research Initiative.
John is Associate Editor of two leading Terrorism Studies Journals, Perspectives on Terrorism, and Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, and is on the Editorial Board of Terrorism and Political Violence. He is also the host of the Talking Terror podcast.
John will be lecturing on the psychology of terrorism, introductory criminology, and theoretical criminology.