Julien Bellaiche

Julien Bellaiche is a PhD candidate at the War Studies Department where his research focuses on the link between conspiracy theories and violence. He is also an Analyst at the Jihadoscope (JOS) Project and an Associate Fellow at the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET). Julien holds a BA in Political Science and Middle East Studies from Tel Aviv University and graduated with Distinction from King’s College London with an MA in Terrorism, Security and Society. He previously worked as a journalist focusing on foreign affairs for the Israeli Channel 12 News and is fluent in French, English and Hebrew.

 

Research Interests

• Terrorism, extremism and radicalisation
• Conspiracy theories
• Social media
• Far-right movements
• Islamism and Salafi-Jihadism

 

Supervisors

Dr Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

Dr Shiraz Maher

 

Publications

• "Connecting the Fringes: Neo-Nazi Glorification of Salafi-Jihadi Representations Online", The Global Network on Extremism and Technology, August 2021, 
• "Conference Briefing Note - 'QAnon: A Rising Threat to Democracy?'", The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict and Warfare, April 2021.
• "Assessing the Threat of QAnon Violence", The Global Network on Extremism and Technology, June 2020.
• "Online Antisemitism in Times of COVID-19", The Global Network on Extremism and Technology, April 2020.
• Book Review - Revisiting the Arab Uprisings: The Politics of a Revolutionary Moment. Edited by Stephane Lacroix and Jean-Pierre Filiu. Hurst Publishers, London, 2018.", Libyan Studies, April 2019, Cambridge University Press, 1–2.