Contact Dr Anastasia Filippidou
- Email: a.filippidou@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
Dr Anastasia Filippidou is a Senior Lecturer in intelligence, and conflict resolution with the Centre for Defence and Security Management and Informatics. Her area of expertise lies within the field of conflict resolution and development, intelligence, leadership in transitional states, counterterrorism and violent extremism. Anastasia’s current research is focusing on diplomacy and violent extremism in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Latin America. Her scholarly interests and publications also include the securitisation and weaponisation of refugees, as well as Intelligence reforms within the context of emerging security challenges. She is the course director of the MSc Counterterrorism, Security and Resilience.
She joined Cranfield University in 2009, she is a graduate of Oxford University, and holds a PhD from the War Studies Department, KCL, University of London. Prior to her employment at Cranfield University, she was a Lecturer at the Defence Studies Department, King's College London, while she was also a teaching fellow at the War Studies Department, King's College London. She works fluently in five languages - Spanish, French, Greek; proficient in Russian, and Arabic.
Research opportunities
Dr Filippidou is interested in working in the areas of intelligence, countering violent extremism leadership and conflict resolution, diplomacy and peace processes.
See below for publications in these areas.
Research students
Paul Fish, Cranfield University, title: 'The role of Private Military Organisations (PMOs) in countering terrorism.'
Sali Abdeltawwab, Cranfield University, title: 'Evaluating Intelligence-Led Policing and Intelligence Sharing in Counterterrorism: The Cases of Egypt and the UK.'
Ben Tripp, Cranfield University, title: 'US counter-terrorism campaigns and their relationship with just war tradition.'
Kirby Wedekind, Cranfield University, title: 'Perpetual War: US National Interest and Global Security in the 21st Century.'
Samara Ahmad, Cranfield University, title: 'The Role of Education in Radicalisation: an evaluation of the impact of Madrassas established in the UK.'
Clients
Member of the team for the 'Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context' programme, part of the UK Defence Engagement Strategy delivering courses internationally.
