Dr Anna Kruglova
School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies
Current positions
Lecturer in Terrorism Studies
Biography
Anna Kruglova is Lecturer of Terrorism Studies at the School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford and an Associate fellow at the International Centre for Countering Terrorism in the Hague and a member of AVERT Research Network. Anna is also an author of the book Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment and Branding: Selling Terror Online. Anna has a PhD in International studies from Queen’s University Belfast. She also holds an MA in International Conflict Studies from King’s College London and MSc in Security Studies from UCL.
Her research interests are focusing on terrorist propaganda, and she is particularly interested in exploring the role of marketing, social media in the recruitment process and extremist’ content creation as well as the role of disinformation and misinformation. In her research, Anna is looking at jihadist, far-right and mixed ideology groups in the West and in Russia/post-Soviet space.
Areas of Research
Propaganda, terrorist content creation, disinformation, misinformation
Areas of Supervision
PhD applications are welcome in the areas of online terrorist and extremist propaganda in the West and/or post-Soviet space.
Security Studies
Terrorism: Threat and Response
Terrorism and Irregular Conflict
Contemporary security
Contemporary Information Warfare
Qualifications
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International Studies
2017 - 2020 -
MA International Conflict Studies
2014 - 2015 -
MSc in Security Studies
2013 - 2014
Recognitions
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Associate Fellow
Publications
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Terrorist recruitment, propaganda and branding : selling terror online
Kruglova, A. (2022). Terrorist recruitment, propaganda and branding : selling terror online. UK: Routledge
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'Does peacekeeping deter terrorism?'
Kruglova, A. (2020). 'Does peacekeeping deter terrorism?'. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, 14(1), 50-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2020.1821070
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“I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising
Kruglova, A. (2020). “I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 44(2), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2020.1799519
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“For God, for Tsar and for the Nation : authenticity in the Russian Imperial Movement’s propaganda”
Kruglova, A. (2021). “For God, for Tsar and for the Nation : authenticity in the Russian Imperial Movement’s propaganda”. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2021.1990826