Jonathan Githens-Mazer
Jonathan Githens-Mazer is an academic at the University of Exeter specializing on 'radicalisation, theories of ethnicity and nationalism, and the role of national identity in radical and/or violent political mobilisation.' He is also the co-Director of the European Muslim Research Centre.[1]
Views and Publications
Githens-Mazer's academic work has focused on how the experience or 'myths, memories and symbols' of injustice create 'radicalisation'.
In his own words he is 'broadly interested in understanding the role of myths, memories and symbols in processes of micro- and macro- mobilisation, and more broadly the interplay between cultural identity and political behaviour, particularly the interface between collective identity and inidivdual participation in radical violent action.' [2]
His PhD, awarded in 2005, focused on the Easter Rising and drew on Anthony D. Smith's theories of nationalism. It was followed by Myths and Memories of the Easter Rising. [3]
In 2008 Githens-Mazer and three other academics in his department were awarded £224,000 by the Economic and Social Research Council for a two year study focusing on North Africans living in the UK, France and Spain to see if perception of terrorism in the West is caused by colonial repression or current political, social and economic problems. [4]
Specialist Group Military Intelligence
Githens-Mazer is named in a list of members of the Specialist Group Military Intelligence (SGMI), an Army Reserve unit, published by Anonymous in January 2019.[5] CVs submitted by Stratagem Consulting in bids for Foreign and Commonwealth Office strategic communications contracts, also published by Anonymous, describe him as "A commissioned UK Army Reservist in Specialist Group Military Intelligence who holds Developed Vetting status".[6]
Stratagem Consulting
The same bids give his post as Stratagem's "Director Audience Analysis and Measurement of Effect" from April 2016, and describe him as its "Director of Research and Behavioural Science Analytics", proposed for monitoring and evaluation on projects in Syria, Libya and a "Middle Eastern Country".[6][7]
Affiliations
- University of Exeter
- Stratagem Consulting
- Specialist Group Military Intelligence (named in the list published by Anonymous)
References
- ↑ Staff: EMRC, accessed 18.03.10
- ↑ University of Exeter, Department of Politics > Dr Jonathan Githens-Mazer (accessed 19 March 2009)
- ↑ Matthew Kelly, 'Myths and Memories of the Easter Rising: Cultural and Political Nationalism in Ireland by Jonathan Githens-Mazer', Nations and Nationalism, Volume 13, Issue 03, Pages 539-559
- ↑ 'Cash to study radical Islam', Express and Echo, 18 February 2008; p. 2
- ↑ Anonymous, list of Specialist Group Military Intelligence members posted on CyberGuerrilla, 24 January 2019, archived copy, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Stratagem Consulting, ITT2950 Stratagem 1.2.9 CVs (CVE Communication Project for a Middle Eastern Country) and ITT3476 Stratagem Part C CVs (Syria Al Hol Strat Comms Phase 2), among bid documents published by Anonymous.
- ↑ Stratagem Consulting, ITT3476 Stratagem Part C Project Team (Syria Al Hol Strat Comms Phase 2) and ITT3538 Stratagem Part C Project Team (Libya WARWICK CT CVE Strat Comms), among bid documents published by Anonymous.