About

Leena Malkki is the Director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Helsinki. Her research focuses on political violence in post-war Europe and her current research interests include transnational dynamics of political violence, societal resilience to violent extremism, evaluation of initiatives to prevent/counter violent extremism, school shootings and lone actor violence. She is the chair of the ECPR Standing Group on Political Violence and member of the editorial board of Terrorism and Political Violence.

Research Interests

Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Contentious Politics, Extremism, Political Violence, Social Movements, Terrorism, Political Sociology, Political Activism, Protests, Activism

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Political Violence
• Political Sociology
• Extremism and Democracy