Professor Gabe Mythen BA, MA, PGCE: HE, PhD.

My research lies at the intersection between Sociology and Criminology and is oriented toward the relationship between risk, security and control. In recent years I have been researching the social construction of the terrorist threat and the political effects of counter-terrorism legislation on Muslim Minority groups. This strand of my work is currently being augmented by a critical study into the nature, representation and regulation of radicalization.
I am also working alongside colleagues Sandra Walklate and Ross McGarry on a range of projects exploring the concept of resilience and its applications in military and security contexts. The third strand of my research is oriented toward the changing nature of the victim in society and the relationship between understandings of victimization, fear of crime and wider processes of securitization. My final long-standing research interest revolves around the theoretical uses of risk and the limits to risk theory. Consequent to my critique of the risk society thesis, I continue to explore the possibility of developing inter-disciplinary synergistic theories of risk within the social sciences.

I am an experienced PhD supervisor and would welcome applications from candidates undertaking research in any of the following areas: human security; terrorism and ideology; counter-terrorism legislation; crime, risk and fear; risk and the environment; social theory; the sociology of risk; policing and surveillance of Muslim Minority groups and identity, ethnicity and risk.