Birmingham City University

Faculty Member, Faculty of Education, Law and Social Sciences

Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Security Studies

Department of Social Sciences: Division of Criminology & Sociology

About

I am a Senior lecturer in Criminology and Security Studies with a background in Politics. Completed my doctorate from the University of Ulster in 2008 entitled, 'A Strategic Analysis of Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland'.

I am an executive committee member of the Political Studies Association; Vice President in charge of conferences of the Society for Terrorism Research; a member of the Insurgency Research Group; an IUS Armed Forces and Society Fellow; member of the Conflict Research Society; and part of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University.

Recent Publications:

Harris, L (2012) 'Implications of a strategic analysis: The operational strategy of Loyalist paramilitaries’ in Behavioural Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression , 4 (1)

Harris, L. 'Quis Separabit: Loyalist Transformation and the strategic environment’ in  McAuley, J. and Spencer (2011), G After the Good Friday Agreement: Politics, Society and Post-Conflict Transformation,  Palgrave: London

Harris, L.,‘Duck or Rabbit? The Value Systems of Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland' in Busteed, M. and Tonge, J. (eds) (2008) Irish Protestant Identities Manchester University Press: Manchester;

Harris, L., ‘Exit, Voice and Loyalty': Signalling of Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland' in Edwards, A and Bloomer, S (eds) (2008) Transforming the Peace Process in Northern Ireland: From Terrorism to Democratic Politics Irish Academic Press: Dublin


Harris, L. (2006) ‘Introducing the Strategic Approach: An Examination of Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland’ in British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 9 (4)

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