Bàrbara Molas

Dr. Bàrbara Molas is a Senior Analyst at RAND EU working with the Defense, Security and Justice team, and an ICCT Associate Fellow in Current and Emerging Threats. In the past 5 years, her work has focused on counter-extremism strategies and policy development. Before joining RAND, she was an expert consultant on right-wing extremism and terrorism for institutions including the United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the UK Crown Prosecution Services (CPS). She was a Research Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) between August 2022 and January 2025.

In relation to her areas of expertise, Molas has published 30+ expert pieces and technical reports, 4 books, and shared insights and information pertinent to these topics with the BBC (UK), New Statesman (UK), the Daily Mail (UK), The Independent (UK), Grid (NL), Zembla (NL), de Volkskrant (NL), El País (ESP), El Temps (ESP), and the CBC (CAN).