Inés Bolaños Somoano
Inés Bolaños Somoano is a PhD candidate on EU Counter-terrorism, at the Political and Social Sciences Department of the European University Institute (Italy), and a Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University (Netherlands). Her research looks primarily at the emergence of Prevention of Radicalization as a distinct policy field in Europe. Her secondary focus is on right-wing online extremism and policy guidelines to combat online radicalization. Inés is a qualitative researcher, using elite interviews, remote and in person, as well as archival evidence, text and policy analysis.
Key ICCT Publications:
Abbas, T., Somoano, I.B., Cook, J., Frens, I., Klein, G.R., and McNeil-Willson, R. The Buffalo attack – An analysis of the manifesto. Perspective, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, 18 May 2022
Somoano, I.B., and McNeil-Willson, R. Lessons from the Buffalo shooting: responses to violent white supremacy. Perspective, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, 18 May 2022
This perspective critically examines some challenges posed to the rule of law and human rights by states’ use of data-driven learning-based artificial intelligence (AI) systems for identifying individuals presenting a threat to national security.
This perspective argues that despite the concern from researchers, policymakers, and the media about terrorist’s use of financial technologies, there is little empirical evidence of the adoption of widespread sophisticated financial plots.
This research paper retells the stories of an individual’s journey to join, dwell and fight for ISIS by examining Zafirr Golamaully’s series of blogs called ‘Dusty Feet’.