Katherine E. Brown is a Reader in Religion and Global Security, at the University of Birmingham, UK. She specialises in gender, jihad and counterterrorism. Her research engages directly with public debates on security, radicalisation, Islamophobia and women’s rights. Her policy work has been funded by UN Women, UNDP, the British Council, Research England, and NATO. She has published widely including Gender, Religion and Extremism (2020); and Gender-Mainstreaming Principles and Priorities in PVE (2019).