Miraji Mohamed

Miraji Mohamed is a research fellow at the Conflict Institute of Dublin City University; and an affiliate at the Cyber Threats Research Centre of Swansea University. She holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations from Dublin City University. Her research primarily explores the conceptualisation of radicalisation, the position of youth in the peace and security agenda, online extremism, gendered tropes in online jihadist propaganda, digital governance and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism interventions with a regional expertise in East Africa and global experience in policy-engaged research. Her research largely draws on primary data collected through interviews and ethnography, and it bridges critical security studies, development studies, and digital governance.

Publications:

Mohamed, M.H. (2025) ‘Civil Society Carving Spaces of Resistance in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Policies & Practices’, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. https://doi.org/10.1177/03043754251343003

Conway, M., Mattheis, A.A., McCafferty, S. & Mohamed, M.H. (2024) Violent Extremism and Terrorism Online in 2023: The Year in Review. Policy Report. Publications Office of the European Union. https://doras.dcu.ie/30149/  

Mohamed, M.H. (2023). ‘The Woman Question in Online Extremism and P/CVE in Kenya: Toward a New Gendered Approach,’ GNET Insights, 7 December. 

Mohamed, M.H. (2021) ‘Dangerous or political? Kenyan youth negotiating political agency in the age of 'new terrorism’’, Media, War & Conflict, 14(3), pp. 303–321. https://doi.org/10.1177/17506352211028406