Events

CoJiT speakers presenting the Conference’s final them “General Perspectives”

CoJiT Chairman, Prof. Michael Clarke addressing the invited audience at the opening of the CoJiT Conference at the Royal Institution

Conference: Royal Institution, London, 12 September 2018

CoJiT held its first conference – Combating Jihadist Terrorism in the UK – Launching a National Conversation on Causes and Responses – for invited academics, practitioners and policymakers at an all-day event at the Royal Institution in London, on September 12^th 2018. The keynote speech was delivered by Sara Khan, Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism, the full text of which can be found here.

The conclusions that emerged from the Conference – based on the presentation of 27 papers commissioned by CoJiT from amongst the ‘best in the business’ following the lively and informed debate were published in Autumn 2019 as a book entitled Jihadist Terror: New Threats, New Responses by IB Tauris, a Bloomsbury Publishing imprint.

CoJiT speakers discussing one of the Conference’s key themes: Methods and Modalities of Terrorism and Counter-Measures - (from l to r): Prof Jytte Klausen, Richard Barrett, Dr Anthony Richards (CoJiT Director), Prof Andrew Silke, Dr Anne Stenersen and Dr Paul Gill

Lord Jonathan Evans and Ed Hussain in conversation on the challenges of combating jihadist terrorism in the UK, moderated by CoJiT’s Prof. Michael Clarke, at the How To Academy-curated event, Emmanuel Centre

Sara Khan, Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism, delivering the Conference’s keynote speech

CoJiT conference delegates in conversation at The Royal Institution

Invited audience participation at the CoJiT Conference at the The Royal Institution

Audience listening to Lord Jonathan Evans and Ed Hussain in conversation at the Emmanuel Centre

National Conversation – launch event: Emmanuel Centre, London, 12 September 2018

CoJiT’s call for a national conversation on combating jihadist terrorism in the UK was initiated with a public event held at the Emmanuel Centre, London on the evening of September 12^thwhich featured a conversation assessing the success and the future challenges involved. Taking part were Jonathan Evans, former Director General of the Security Service (MI5) and Ed Husain, former supporter of radical Islamism and now bestselling author and government adviser. A film of the on-the-record component of their fascinating conversation, which was moderated by CoJiT Chairman, Michael Clarke, can be found below.