Biography

I joined the department having been a lecturer in International Relations at Oxford Brookes University. My ESRC-funded PhD was awarded by Birmingham University in 2008. In it, I explored the importance of narratives of time and history in the legitimisation and organisation of the Bush administration’s War on Terror. My MA in Political Science (Research Methods) was also completed within Birmingham University’s Department of Political Science and International Studies, and my BA in Politics at Nottingham University.

Current Research

I am currently involved in three projects based on my above research interests. The first of these, ‘Anti-Terrorism, Citizenship and Security in the UK’, explores the different ways in which contemporary anti-terrorism powers impact on people’s perceptions and experiences of security and citizenship. This project is funded by an ESRC award that I received in collaboration with Dr. Michael Lister of Oxford Brookes University. My second project is an exploration of a series of memorial websites established to commemorate the 9/11 attacks and their victims. I am also currently co-authoring a new book with colleagues from Aberystwyth University, entitled Terrorism: A Critical Introduction. This is due for publication by Palgrave in 2011. I will be taking up a post as a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London during my sabbatical in semester two of 2010-2011.

Selected Recent Publications

• Jarvis, L. (Forthcoming, 2011) ‘No: Al Qaeda: A Diminishing Threat’, in R. Jackson & J. Sinclair (eds.) Contemporary Debates on Terrorism (Abingdon: Routledge).
  Jarvis, L. (Forthcoming, 2012) ‘Conclusion: The Process, Practice and Ethics of Research’ in L. Shepherd (ed.) Critical Approaches to Security: An Introduction to Theories and Methods (Abingdon: Routledge).
• Jarvis, L. (Forthcoming, 2012) ‘Conclusion: The Process, Practice and Ethics of Research’ in L. Shepherd (ed.) Critical Approaches to Security: An Introduction to Theories and Methods (Abingdon: Routledge).
• Jarvis, L. (Forthcoming, 2011) ‘No: Al Qaeda: A Diminishing Threat’, in R. Jackson & J. Sinclair (eds.) Contemporary Debates on Terrorism (Abingdon: Routledge).
• Jackson, R., Jarvis, L., Breen Smyth, M., & Gunning, J. (2011). Terrorism: A Critical Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (link).
• Jarvis, L. (2010) ‘Speaking of Terrorism: Gordon Brown’s War of Words’, in Monitor 9(1), pp.11-13 (link) 
• Jarvis, L. & Lister, M. (2010) ‘Stakeholder Security: The New Western Way of Counter-Terrorism?’, Contemporary Politics 16(2): 173-188 (link).
• Jarvis, L. (2010) ‘Remember, Remember, 11 September: Memorializing 9/11 on the Internet', in Journal of War and Culture Studies 3(1): 69-82 (link)
• Jarvis, L. (2009) 'The Spaces and Faces of Critical Terrorism Studies', Security Dialogue, 40(1), p5-27 (link).
• Jarvis, L. (2009) Times of Terror: Discourse, Temporality and the War on Terror (Basingstoke: Palgrave) ( Flyer ) (link).
• Jarvis, L. (2008) ‘Times of Terror: Writing Temporality into the War on Terror’, Critical Studies in Terrorism 1(2): 245-262 (link)

Reviews of Times of Terror:

• Political Studies Review (link)
• Critical Studies on Terrorism (link)
• Meridiano 47 (link)

Selected research awards, fellowships, & prizes

• 2009 ESRC Small Grant Award: £95,020   RES 000-22 3765 Anti-Terrorism, Security and Citizenship in the UK. Co-applicant with Dr. Michael Lister (Oxford Brookes University)
• 2009 ISA Travel Grant Award: $350. Funding awarded for travel to 2009 Annual Convention.
• 2003-2007 ESRC +3 Award: PTA 030 2003 00614. Full funding for PhD project

PhD Supervision

• Nathan P. Roger (Passed, 2010). Image Warfare in the War on Terror: Image Munitions and the Continuation of War and Politics by other Means. (Second supervisor with Dr. Alan Finlayson).

I am currently supervising PhD students exploring the War on Terror and al-Qaeda. I welcome enquiries from strong candidates interested in any of my research areas.