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Simone Molin Friis

@FriisSimone

PhD in Political Science. Research on political violence, propaganda, online communication and militant imagery.

 University of Copenhagen
politicalscience.ku.dk/staff/PhD_Internal/?pure=en/persons/373644
Joined July 2011
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UNITAD@UNITAD_Iraq13 May 2021
UNITAD today launches a video detailing investigations into #ISIL crimes committed against #Yazidis in #Sinjar. On Monday, SA @KarimKhanQC confirmed clear & convincing evidence of genocide. Watch the full video, produced w/ @situresearch youtu.be/WrdUSQh9l3I 1/2
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"Behead, burn, crucify, crush": Theorizing the Islamic State’s public displays of violence. Research article by @FriisSimone in: European Journal of International Relations, 24(2), 243-267. doi.org/10.1177/135406611771…
‘Behead, burn, crucify, crush’: Theorizing the Islamic State’s public displays of violence - Simone...

‘Behead, burn, crucify, crush’: Theorizing the Islamic State’s public displays of violence - Simone...

The militant group known as the Islamic State has become notorious for its public displays of violence. Through slick high-definition videos showing beheadings,...

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Rune Møller Stahl@RuneStahl6 Aug 2019
Carlsberg dropper muligheden for at søge postdoc i Danmark, ligesom @DFF_raad gjorde for et par år siden. Det betyder nu at der INGEN muligheder er for at finansiere et selvstændigt forskningsprojekt som nyudklækket phd i DK. #dkpol #dkviden carlsbergfondet.dk/da/Nyhede…
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I don’t know how people do this to each other. And I’ve been studying this shit for 15 years.
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@BBCBreaking22 Apr 2019
The number of people who died in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka has risen sharply to 290, police say. bbc.in/2XuCqgV
Sri Lanka attacks: Death toll soars to 290 after bombings hit churches and hotels

Sri Lanka attacks: Death toll soars to 290 after bombings hit churches and hotels

The government blames a local Islamist group for the worst violence since the end of the civil war.

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Nordic Co-operation@nordenen9 Apr 2019
Women, peace and security, as well as preventive diplomacy are areas that could be promoted as part of the Nordic Peace brand. Read the report: norden.diva-portal.org/smash… #nrpol #nrsession #newnordicpeace
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Jeg taler om min ph.d. om Islamisk Stat med @madsoes i @AK24syv. Fra minut 4.00: 24syv.dk/programmer/ak-24syv… @KuSamf @koebenhavns_uni
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Thomas Hegghammer@Hegghammer23 Nov 2018
A real pleasure to assess @FriisSimone PhD dissertation on Islamic State’s use of imagery with @claudia_aradau and @RebAdlerNissen at @uni_copenhagen @KuSamf. Congratulations Simone!
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The public defense of my #PhD dissertation will take place on November 23, 14.00, at @KuSamf. Topic = Militant Imagery, Online Communication, and the Islamic State. Everyone is welcome! #dkforsvar #dkvid See more: politicalscience.ku.dk/event…
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Hvad betyder billeder i international politik? Havde æren at fortælle om vores forskningsprojekt i gårsdagens @dr2deadline -med tanker til forskningsholdet bag (Hansen, @FriisSimone, Tsinovoi, Andersen, @MeganhMackenzie, Williams & Neumann @koebenhavns_uni dr.dk/tv/se/deadline/deadlin…
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A "must go to" event if you are in Copenhagen on Sep 24! @KuSamf #foreignfighting
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@Carlsbergfondet23 Aug 2018
Militant propaganda (fx Islamist Stat) har langt bedre vilkår end tidligere med den digitale udvikling bla mindre afhængig af traditionelle medier, siger @FriisSimone #dkforsk @koebenhavns_uni
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Our NEW virtual issue explores the development of scholarship on the Middle East from 1926 to the present, drawing on articles in our archive. Read Louise Fawcett's introduction here: cht.hm/2M29z2p
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Thomas Hegghammer@Hegghammer9 Aug 2018
Full text of my short chapter on jihadi weeping in @gorgiaspress book on Near East Studies at @the_IAS: hegghammer.com/_files/weepin…
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Aaron Y. Zelin
@azelin21 Jul 2018
Rearing Cubs of the Caliphate: An Examination of Child Soldier Recruitment by Da’esh - James Morris & Tristan Dunning, Terrorism and Political Violence: bit.ly/2zXppWl
Rearing Cubs of the Caliphate: An Examination of Child Soldier Recruitment by Da’esh

Rearing Cubs of the Caliphate: An Examination of Child Soldier Recruitment by Da’esh

This study investigates child soldier recruitment strategies of the Islamic State group (Da’esh). It argues that while the dominant caretaker and free-ranger approaches to child soldier recruitment...

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Tobias Liebetrau@TobiasLiebetrau4 May 2018
Brilliant defense. Extremely thought-provoking PhD-dissertation on ‘Corporate Zones of Cyber Security’ Kapow @kristofferkc #polscicph #dktech #digidk #criticalsecuritystudies #cast
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Interesting research: Exploiting the Prophet's Authority: How Islamic State Propaganda Uses Hadith Quotation to Assert Legitimacy tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
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David Wells@DavidWellsCT11 Apr 2018
Read our latest report on the Challenge of Returning & Relocating Foreign Terrorist Fighters, drawing on perspectives from the global CT research community un.org/sc/ctc/wp-content/upl…
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Thomas Hegghammer@Hegghammer11 Apr 2018
Finally submitted this to the publisher. Now what year is it, and is Bush still president
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#hackhadet er tænkt som en modbølge til hadpropaganda og opfordringer til vold på internettet og sociale medier. På lokale hackathons har deltagere lært at bruge kreative digitale værktøjer til at udvikle egne ideer og løsninger mod online had. Se... hackhadet.dk/
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Olivier Schmitt
@Olivier1Schmitt26 Mar 2018
My latest paper "When are strategic narratives effective? The shaping of political discourse through the interaction between political myths and strategic narratives" has been published by @CSP_journal. Just in time for #ISA2018 @CWSWarStudies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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