Dr Antonella Acinapura

Research Interests

Research Keywords

  • Social Movements
  • Contentious Politics
  • Political Violence
  • Militant Islamism
  • The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  • The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
  • Middle East Politics

 

Research disciplines

  • Politics and International Relations
  • Middle East Studies
  • Sociology 

 

Countries

  • Palestine
  • Middle East
  • North Africa

 

 

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Publications
  • Acinapura A (2023) “A framing-sensitive approach to militant groups’ tactics: The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine and the radicalisation of violence during the Second Intifada”, Critical Studies on Terrorism, Vol. 16, Issue 5: 123-145. 
  • Acinapura A (2020) "Islamist Dissent and Social Movements: The Recent Evolution of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine," in Fiamminghi D (ed.). The Evolution of Islamic Terrorism: From the Arab Springs to the American Withdrawal from Syria (2011-2020), Novi Ligure: Epoke Editions. In Italian.  
  • Acinapura A (2024) “Palestinian Islamic Jihad: what you need to know about the militant group”, The Conversation
  • McCloskley S, Acinapura A, Gaynor N, Grummell B, Khoo S, Liddy M, Mallon B, Martinez Saint G, McCann G (2021) Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review. Fifteenth Anniversary Special Edition, Centre for Global Education: Belfast.