Book Chapter
Can CTS listen? Silences in terrorism and counterterrorism
Schweiger E & Martini A (2024) Can CTS listen? Silences in terrorism and counterterrorism. In: Contemporary Reflections on Critical Terrorism Studies. Routledge, pp. 142-157.
Contact details
About me
Elisabeth is a Lecturer in International Politics. Prior to joining the 工口影院 she worked as a lecturer at the Politics department of the University of York and at the University of Edinburgh. Elisabeth is Convenor of the BISA Working Group for Security Policy and Practice. She is interested in alternative approaches to security and foreign policy and has worked with policy-makers, NGOs, and think tanks.
Her research focuses on contemporary asymmetrical use of force within the wider context of the colonial continuities of counterinsurgency practices. She has particularly focused on the role of silence in military violence, through interlinking modalities such as secrecy, acquiescence, presuppositions, silencing and exclusion.
Elisabeth obtained her PhD from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands where she particularly focused on ‘targeted killing’ practices in international law and politics. She has previously studied at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Aberdeen.
Elisabeth's work is interdisciplinary, engaging with international politics, international political sociology, international law and history.
Her research is multifaceted and varied. Keywords include:
?Counterinsurgency, asymmetric warfare and new weapon technologies ?Legacies of colonial violence ?International law and the regulation of the use of force ?Legitimisation of military violence and militarism ?Discourse, rhetoric and war propaganda ?Silence, secrecy, acquiescence, exclusion ?Postcolonial and feminist theories
Elisabeth has published single-authored and multi-authored articles in different disciplines, including an article on Researching Silence in Millennium and a paper on Covert Warfare in the European Journal of International Relations.
Event / Presentation
Invited Keynote Speaker at the Academy of International Affairs in Bonn
Keynote on silence in foreign policy at the workshop on Confronting the Past, Shaping the Future: Bridging Theory and Practice in Dialogue and Silencing
External Examiners and Validations
Judge for for the British International Studies Association New Voices in Cultural Relations Award
Other Academic Activities
Board Member of the European International Studies Association Early Career Development Group
Convenor of the British International Studies Association Working Group Security Policy and Practice
Outputs (5)
Article
Researching Silence: A Methodological Inquiry
Schweiger E & Tomiak K (2022) Researching Silence: A Methodological Inquiry. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 50 (3), pp. 623-646. https://doi.org/10.1177/03058298221083999
Article
Fighting silence covert warfare and the uphill battle against the unsaid
Schweiger E (2022) Fighting silence covert warfare and the uphill battle against the unsaid. European Journal of International Relations, 28 (1), pp. 110-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540661211053830
Article
The Lure of Novelty: “Targeted Killing” and Its Older Terminological Siblings
Schweiger E (2019) The Lure of Novelty: “Targeted Killing” and Its Older Terminological Siblings. International Political Sociology, 13 (3), pp. 276-295. https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olz006
Article
Listen closely: what silence can tell us about legal knowledge production
Schweiger E (2018) Listen closely: what silence can tell us about legal knowledge production. London Review of International Law, 6 (3), pp. 391-411. https://doi.org/10.1093/lril/lry031
Teaching
Elisabeth has developed courses in international politics that are interactive and build on her innovative approach of case study groups. Modules she has taught include:
POLU9TT: Terrorism and Counterterrorism POLU9CS: Critical Security Studies POLU9UN: The United Nations in a Globalised World ICCPP22: International Organisations
Awards
Teaching Award for ‘Supporting Student Voices’, University of York Student Union, 2022
Runner-up for University-wide ‘Best Tutor Award’, Edinburgh University Student Association, 2017
Best Tutor in Politics and International Relations Award, University of Edinburgh, 2015