Aberdeen University/Terrorism Research Unit
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 Aberdeen University/Terrorism Research Unit    | |
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| Headquarters | Aberdeen University |
| Interests |  “terrorism” |
| Paul Wilkinson and his students in the 1980s at Aberdeen University | |
Aberdeen University's Terrorism Research Unit was established by Paul Wilkinson in 1980s within the department of Politics and International Relations.
The 'unit' consisted of Wilkinson and a team of students who began developing a computer database of "terrorist" incidents, profiles of terrorist groups and laws and "anti-terrorist" measures taken by governments.[1]
Legacy
The project - described as being 'unique in size in Western Europe' - was coordinated with the RAND Corporation and the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies (where Ariel Merari was working on a similar project). It almost certainly led to the RAND-St Andrews database developed by Wilkinson and Bruce Hoffman in the 1990s at the University of St. Andrews.[2]
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References
- ↑ Alex Peter Schmid, Political terrorism: a new guide to actors, authors, concepts, data bases, theories and literature (Amsterdam; Oxford: North-Holland, 1988) pp.146-147
- ↑ Alex Peter Schmid, Political terrorism: a new guide to actors, authors, concepts, data bases, theories and literature (Amsterdam; Oxford: North-Holland, 1988) pp.146-147
