
Dr Ikrom Yakubov
Lecturer in International Relations and Security
School of Psychology and Humanities
Ikrom's research interests lie at the intersection of International Relations, Intelligence, Research & Analytical Methods, Security and Warfare. Ikrom teaches across a range of subjects for our International Relations and Security team. Ikrom supervises undergraduate, postgraduate-master and PhD projects on IR, Intelligence, Security and Warfare.
Ikrom is a former Intelligence/Security practitioner, whose expertise combines both academic and practitioner's knowledge on IR, Intelligence, Security and Warfare. Ikrom has published in Security/Securitisation Studies and Radicalisation and De-radicalisation Studies. Moreover, he has also contributed to the Research Projects on the Counterterrorist Role of Europol and EU Civil Protection Responding to CBRN Incidents and Attacks. The projects can be found via the following links:
- An Unequal Fight: Strengthening Europol’s Counter-terrorism Mandate
- EU civil protection responding to CBRN incidents and attacks
Currently, he is working on his Monograph titled - The Role of Intelligence in Securitisation Processes: A Tool or An Agent?
Ikrom taught International Relations and Security, Intelligence, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Comparative Politics and Globalisation, Research Methods and Methodologies at renowned Universities such as Edinburgh, Dundee and South Wales. Moreover, he delivered public lectures on the Role of Technocratic Entities (e.g., CIA, SIS-MI6 and KGB) in security and foreign policy decision making.
- PhD in IR, Security & Intelligence, University of Dundee, 2017
- MLitt. in International Politics & Security, University of Dundee, 2012
- BA (Hons) in International Relations & Security, National University of Uzbekistan, 2001
- International Relations Theories
- International Security
- Intelligence (eg Intelligence Analysis & SATs; Intelligence-policy Relations, Covert Activities, Accountability and Oversight)
- Research Methods and Methodologies
- Securitisation
- Political Violence and Counterterrorism
- Warfare (eg Information and Psychological)
- BISA
Ikrom has contributed to the Research Projects on the Counterterrorist Role of Europol and EU Civil Protection Responding to CBRN Incidents and Attacks. The projects can be found via the following links:
- An Unequal Fight: Strengthening Europol’s Counter-terrorism Mandate
- EU civil protection responding to CBRN incidents and attacks
Currently, he is working on his Monograph titled - The Role of Intelligence in Securitisation Processes: A Tool or An Agent?
Publications
Book Chapter
“Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in Europe and the European Union,” in The Routledge Handbook of Deradicalization (with Professor Christian Kaunert and Professor Sarah Leonard), ed. Stig Jarle Hansen, Belfer Centre, Harvard And Stian Lid, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (January, 2020).
“Securitisation: Turning an Approach into a Framework for Research on EU Justice and Home Affairs,” in The Routledge Handbook of Justice and Home Affairs Research (with Professor Christian Kaunert, November 30, 2017. Routledge International Handbooks: 978-1-138-18375-9).
Book Review
Revisiting Intelligence and Policy: Problems with Politicization and Receptivity edited by Stephen Marrin (Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2014). October 2014 in online peer reviewed Journal of International Relations Research
- 1. BISA 44th Annual Conference 2019, Royal Society, Carleton House, London. The role of Intelligence in Security Policy Making and Implementation.
- 2. The Aberystwyth University’s International Conference on Intelligence, Past and Present in War and Peace: From the First World War to Today – CIISS November 2018. Presented Paper: The Role of the Intelligence-Security Agencies in Securitisation Processes: The War on Terror. The University of Aberystwyth, Gregynog Conference Centre, November 2018.
- 3. The European Union’s Area of Justice and Security (member of conference organising board), The Role of the Intelligence Service – CIA and SIS-MI6 – in Coping with Religion Based Terrorism. The University of Dundee, Tower Building, June 2014.
- 4. The European Union’s Area of Justice and Security (member of conference organising board), The Role of the Intelligence Service – CIA and SIS-MI6 – in Strategic Decision/Policy Making and Implementation Processes. The University of Dundee, Tower Building, June 2015.
- 5. The European Union’s Area of Justice and Security (member of conference organising board), Intelligence and Securitisation: A Tool or An Agent? The University of Dundee, Tower Building, June 2016.
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