Dr Javier Argomaniz
Senior Lecturer
Teaching
Current
IR5902 Research Methods
IR4574 Understanding Terrorism
IR5951 Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism
IR2006 Studying International Relations
Research areas
Javier Argomaniz is a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), where he has published widely on the subject of state, non-state and civilian responses to political violence. His work has been published in Terrorism and Political Violence, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Cooperation and Conflict, Intelligence and National Security and a number of other peer-reviewed journals. He has co-directed two separate international and multi-disciplinary projects funded by the EU on the needs of victims of terrorism and the role of victims in the prevention of conflict. Argomaniz is the author of Resisting Terror. Civil Action and Non-Violent Resistance to Terrorism in Basque Country (OUP, 2025) and Post–9/11 European Union counter-terrorism: Politics, Polity and Policies (Routledge, 2011). He is also co-editor and contributor to Victims of terrorism. A comparative and Interdisciplinary Study (Routledge, 2014); International Perspectives on Terrorism Victimisation. An Interdisciplinary Approach (Palgrave, 2015), EU Counter-Terrorism and Intelligence: A Critical Assessment (Routledge, 2016) and Victims and Perpetrators of Terrorism. Exploring Identities, Roles and Narratives (Routledge, 2018)
PhD supervision
- Areej Al Khathlan
- James Hewitt
- Mohammad Tariq Jahan
- Lydia Maria Roth
- Nicolò Scremin
Selected publications
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Resisting terror: civil action and non-violent resistance to terrorism in Basque country
Argomaniz, J., 7 May 2025, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 304 p. (Causes and consequences of terrorism)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
¡Basta Ya! The Basque civic movement and nonviolent resistance to ETA’s terrorism
Argomaniz, J., 2 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence. Advance articles, 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Written evidence submitted by the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St Andrews (CTE0009)
Wilson, T. K., Argomaniz, J., Blumenau, B., Lehr, P. & Omeni, A., 14 Sept 2023, UK Parliament. 14 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Las víctimas de ETA. Necesidades, derechos y activismo
Argomaniz, J., 2021, ETA. : Terror y terrorismo. Madrid: Marcial Pons Historia, p. 173-196 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Civil Action Against ETA Terrorism in Basque Country
Argomaniz, J., 2019, Civil Action and the Dynamics of Violence. New York: Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Introduction to Special Issue – Understanding and conceptualizing European jihadists: criminals, extremists or both?
Kupatadze, A. & Argomaniz, J., May 2019, In: European Journal of Criminology. 16, 3, p. 261-277 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Jihadism and crime in Spain: a convergence settings approach
Argomaniz, J. & Bermejo, R., 13 Feb 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Criminology. OnlineFirst, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Reseñas - Serranò, A. (2018): Las víctimas del terrorismo: de la invisibilidad a los derechos, Cizur Menor, Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 407 pp
Argomaniz, J., 23 Oct 2019, In: Política y Sociedad. 56, 2, p. 548-550 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Open access
A battle of narratives - Spanish victims organisations international action to delegitimise terrorism and political violence
Argomaniz, J., 2018, In: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 41, 7, p. 573-588Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Introduction to the special issue: the complexity of terrorism – victims, perpetrators and radicalisation
Argomaniz, J. & Lynch, O., 2018, In: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 41, 7, p. 491-506Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review