Atmospheres of Counterterrorism in European cities

Researching the everyday experiences of terrorist threats and counterterrorism measures in cities. Funded by @UKRI_News @AgenceRecherche @dfg_public (2021-2024)

[Atmospheres of Counterterrorism in European cities @AtmoCT]

📢NEW PUBLICATION
Out now in @ProgHumGeog , "Atmospheric Geographies of (counter)terrorism" outlines the concept of our cross-national study over the past three years, thanks to our multilingual team able to draw on English, French, and German language philosophies and ideas.

[Progress in Human Geography @ProgHumGeog]

🌫️ New paper published in Progress in Human Geography 🌫️

'Atmospheric geographies of (counter)terrorism' by Sara Fregonese, Paul Simpson, Damien Masson, Simon Runkel, Carrie Ann Benjamin, Samuel Berlin, Katharina Ciax and Angeliki Drongiti

https://t.co/WRGVJdObEl @SaraFregonese

[Atmospheres of Counterterrorism in European cities @AtmoCT]

Related to the anti-Muslim sentiment and related disorders in the UK currently, back in March we provided evidence about the problematically skewed perceptions of Islam among the UK public:

[College of Life and Environmental Sciences @LES_UniBham]

NEW perspective from @SaraFregonese at @GeogBham

"What's missing from the debate [on extremism] is an evidence-based understanding of how the public feel about security and attitudes towards terrorism threats."

https://t.co/OeyrAE2KUl

#extremism #policy

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@AtmoCT has now officially ended!

Big thanks to our funders @ESRC @AgenceRecherche @dfg_public; our research participants; research team; advisory; support staff. Keep following us here and on https://t.co/Po0jCjdcWL, for updates on research publications and activities.

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Second photo by @SKlosterkamp

[Atmospheres of Counterterrorism in European cities @AtmoCT]

How it started - how it's going
Cergy 2019 - Cergy 2024
@atmoCT bid planning - @atmoct final conference

We are just a few days from the administrative end of @AtmoCT , but so much remains to write and do. We'll keep updating you here, and on https://t.co/Po0jCjdcWL

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A big thanks to our advisory board, external speakers, and audience, for their essential contribution to a very successful conference last week. A full immersion in all things atmospheric, and how they relate to terrorism and security in our cities.
https://t.co/Po0jCjdcWL

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@AtmoCT_Carrie @AtmoCT_Sam @ADrongiti @KathaCiax @LucyGoBag @K_E_Brown27 @SteveHewittUK @MarianneLWade @ResCitiesLab @AmyBatley @ArthurDVador @StineIlum @SimTulum @EuropeUrban

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Here is the full programme of the @AtmoCT conference in Cergy next month:

[Atmospheres of Counterterrorism in European cities @AtmoCT]

📢Details of the @AtmoCT conference organised by the research team and hosted by Damien Masson at CY Cergy Paris Université on 13-14 June:
https://t.co/9s4jWwWhj0
Participation is free - attendance form in the link

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https://t.co/mLxg9xTbCk

[Atmospheres of Counterterrorism in European cities @AtmoCT]

📢Details of the @AtmoCT conference organised by the research team and hosted by Damien Masson at CY Cergy Paris Université on 13-14 June:
https://t.co/9s4jWwWhj0
Participation is free - attendance form in the link

[Atmospheres of Counterterrorism in European cities @AtmoCT]

Thank you Simon Runkel and @KathaCiax for the great hospitality in Jena and Thuringia region. What a wonderful setting for a strategic meeting to decide the final steps of our research activities, outputs, and events. Until next time, in Cergy!
#terrorism #research #atmosphere

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What constitutes a harbinger of a terror attack for the UK public? What does the UK public associate the word "terrorism" with? Some early findings from the https://t.co/Po0jCjdcWL large survey about UK public perceptions of terrorist threat.

[College of Life and Environmental Sciences @LES_UniBham]

NEW perspective from @SaraFregonese at @GeogBham

"What's missing from the debate [on extremism] is an evidence-based understanding of how the public feel about security and attitudes towards terrorism threats."

https://t.co/OeyrAE2KUl

#extremism #policy

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📢NEW PUBLICATION by @AtmoCT /Germany:
Geopolitics of Urban Squares: Atmospheric Securitisation and Counterterrorism in Everyday Urban Spaces in Berlin.
By the amazing PhD researcher on our project @KathaCiax and Simon Runkel.

https://t.co/ENkgSF1YxL

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📢NEW PUBLICATION by @AtmoCT /France in @_riurba : on how antiterrorism measures shape the affective and emotive aspects and politics of everyday urban life.

[Angeliki Drongiti @ADrongiti]

"Crises terroristes et ambiances urbaines. Quelles marques les attentats laissent-ils aux villes?". Notre article avec Damien Masson @AtmoCT publié dans @_riurba discute la crise urbanistique qu'induisent la menace terroriste et la lutte antiterroriste. https://t.co/XS763hzPpb

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The @AtmoCT team is excited to be at #AAG2023 in Denver with two paper sessions on urban atmospheres of (in)security, disaster, and recovery:

https://t.co/BZ8Wi6TPD4

https://t.co/6UyewzQoy6

@theAAG

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Damien Masson, Teamleiter von @AtmoCT in Frankreich, war heute morgen im Podcast "Les enjeux territoriaux“ von @franceculture zu hören und sprach über Projektarbeiten zu den urbanen und lokalen Folgen von Terroranschlägen:
https://t.co/SfP8Ai56id

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Damien Masson, PI of @AtmoCT 's French team, appeared this morning on @franceculture 's podcast Les Enjeux Territoriaux to speak about the local and urban consequences of terrorist attacks, with content based on our research project. Listen here (16 min): https://t.co/SfP8Ai5E7L

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Damien Masson, chef d'equipe français d' @AtmoCT , est apparu cet matin dans le podcast "Les enjeux territoriaux" de @franceculture pour parler des consequence urbaines et locales des attentats terroristes, à partir de notre recherche.

Pour l'écouter: https://t.co/SfP8Ai56id

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Krasmann und Hentschel 2019 is a classic in the @AtmoCT project library 📚 Glad to see such an interesting funded workshop happening - @EarthWriting @SimTulum check this out.

[Urban Terrorism in Europe (2004-19) @EuropeUrban]

We're delighted to share the cfp for this (funded) workshop on 'situational awareness' @unihh @EGeertsPhD @AtmoCT @ERC_Research @katharkarcher @SaraFregonese @SteveHewittUK

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PI @SaraFregonese will deliver the keynote "Shockwaves" at @TampereUni 's Geography Days on 3 November, presenting part of our archive research work on Birmingham:
https://t.co/YAZoIJYsny

Keynote summary here: https://t.co/Mzz05BtSY2