Eva Herschinger

In my academic work, I am primarily interested in how people see and describe violent international phenomena and in how far these perspectives orient states and societies reaction to these issues. I have worked on the – often problematic – consequences of the ‘war on terror’ as well as the ‘war on drugs’ for democratic societies and international institutions, in particular the United Nations and the European Union. In my current studies I focus inter alia on the nexus between different (violent) phenomena, more specifically, the relationships between international terrorism, drugs/organized crime and migration. My research interests include (critical) international relations theory, (critical) security studies, discourse theory and international political theory. Recently, I am particularly interested in female involvement in (religiously motivated) terrorism.