Full list of publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2026: McNeil-Willson, R., Abbas, T. & Vostermans, L. ‘Acute to Chronic Islamophobia: The Impact and Mitigation of Counter-Extremism on Young Muslims in Northern Europe’, Critical Studies on Terrorism: Taylor & Francis
2026: Abbas, T., McNeil-Willson, R. & Vostermans, L. ‘The Dynamics of Islamophobia and Islamism: A Cross-National Inquiry into Four European Societies’, Cooperation and Conflict: SAGE
2025: Abbas, T., McNeil-Willson, R. & Vostermans, L. ‘Introduction to the Special Issue Beyond the Crisis Frame: Muslim Agency and the Contestation of European Identity’, Religions: MDPI
2025: Abbas, T. & McNeil-Willson, R. ‘From Margins to Extremes: Economic Factors, Social Integration, and the Radicalization of European Youth’, Journal of Intercultural Studies (JIS): Taylor & Francis
2025: Abbas, T. & McNeil-Willson, R. ‘The Digital Masculinity Radicalization Pathway: A Process Model for Understanding the Crisis of Masculinity and Online Extremism’, Men & Masculinities: SAGE
2025: Abbas, T. & McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Echoes of Fascism? Social Exclusion and Radicalisation among Muslim Minorities and Ethnic Majorities in Northwestern Europe’, Fascism: Amsterdam University Press
2025: Abbas, T., McNeil-Willson, R., Boyd-MacMillan, E. & DeMarinis, V. ’Humiliation and perceived power loss as drivers of radicalisation vulnerability in Northwestern Europe’, Behavioural Sciences of Terrorism & Political Aggression: Routledge
2025: Abbas, T. & McNeil-Willson, R. ‘The Spatial Dynamics of Integration and Segregation in Northwest Europe: Identity, Multiculturalism, and Radicalisation’, Ethnic & Racial Studies: Taylor & Francis
2024: Flonk, D. & McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Watering down the wine: Problems with regulating far-right violent content in the EU’, Policy & Internet
2023: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘How Ends the War on Terror? European Muslim social capital and the shadow of the long war’, Critical Muslim Studies: Oxford University Press
2023: Vink, D., Abbas, T., Veilleux-Lepage, Y. & McNeil-Willson, R. ‘“Because they are women in a man’s world”: a critical discourse analysis of incel violent extremists and the stories they tell’, Terrorism and Political Violence
2022: Bola˜nos Somoano, I., McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Lessons from the Buffalo shooting: responses to violent white supremacy’, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism ICCT- The Hague: the Netherlands
2022: Abbas, T., Bola˜nos Somoano, I., Cook, J., Frens, I., Klein, G.R. & McNeil-Willson, R. ‘The Buffalo attack: An analysis of the manifesto’, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism ICCT- The Hague: the Netherlands
2022: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘#Plandemic: Online Resilience-building in response to COVID-19’, Exploring Societal Resilience to Online Polarisation and Extremism: First Monday, Vol.28
2022: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Resilience Against Counterterrorism? The Repression and Response of Crimean Muslim activism against Russian Counterterrorism and Counter-Extremism’, Intersections- East European Journal of Society and Politics, Vol.7, No.4
2021: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Counterterrorism and the Repression of Islamic Activism: Hizb ut-Tahrir in Western Europe’, the Journal of Contemporary European Studies: Taylor & Francis
2020: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Framing in times of crisis: Responses to COVID-19 amongst Far Right movements and organisations’. International Centre for Counter-Terrorism ICCT- The Hague: the Netherlands
Books
2026: Abbas, T., Vostermans, L. & McNeil-Willson, R. (eds.) ‘Routledge International Handbook of Social Exclusion and Radicalisation’. London: Routledge
2023: McNeil-Willson, R. & Triandafyllidou, A. (eds.) ‘Routledge Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience’. London: Routledge
Book Chapters
2026: McNeil-Willson, R. & Sedgwick, M. ‘Denmark’s Counter Extremism Program’, in McCauley, C., Moskalenko, S. & Scott Ligon, G. The Handbook of Terrorist Psychology. Berlin: De Gruyter
2026: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Chapter 11: A Tale of Two Threats: The Creation of ‘Islamism’ and the ‘Far Right’ in UK Policy and Media’, in Magazzini, T. & Fahmi, G. The Governance of Islam and Violent Radicalization in Muslim majority/Muslim minority contexts. London: Routledge
2024: McNeil-Willson, R. & Romaniuk, S.N. ‘Cyber Counter-Terrorism: States, Security Services, and Investigations in the Digital Age’, in Romaniuk, S.N., Roul, A., Fabe, A.P. & Beseny˝o, J. The Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics. Boca Raton: CRC Press
2024: McNeil-Willson, R., Vaughan, M. & Zeller, M.C. ‘Critically Examining the Role of the Scholar in Policymaking on the Far Right’, in Vaughan, A., Braune, J., Tinsley, M. & Mondon, A. The Ethics of Researching the Far Right. Manchester: Manchester University Press
2024: Curinier, F., McNeil-Willson, R, de Leede, S. & Abbas, T. ‘Chapter 3 “Gendered Islamophobic Securitisation and the Headscarf Conundrum in France and the Netherlands”’, in Easat-Daas, A. & Zempi, I. The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia. London: Palgrave MacMillan
2023: McNeil-Willson, R. & Romaniuk, S.N. ‘Examining the Efficacy of France’s Counter-Terrorist Financing Approaches’, in Romaniuk, S.N., Kaunert, C. & Fabe, A.P.H. Countering Terrorist and Criminal Financing. Boca Raton: CRC Press
2023: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘What we know about (Violent) Extremism’, in McNeil-Willson, R. & Triandafyllidou, A. The Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience. London: Routledge
2023: McNeil-Willson, R., Triandafyllidou, A. & Gerrand, V. ‘Violent Extremism and Resilience in the 21st Century’, in McNeil-Willson, R. & Triandafyllidou, A. The Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience. London: Routledge
2023: Abbas, T., McNeil-Willson, R. & Vostermans, L. ‘Violent Extremism and Resilience in the UK’, in McNeil-Willson, R. & Triandafyllidou, A. The Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience. London: Routledge
2023: McNeil-Willson, R ‘Counter-terrorism and the repression of Islamic activism: Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain and Denmark’, D’Amato, S. & Sachoulidou, A. ’Security in Transnational Spaces’, Oxford: Routledge
2021: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Understanding the Interplay of Counter-Extremism Trends and Muslim Communities in Europe’, in Bonino, S. & Ricucci, R. Islam and Security in the West. London: Palgrave MacMillan
2021: McNeil-Willson, R. & Romaniuk, S.N. ‘Counterterrorism has no Borders: Citizenship, Global Security Architectures and the Securitisation of Civil Society’, Romaniuk, S.N. & Njoku, E.T. Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society: Post-9/11 Progress and Challenges. Manchester: Manchester University Press
2021: Mathews, P.S. & McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Repressive Security and Civil Society in Europe: France’, Romaniuk, S.N. & Njoku, E.T. Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society: Post-9/11 Progress and Challenges. Manchester: MUP
2021: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Here Be Dragons: Responding to Problems with Contemporary Research Methods in the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence’, Pappe, I., Charles, L. & Ronchi, M. Researching the Middle East: Cultural, Conceptual, Theoretical and Practical Issues. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
2017: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Between Trust and Oppression; Contemporary counter-terror policies in Denmark’, Romaniuk, S.N., Grice, F., Irrera, D. & Webb, S. Handbook of Global Counterterrorism policy. London: Palgrave MacMillan
2017: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘A Primer on the Impact of Islamic State on Counterterror Legislation’, Romaniuk, S.N., Grice, F., Irrera, D. & Webb, S. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism policy. London: Palgrave MacMillan
Doctoral Thesis
2019: ’Islamic Activism and the Counterterror State: The impact of the securitised lens on Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain and Denmark’, Doctoral Thesis. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC): University of Exeter
Technical Papers
2023: McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Applicability of Channel Vulnerability Assessment Framework and Programme for Kosovo’, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism ICCT- The Hague: the Netherlands
2020: Sclafani, R. & McNeil-Willson, R. ‘Le rˆole des facteurs culturels et historiques dans la polarisation et l’extr´emisme violent’, Report for Building Resilience against Violent Extremism and Polarisation (BRaVE) project, European Commission Horizon 2020 (822189). CEJI: Bruxelles
2019: McNeil-Willson, R., Gerrand, V., Scrinzi, F. & Triandafyllidou, A. ‘Polarisation, Violent Extremism and Resilience in Europe today: Key Concepts, Processes and Indicators’, Concept Paper for Building Resilience against Violent Extremism and Polarisation (BRaVE) project, EC Horizon 2020 (822189). European University Institute: Florence