Amna Kaleem

Dr Amna Kaleem (she/her)

Dr Amna Kaleem is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield. Her research focuses on critical security and terrorism studies, taking a feminist approach to study the everyday impacts of security policies at the grassroots level.12

Key facts about Dr Amna Kaleem::

• She is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Sheffield since October 202323
• Her postdoctoral project is titled "Counter-terrorism work in/by the community: impact and challenges"1
• She critically analyzes the British government's Prevent Duty policy that puts a legal obligation on public sector workers to conduct counter-terrorism monitoring1
• She is one of the co-convenors of BISA's Critical Terrorism Studies working group14
• She has published journal articles and book chapters on topics like the hegemony of Prevent, British values, and preventing terrorism1
• She has a PhD in Critical Terrorism Studies from the University of Sheffield12

Dr Kaleem's research aims to move away from a state-centric analysis of security policies by focusing on the experiences of community-based actors and organisations involved in counter-terrorism work.1 Through her work, she provides an alternative understanding of community-led counter-terrorism initiatives and their impact on local communities.1