Ph.D. dissertation:

  • Jihadi politics: fitna within the Sunni Jihadi movement 2014-2019, European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences, defended 28 October 2020. See more here

 

Book chapters and reports:

  • 'The Arc of Jihad': The Ecosystem of Militancy in East, Central and Southern Africa, ICSR, November 2021. Read here

  • Al-Hazimiyya: the ideological conflict destroying the Islamic State from within, ICCT, 4 May 2021. Read here

  • [Book chapter] ‘Militants and Media in Denmark: Addicted to Facebook?,’ in edited volume, forthcoming

  • [Book chapter] ‘Fratricidal Jihadism Revisited: The Complex Nature of Intra-Jihadi Conflict,’ in edited volume by Masooda Bano and Abdullah Saud, September 2021. See here

  • ’Trods næsten 20 års kamp står den jihadistiske bevægelse stærkere end nogensinde før,’ i Mellemøsten Nu, 4 December 2019. Ræson Forlag. See here

  • Polemical and Fratricidal Jihadists: A Historical Examination of Debates, Contestation and Infighting within the Sunni Jihadi Movement, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, 13 August 2019. Read here

  • Jihadists' Code of Conduct in the Era of ISIS, Middle East Institute, 29 April 2019. Read here

 

Articles:

  • Global Jihadism after the Syria War, Perspectives on Terrorism, June 2019, Volume 13, Issue 3, pp. 1-16. Read here

  • Sunni Jihadism and Religious Authority- Its Transformative Character and Effects, POMEPS Studies 32, 2018. Read here

  • Jihadi Competition and Political Preferences, Perspectives on Terrorism, December 2017, Volume 11, Issue 6, pp. 63-88. Read here

  • The Al Qaeda–Islamic State Rivalry: Competition Yes, but No Competitive Escalation, Terrorism and Political Violence, July 2017, pp. 1–18. Read here

  • Is the Islamic State Islamic or not? Understanding the premises for talking about the Islamic State, St Antony’s International Review (STAIR), May 2016. Read here

  • Salafism in Lagos: Challenging Sufi Practices and Traditions, Annual Review of Islam in Africa (ARIA), 2014, University of Cape Town

  • Politicization of the Salafi Movement: The Emergence and Influence of Political Salafism in Egypt, International Affairs Review, Fall 2013, The Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Read here

  • Stabilising Somalia through Integrating community-driven safety with socio-economic development, Community Development Journal, Vol. 46 No 4 October 2011, pp. 579-584, Oxford University Journal