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Associate Professor (Teaching) in Politics and International Relations
Room: G.04, 36-38 Gordon Square
Email:Ìýjulie.norman@ucl.ac.uk

Biography

I am currently Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations and Vice Dean of Advancement and Alumni for the Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences (SHS).ÌýI am also theÌýDeputy Director of theÌýÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûCentre on US Politics (CUSP), and a Senior Associate Fellow (International Security/Middle East) at RUSI.

I have a PhD in International Relations from American University in Washington, DC, with concentrations in Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, and a BA from Duke University. Prior to joining UCL, I was a Research Fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, SecurityÌýand Justice at Queen’s University Belfast, and a Lecturer in Politics at McGill University and Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. I have also held fellowships at MIT and Dartmouth College.

Research

I have a diverse research portfolio with interests in conflict, political violence, and divided societies. I useÌýmixed methods to investigate security, rights, and resistance in protracted conflicts, with a focus on the Middle East,Ìýand I have used experimental methods to assess public opinion on political violence and polarization in the United States and the UK. I am currently writing a book on the political history of Gaza (Polity 2025).

I am the author of The Palestinian Prisoners Movement: Disobedience and Resistance (Routledge 2021), and four books on unarmed resistance and creative activism, including Sounding Conflict (Bloomsbury 2023), Understanding Nonviolence (Polity 2015), and The Second Palestinian Intifada: Civil Resistance (Routledge 2010). I have also published on political imprisonment, conflict and development, and critical approaches to preventing/combatting violent extremism (P/CVE), with recent publications in Perspectives on Politics, Security Dialogue, the Journal of Global Security Studies, PS: Politics & Political Science, and other journals.Ìý

Practice

My academic research and teaching is complemented by my work in policy and practice. I have been a consultant with the British Council in Iraq, and I have been a lead researcher on the project ‘Conflict Sensitivity and Community Resilience in Conflict Zones’ with the NGO Christian Aid, with fieldwork in central Africa and Myanmar. In the past I was a researcher for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the US Institute of Peace (USIP), and I have provided expert analysis to the US State Department, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD), and other national and international agencies.Ìý

Media

I am a frequent guest on the BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, other media outlets, and I have published widely in the Washington Post,ÌýThe Hill, Newsweek, and TheÌýConversation. I also hostedÌýthe podcast, .

Selected publications

Books

• Norman, J. M. andÌýHallward, M. C.ÌýGaza.ÌýLondon: Polity Press. (forthcoming)
• Magowan, F., Rebelo, P.,ÌýLehner, S.,ÌýNorman, J. M. and Phillips-Hutton, A. (2023)Ìý. London: Bloomsbury.
• Norman, J. M. (2021) . London: Routledge.Ìý
• Hallward, M. C. and Norman, J. M. (eds.) (2015)Ìý.ÌýLondon: Polity Press.ÌýÌý
• Hallward, M. C. and Norman, J. M. (eds.) (2011)Ìý.ÌýNew York: Palgrave MacMillan.
• Norman, J. M. (2010)Ìý.ÌýLondon: Routledge.

Journal articles

• Gift, T., Norman, J. M., and Davidson, R. (2023) '.'ÌýJournal of Global Security StudiesÌý8.4.Ìý
• Norman, J. M.Ìý and Mikhael, D. (2023) '.'ÌýJournal of Peacebuilding & DevelopmentÌý18.3.Ìý
• Norman, J. M. (2022)Ìý‘’,ÌýPerspectives on Politics, FirstView, pp.Ìý1–18.Ìý
• Norman, J. M. and Mikhael, D.Ìý(2021)Ìý‘’,ÌýPS: Political Science & Politics, 54(3), pp. 554–557.Ìý
• Norman, J. M. (2021)Ìý‘’,ÌýSecurity Dialogue,Ìý53(2).
• Norman, J. M. (2020)Ìý‘’,ÌýJournal of Resistance Studies,Ìý6(1),Ìýpp. 40–68.
• Norman, J. M. (2018)Ìý‘The Mobility Myth: Risk and Resilience of Refugee Youth in the MENA Region’,ÌýForced Migration Review.
• Norman, J. M. (2013)Ìý‘’,ÌýÌýQuest: Issues in Contemporary Jewish History,Ìý5.Ìý

Book chapters

• Norman, J. M. and Foerch, C. (Forthcoming)Ìý‘Former Fighters and Preventing Violent ExtremismÌýin Lebanon’, in G. Clubb, R. Scrivens and M. Islam (eds.)ÌýFormer Extremists: Roles in Preventing and Countering Violence. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Norman, J. M. (2023) ‘’, inÌýF. Magowan, P.ÌýRebelo, S. Lehner, J. M. NormanÌýand A. Phillips-HuttonÌý(eds.) Sounding Conflict. London: Bloomsbury.
• Norman, J. M. (2021) ‘’,Ìýin R. English (ed.)ÌýThe Cambridge History of Terrorism.ÌýCambridge: Cambridge University Press,Ìýpp. 149–172).
• Mikhael, D. and Norman, J. M. (2020)Ìý‘’, in K. Aryaeinejad (ed.)ÌýResearching Violent Extremism: Context, Ethics, and Methodologies. Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
• Norman, J. M. (2015)Ìý‘’, in K. Schock (ed.)ÌýCivil Resistance: Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle.ÌýMinneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, pp. 35–58.

Teaching

I currently convene the undergraduate modules:Ìý‘Political Violence,'Ìý‘Middle East Politics,’Ìýand ‘America in the World (US Foreign Policy),' and I am developing a new module on 'Disagreeing Well.'

I have also taught modules on: ‘International Conflict and Cooperation,’Ìý‘Globalisation and Populism,’Ìý‘Human Rights and International Justice,’Ìý‘Social Movements,’Ìý‘International Development,’Ìýand ‘International Security.’