Dr Gilbert McLaughlin

Biography

Dr Gilbert McLaughlin is a Lecturer in Criminology at Cardiff University. He completed his PhD at the University of Ottawa and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa. Dr McLaughlin is an expert in the conceptual, theoretical, and policy dimensions of preventing radicalisation and extremism using mixed-methods and spatial analysis methodologies. He has published in leading international journals, including the Journal of Applied Social Science and Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. In 2024, he published Radicalisation: A Conceptual Inquiry with Routledge and edited Unravelling Radicalisation: Exploring Concepts, Contexts, and Perspectives, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2025. He is also a member of the European Society of Criminology’s Working Group on Radicalization, Extremism, and Terrorism (WG-EXTREME) and the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network. Dr McLaughlin’s research has been supported by fellowships, including a British Academy/Leverhulme Research Grant.