Counter Terrorism Research Group

Amber completed her PhD in UCL’s Department of Security and Crime Science in 2025 and is currently a postdoctoral Research Fellow. Her PhD research focused on the threat assessment of terrorism and targeted violence. Specifically, it examined how threat assessment is implemented in different regions and settings, the risk factors for different extremist and terrorist behaviours, and the role of unmet mental health needs in threat assessment’s public health approach. Amber has worked on projects with or commissioned by CREST, FTAC, the Home Office, NCITE, Prevent’s Vulnerability Support Hubs, Theseus, the US Department of Homeland Security, and the Youth Endowment Fund. She holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and an MSc in Countering Organised Crime and Terrorism