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Dr Gilbert McLaughlin

LECTURER IN CRIMINOLOGY

Gilbert McLaughlin joined Liverpool Hope University in 2022 as a Lecturer in Criminology. He completed his PhD in sociology and an MPhil in political thought at the University of Ottawa. His doctoral thesis is an analysis of the concept of "radicalization leading toward extremism". He completed his postdoctoral work at the Centre of Hate, Bias and Extremism at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa. Gilbert McLaughlin is also a member of the Canadian network for research on terrorism, security and society (TSAS), and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research on Citizenship and Minorities (CIRCEM). He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Baxter-Ricard Foundation Fellowship and the O'Brian Foundation Fellowship.