The Best Student Paper Prize 2023

Morgan Hickman, a MA student at Queen's University Belfast (Northern Ireland), won the Best Student Paper Prize at the Society for Terrorism Research’s 15th Annual International Conference held at ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal) with his paper entitled 'Protagonists of Terror: The Role of Ludology and Narrative in Conceptualising Extremist Violence'.

The Best Student Paper Prize promotes the work of postgraduate students throughout the world, in all disciplines, in the field of terrorism research. Morgan's paper will be published in STR’s peer reviewed journal Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression in 2024.