Since August we are happy to have a new research assistant on board with us. Zach Loughery who recently finished his MSc in Psychology at Lund University.
Before moving to Sweden, Zach grew up in Northern Ireland. As most people with an interest in radicalisation are well aware, Northern Ireland has had a very troubled history with terrorism and political violence, which affected his family, friends and himself when he was young. In part because of this, he has always had an interest in what drives people to become radicalised, and commit terrible acts in the name of a political or religious ideology. As a psychologist Zach has an interest also in the darker aspects of personality, particularly the 'dark triad' and how it might relate to psychopathology. Zach’s Masters thesis examined questions of radical attitudes in Muslim students attending Malmö University here in Sweden.