My work examines how power operates through processes of mediatisation and securitisation, shaping which threats are amplified, whose voices are legitimised, and what forms of knowledge and response are prioritised. I research how societies govern crisis and manage uncertainty through media discourses of risk and security. Bringing together media studies, critical security studies and political communication, I explore how discourses of threat, crisis and vulnerability take shape across institutional, cultural and geopolitical contexts. From terrorism and strategic communication to protest governance and beyond, my research offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the cultural politics of risk and the shifting logics of security governance. 

I am the author of Mediatised Terrorism: East–West Narratives of Risk (Routledge) and co-author of Public Relations and Strategic Communication (Oxford University Press).

I welcome inquiries from Masters and PhD candidates interested in media, risk and security, especially with a focus on securitisation, media and power and the governance of risk through institutional responses.