Stuart Croft (born 7 March 1963) is a British

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

and the

Vice-Chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor is ...

Warwick University The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

, a position he has held since 2016. He received a Ph.D. from

Southampton University , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

and worked at

Birmingham University The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingha ...

before joining Warwick in 2007 as Professor of International Security. Croft has published widely in the field of international security and

counter-terrorism Counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, incorporates the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that Government, governments, law enforcement, business, and Intelligence agency, intellig ...

and is a member of the

Academy of Social Sciences The Academy of Social Sciences is a representative body for social sciences in the United Kingdom. The Academy promotes social science through its sponsorship of the Campaign for Social Science, its links with Government on a variety of matters, ...

and a fellow of the

Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), also known as the Royal Society of Arts, is a London-based organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. The RSA acronym is used m ...

Group chat incident

On 1 February 2019, Croft published an open letter on the Warwick University website in response to an incident on campus via a group messenger application that resulted in the temporary suspension of 11 individuals. The letter, which does not mention the victims, was criticised in a response on ''The Boar'' – a student-run news website that first publicised the incident. Croft later published a follow-up indicating that two of the men whose ban was lifted would not return.

Selected publications

*''Culture, Crisis and America's War on Terror'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006. * ''Securitizing Islam'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012.

References

1963 births Living people Academics of the University of Birmingham Academics of the University of Warwick Alumni of the University of Southampton British political scientists Counterterrorism theorists Vice-Chancellors of the University of Warwick {{England-academic-bio-stub