Bettina completed her PhD in the Department of Security and Crime Science at UCL, focusing on risk and protective factors for violent extremist intentions. Before joining UCL, Bettina undertook a BA in Social Science at the University of Stuttgart (Germany) and an MA in International Relations at Brunel University London. After graduating from Brunel, she worked for 18 months as the research assistant on an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research project at Brunel, where she developed highly advanced research skills in quantitative and qualitative research methods and undertook further specialised research courses with the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

Email: bettina.rottweiler.16@ucl.ac.uk