Dr Aaron Winter

Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Race and Anti-Racism)

Profile

Aaron Winter, BA Hons. Political Science (York, Canada), MA Philosophy and Social Theory (Warwick, UK), DPhil Social and Political Thought (Sussex, UK), is Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Race and Anti-Racism) at Lancaster University. Prior to Lancaster, he taught at the Universities of East London, Abertay, Sussex and Brighton. His research is on the far right with a focus on racism, mainstreaming and violence, and on race, counterextremism and counterterrorism. He is co-author, with Aurelien Mondon, of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso, 20202), and co-editor of Discourses and Practices of Terrorism: Interrogating Terror (Routledge, 2010), New Challenges for the EU Internal Security Strategy (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013), Reflexivity in Criminological Research Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless (Palgrave, 2014), Historical Perspectives on Organised Crime and Terrorism (Routledge, 2018) and Researching the Far Right: Theory, Method, Practice (Routledge, 2020). He has published in the journals Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of Political Ideologies, Sociological Research Online, and Women and Performance, and is co-editor of Identities and the Manchester University Press (MUP) book series Racism, Resistance and Social Change. He has been interviewed by the BBC, CBC, LBC, NBC, Radio France, The Washington Post, The Times, The Telegraph, Wired, NewStatesman, HuffPost, Oriental Morning Post, Dundee Courier and Gara,. He has also appeared on the podcasts Surviving Society, Politics Theory Other, The Malcolm Effect, Who do we think we are?, Enemies of the People Pod, The Sociology Show, and Hope Not Hate. For further information and publications please see: https://uel.academia.edu/AaronWinter

Step Up to Stop Hate (London Scholars)
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2018
Other

Racism and political mobilisation: learning from history and thinking internationally (ESRC)
12/01/2015 → 31/01/2017
Other

Ontario Tech University Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism (CHBE) Summer Institute on Global Hate Studies
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Reflecting on Reactionary Democracy and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right (or Radicalisation of the Mainstream), Social Justice, Cities, Citizenship (SJCC) Seminar Series, University of Leeds
Invited talk

Protest and Palestinian Solidarity in the Context of the Hostile Environment and Mainstreaming of the Far Right, Social Scientists Against the Hostile Environment (SSAHE) Webinar: The Hostile Environment and the Right to Protest: Social Scientists Against the Hostile Environment (SSAHE) Webinar
Invited talk

Ethnic and Racial Studies (Journal)
Editorial activity

The Ethics of Visual Analysis: Researcher Safety and Wellbeing and Responsible Practice and Publication
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Through the Looking Glass
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Racial Equity in Policy Network Launch Event
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG) Online Human Rights Academy 2023
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Reflections on Racism, Anti-Racism and Researching the Far Right: Politics, Privilege and Practical Concerns, Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality (CRED) Seminar Series: Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University
Invited talk

Counterextremism, Counterterrorism and Carcerality, Refusing Carcerality - A Public Roundtable, British International Studies Association (BISA) Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial (CPD) working group event
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

On Reactionary Democracy and the Mainstreaming of Racism and the Populist Far Right: What Next?, Birkbeck, University of London MA Culture Diaspora Ethnicity and Race Forum Public Lecture:
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Beyond "Self-Care": Rethinking the Issue of Marginalized Scholars' Mental Health Roundtable, 7th International Conference on Hate Studies
Invited talk

Doing Sociology in Reactionary Times: On culture wars & the mainstreaming of the far right, UHI Perth Social Sciences Virtual Conference: Celebrating 25 years of Social Sciences 
Invited talk

Social Scientists Against the Hostile Environment Workshop: The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Participation, Populism and the Far Right: Research and Politics, Independant Social Research Foundation (ISRF) Forum on Participation in Action
Invited talk

Reflections on Researching the Far Right/Right-Wing Extremism: Racism, Violence and Mainstreaming, Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS) Gala 2022
Invited talk

On racism, the mainstreaming of the far-right and ‘counterextremism’, EthEx Workshop: Problems with 'Countering Extremism':
Invited talk

On Carcerality, Counterterrorism and Criminology, British International Studies Association (BISA) Colonial Postcolonial Decolonial Working Group (CPD) Annual Workshop: Refusing Carcerality
Invited talk

Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power (Journal)
Editorial activity

Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power (Journal)
Editorial activity

Manchester University Press (Publisher)
Editorial activity

  • Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities
  • Security Lancaster
  • Security Lancaster (Policing)
  • Security Lancaster (Policy, Law and Ethics)
  • Security Lancaster (Sociology)