Sanne Groothuis

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My PhD project researches the presence and function of racial and religious categories in counter-radicalisation policies. Specifically, I investigate if, how, and because of which factors Dutch counter-radicalisation policies racialize certain, especially religious, groups. The research is based on literature from the fields of Critical Race Studies and Critical Security Studies, and uses qualitative content analysis as well as semi-structured interviews as its methods. By closely analysing policies of a country that has performed a pioneering role in counter radicalisation, it aims to describe contingencies in processes of racialisation, securitization, and discrimination. It is by knowing these type of contingencies that we are more likely to be able to correct and prevent unintended harmful processes with regard to counter-radicalisation policies.

Experience:

• PhD candidate (2018-now, from April 2020 onward as external candidate) Department of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Public Security consultant (2020-now) TwynstraGudde, adviesgroep Veiligheid Multiple projects and roles for diverse Dutch governmental public security organisations, such as the Ministry of Justice and Security, the National Police, the Public Prosecution Service, and the Educational Institute against Radicalisation.
• Junior lecturer (2016-2020)
  John Stuart Mill College
  VU (2018-2020)
  Radboud University (2016-2018)

Education:

• MA Social and Political Philosophy (2018)
  Radboud University, cum laude
• MSc Political Science (2016)
  Radboud University, cum laude
• BA Liberal Arts & Sciences (2014)
  Amsterdam University College

Research interests:
Race-religion constellation, Critical Race
Studies, Critical Security Studies, Counter-
Radicalisation/Counter (Violent) Extremism

Relevant publications:
Groothuis, S. (2023). Islamophobia and securitisation: the Dutch case: by Liselotte Welten and Tahir Abbas, Cham, (Switzerland), Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, 111 pp., £34.99 (UK), (Hardback), ISBN: 9783031062049. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 16(3), 586–587. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2023.2231719

Groothuis, S. (2023). Deconstructing Dominant Radicalization Discourse. In Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines. Singapore, p.1-13.

Groothuis, S. (2023)  Racialisation and counter- radicalisation: a study of Dutch policy frameworks. Acta Politica, 58(3), p. 614-633.

Groothuis, S. (2020). Researching race, racialisation, and racism in critical terrorism studies: clarifying conceptual ambiguities. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 13(4), p. 680-
701.