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 ...

Warwick University , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

, a position he has held since 2016. He received a

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

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 , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

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 governments, law enforcement, business, and intelligence agencies use to combat or ...

and is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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