Dr Nick Brooke
Lecturer
Nick Brooke is a Lecturer in International Relations. He holds an MA in Politics from the University of Edinburgh, an MLitt in Terrorism Studies from the University of St Andrews and a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews.
Nick’s current research examines the implementation and effect on counterterrorism strategies in remote and rural communities. He served as the lead investigator on a Royal Society of Edinburgh funded project on Prevent in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. His previous research, and first academic monograph Terrorism and Nationalism in the United Kingdom: The Absence of Noise, examines the relationship between nationalism and political violence in the United Kingdom, considering why political violence was a greater feature of the nationalist movements in some parts of the British Isles than others. Further to this, Nick works on nationalism, non-violent protest and identity and the interplay between these phenomena, as well as Scottish and British politics and representations of political violence in popular culture.
Dr Brooke serves as the Programme Co-ordinator for the MLitt Terrorism and Political Violence programmes, and teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
In April 2019 he received the Student Association’s Teaching Excellence Award for Academic Mentorship, and in April 2025 he received the Student Association’s Teaching Excellence Award for Outstanding Innovation in Teaching.