Jessica White
Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
2021, 2023
Jessica White is a Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London and Principal at JW Global Security Consulting. Her expertise encompasses countering terrorism and violent extremism policy and programming, as well as gender mainstreaming strategies. She has over a decade’s worth of experience, both as a researcher and a security practitioner in military intelligence.
Jessica conducts research and has recently published on a range of topics including gender in security, far-right extremism and terrorism, terrorism in the media, and the nexus of extremism and online gaming. She also regularly participates on expert panels and in the media. Her recently published book “Gender Mainstreaming in Counter-Terrorism Policy: Building Transformative Strategies to Counter Violent Extremism” provides guidance used across the UN, EU, and many national level governments.
Jessica co-founded and co-convenes the Extremism and Gaming Research Network and is an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism. You can learn more about her work at https://www.jwglobalsecurity.com/.
My network of professionals working on countering hate in all its forms grew exponentially after attending Eradicate Hate in 2021. The myriad voices represented at Eradicate Hate, from big tech companies to academic researchers to those with lived experience, reinforced to me the importance of cross-cutting and collaborative approaches to counter hate and its devastating impacts on society. I’ve been fortunate to sustain and build those networks with many of those I met at Eradicate Hate in 2021.
