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/.
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
