Suranjan Weeraratne
Biographic Data
| ID | 1493970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suranjan Weeraratne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suranjan |
| FAMILY NAME | Weeraratne |
| SIGNATURE | WEERARATNE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Life Difficulties, Violent Online Extremism and Support for Political Violence in the United States
Exposure to violent extremist content online predicts support for political violence in the U.S. Online exposure to violent extremist content is amplified for individuals suffering from various life difficulties because people facing life challenges may harbor resentment and anger, and blame others for their woes. This creates a cognitive opening that attracts such individuals to extremist content online. Based on data from two nationally represe…
Why are some suicide terror attacks more newsworthy than others
Given their deeply deviant nature, suicide terror attacks are highly newsworthy events and in theory, should attract high levels of media coverage. However, this is not the case and some suicide bombings tend to be covered more extensively than others. Through a detailed case study of Boko Haram, this research delineates the conditions under which suicide attacks are more likely to be covered across national, regional and international media outl…
When Are Female Suicide Bombings More Likely? The Case of Boko Haram
This research delineates the conditions more conducive to the use of female suicide bombings through a detailed analysis of attacks carried out by Boko Haram. Using a novel dataset of 473 suicide attacks, the study finds that females are more likely to be deployed against non-religious civilian targets. Further, fragmentation of the group increases the likelihood of more female suicide bombers as different factions seek to outbid one another. Thi…
The Isolated Islamists: The Case of the Allied Democratic Forces in the Ugandan-Congolese Borderland
This study investigates the absence of substantive linkages between locally based Salafi Jihadist movements and their more transnational counterparts such as Al-Qaeda or ISIS. While studies have addressed the heterogeneity in Jihadi alliances, the question of why inter-Jihadi ties are completely absent or tenuous at times is under-theorized in the literature. Given ISIS’s recent inexorable advance through the Middle East and North Africa and its …
Theorizing the Expansion of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria
This research investigates the dramatic expansion of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria in the last few years. Militant activity has expanded in terms of frequency and severity of attacks, geographic scope, target selection, and strategies used. The evolution of the group and the trajectory of violence are best explained through four overlapping theoretical strands. These include the growing fragmentation of the movement, development of strateg…
Theorizing the Expansion of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria
This research investigates the dramatic expansion of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria in the last few years. Militant activity has expanded in terms of frequency and severity of attacks, geographic scope, target selection, and strategies used. The evolution of the group and the trajectory of violence are best explained through four overlapping theoretical strands. These include the growing fragmentation of the movement, development of strateg…
Why are some suicide terror attacks more newsworthy than others
Given their deeply deviant nature, suicide terror attacks are highly newsworthy events and in theory, should attract high levels of media coverage. However, this is not the case and some suicide bombings tend to be covered more extensively than others. Through a detailed case study of Boko Haram, this research delineates the conditions under which suicide attacks are more likely to be covered across national, regional and international media outl…
The Isolated Islamists: The Case of the Allied Democratic Forces in the Ugandan-Congolese Borderland
This study investigates the absence of substantive linkages between locally based Salafi Jihadist movements and their more transnational counterparts such as Al-Qaeda or ISIS. While studies have addressed the heterogeneity in Jihadi alliances, the question of why inter-Jihadi ties are completely absent or tenuous at times is under-theorized in the literature. Given ISIS’s recent inexorable advance through the Middle East and North Africa and its …
Theorizing the Expansion of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria
This research investigates the dramatic expansion of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria in the last few years. Militant activity has expanded in terms of frequency and severity of attacks, geographic scope, target selection, and strategies used. The evolution of the group and the trajectory of violence are best explained through four overlapping theoretical strands. These include the growing fragmentation of the movement, development of strateg…
The Isolated Islamists: The Case of the Allied Democratic Forces in the Ugandan-Congolese Borderland
This study investigates the absence of substantive linkages between locally based Salafi Jihadist movements and their more transnational counterparts such as Al-Qaeda or ISIS. While studies have addressed the heterogeneity in Jihadi alliances, the question of why inter-Jihadi ties are completely absent or tenuous at times is under-theorized in the literature. Given ISIS’s recent inexorable advance through the Middle East and North Africa and its …
When Are Female Suicide Bombings More Likely? The Case of Boko Haram
This research delineates the conditions more conducive to the use of female suicide bombings through a detailed analysis of attacks carried out by Boko Haram. Using a novel dataset of 473 suicide attacks, the study finds that females are more likely to be deployed against non-religious civilian targets. Further, fragmentation of the group increases the likelihood of more female suicide bombers as different factions seek to outbid one another. Thi…
Why are some suicide terror attacks more newsworthy than others
Given their deeply deviant nature, suicide terror attacks are highly newsworthy events and in theory, should attract high levels of media coverage. However, this is not the case and some suicide bombings tend to be covered more extensively than others. Through a detailed case study of Boko Haram, this research delineates the conditions under which suicide attacks are more likely to be covered across national, regional and international media outl…
Life Difficulties, Violent Online Extremism and Support for Political Violence in the United States
Exposure to violent extremist content online predicts support for political violence in the U.S. Online exposure to violent extremist content is amplified for individuals suffering from various life difficulties because people facing life challenges may harbor resentment and anger, and blame others for their woes. This creates a cognitive opening that attracts such individuals to extremist content online. Based on data from two nationally represe…
Criminology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Terrorism (4 works) · Medical emergency (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)