Dr. Eylem Kanol
Research fields
CV
Eylem Kanol studied Sociology at the TU Dresden (BA), Leeds University (MA) and Free University of Berlin (MA). He received his doctorate in sociology on the subject of Islamist radicalization from the Humboldt University of Berlin. He is a research fellow at the WZB at the research unit Migration, Integration, Transnationalization since 2015.
Selected Publications
Kanol, E., & Hirth, M. A. (2024). Assessing the validity of open-source biographical data in terrorism research. Terrorism and Political Violence, 1-19.
Kanol, E. (2024). Who supports Jihadi foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq? Assessing the role of religion-and grievance-based explanations. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 1-20.
Kanol, E. (2024). Von Herkunft zu Überzeugung: Deutschlands Muslime im Spannungsfeld von Nationalismus und Politischem Islam. Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik, 1-27.
Hunger, S., Hutter, S., & Kanol, E. (2023). The mobilisation potential of anti-containment protests in Germany. West European Politics, 46(4), 812-840.
Kanol, E. (2023). The Role of Socioeconomic Marginalization in the Radicalization of Jihadi Foreign Fighters from Europe. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.
Kanol, E., & Michalowski, I. (2023). Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Religiosity: Evidence from Germany. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 62(2):293–311
Kanol, E. (2022). Contexts of Radicalization of Jihadi Foreign Fighters from Europe. Perspectives on Terrorism, 16(3), 45–62.
Kanol, E.; Knoesel, J. (2021). Right-Wing Extremist Mobilization in Germany. Version 1.0.0. WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Dataset.
Kanol, E. (2021). Explaining Unfavorable Attitudes Toward Religious Out-Groups Among Three Major Religions. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 60(3), 590–610
Koopmans, R.; Kanol E.; Stolle D. (2021). Scriptural legitimation and the mobilisation of support for religious violence: experimental evidence across three religions and seven countries. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(7), 1498–1516
Political Protest and Radicalization (WZB Protest Monitoring)
Head: Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande, Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Staff: Dr. Eylem Kanol, Dr. Sophia Hunger, Teresa Völker
Duration: 2019-2024
Funding: BMBF
Religious Fundamentalism and Radicalization in Comparative Perspective
Head: Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dietlind Stolle
Staff: Anselm Frieder Hager, Ph.D, Dr. Eylem Kanol
Duration: 2015-2019
Funding: WZB
Ethnic Ties and Political Mobilization
Head: Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Dietlind Stolle
Staff: Dr. Eylem Kanol
Duration: 2017-
Funding: WZB