Lydia Wilson is a research fellow at the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, University of Oxford, with visiting positions at the University of Cambridge and City University New York. She is Chair of the Panel on Terrorism and Conflict at the World Federation of Scientists, and is currently writing a popular book on violent extremism. As well as academic work, Lydia presents documentaries for BBC television (a three-part series on the history of writing is coming out in 2020), writes journalistic articles based on her work in the field, and edits the Cambridge Literary Review.