Brynjar Lia

Academic Interests
My educational background is interdisciplinary, comprising languages (Arabic and Russian), Middle East studies and modern history. In my early career (mid-1990s onwards) the three main areas of my research were (i) Islamist movements in pre-revolutionary Egypt, (ii) Palestinian state building (especially its post-Oslo police and security forces), and (iii) patterns of (non-state) political violence and terrorism. Since the early 2000s, my main research focus has been jihadism and militant Islamist movements, a subject I still follow closely. The impact or relevance of my research was highlighted by the UiO and UiB rectors in March 2017.
Over the past few years I have been studying the evolution of jihadi proto-states, which is also the topic of my ongoing book project. In late 2016 we (Dag Tuastad, Anne Stenersen, Pinar Tank and myself) received funding from the Norwegian Research Council for a four-year research project on rebel governance in the Middle East. Recently, I have also developed an interest in renewable energy issues in the Middle East, and I am involved in a research initiative on energy transition in the Middle East (GreenMENA).
I have been a contributing member of several research networks at the Department, including The New Middle East Project (NewME) and Christians in the Middle East: Only at Museums?. The former research group was classified by the Norwegian Research Council report "Evaluation of the Humanities in Norway" as one of seven "especially highperforming and world-leading groups" (p.35). I am also an adjunct research professor at the Norwegian Defense Research Est (FFI) where I collaborate with FFI's research group on jihadism.
Teaching and tutoring
During spring 2020 I will teach MES4520, a MA-level course on Middle East politics and society with the following thematic focus: "Making Sense of ISIS: Jihadist insurgencies and proto-states in the contemporary MENA region"
I have previously taught various graduate and undergraduate courses in Middle East studies, including:
- MES4000 - Theory, Methodology and Project Description in Middle East Studies
- MØNA1505 - Midtøstens moderne historie
- MØNA1000 - Hvordan forstå Midtøsten
I have supervised six PhD-dissertations until their successful defense, and currently I supervise one doctoral candidate (Gråtrud).
Higher education and employment history
I joined the Department as an associate professor in Middle East studies in January 2014 and was promoted to full professor in early 2015.
I have a Cand.Philol.-degree in history and a Dr.Philos.(PhD) from the University of Oslo with a dissertation on the Palestinian Authority, subsequently published as two books. Between 1996 and 2013 I was a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Defense Research Est. (FFI) where I established and developed an academic research programme on terrorism and jihadism studies. I am currently an adjunct research professor (professor II) at the FFI.
In 2001-2 I was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University.
In 1999-2000 (and again in 2012) I worked as part time university lecturer in Middle East studies at the University of Oslo.
In 1996 I served in the multinational observer force "Temporary International Presence in Hebron" (TIPH).
In 1996 I obtained my Cand.Philol.-degree on a dissertation on the early history of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement, based on field work and extensive archival research in Cairo and supported by a two-year scholarship from the Research Council of Norway. The thesis was subsequently published as a book and in recent years, translated versions have appeared in Turkish and Persian.
Appointments
- Director of Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies in 2014-2016.
- Editorial board member for Babylon: Nordic Journal of Middle East Studies (2017 - )
- Appointed board member of Nordic Society of Middle East Studies (2018-2019).
Awards and Scholarships
- FFI Publication Awards in 2005, 2011 and 2015.
- Fulbright Visiting Scholar Fellowship, 2001-2002.
- Research Council of Norway summer and study scholarships for 1991, 1992, 1993-95.
- Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship for 1993-95
Bibliometrics
Publications
- — "Hasan al-Banna: le père fondateur de l’islamisme contemporain." In D’al-Afghani à al-Baghdadi: Histoire des mobilisations islamistes, edited by François Burgat and Matthieu Rey. (Paris, à paraître).
- — “Muhajirat-fenomenet: Hvordan ble kvinner fra Europa rekruttert til ISIL, og hva var deres rolle i Kalifatet?” Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 36, no. 2 (2019): 100-114.
- — "Islamistisk ekstremisme - en innføring." In Radikalisering: fenomen og forebygging, edited by Ellen Reiss and Linda Noor. 93-103. Oslo: Oslo: Minotenk / Frekk forlag, 2018.
- — “The Jihādī Movement and Rebel Governance: A Reassertion of a Patriarchal Order?” Die Welt des Islams 57, no.3-4 (2017): 458-479.
- — With Rania Maktabi. “Middle Eastern Patriarchy in Transition.” Introduction to special issue of Die Welt des Islams 57, no.3-4 (2017): 265-277.
- — "Fanatismens seier? Jihadismens frammarsj i den arabiske verden". Babylon: Nordisk tidsskrift for midtøstenstudier 15, no.2 (2016): 60-85.
- — "لماذا تضخمت السلفية الجهادية بعد 2011 ؟", Middle East Policy (Winter 2016). Arabic translation by Iyad Suwid, Research Service Group.
- — "Jihadism in the Arab World after 2011: Explaining its Expansion", Middle East Policy 23, no.4 (2016): 74-91.
- — With P Nesser. "Jihadism in Norway: a Typology of Militant Networks in a Peripheral European Country". Perspectives on Terrorism 10, no.6 (2016): 121-134.
- — "En undersøgelse af islamistiske statsdannelsesforsøg". In: Splittelsen i global jihad: Kampen mellem IS og al-Qaeda. Edited by Manni Crone. 30-43. Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 2016.
- — "The Islamist Uprising in Syria, 1976-82: The History and Legacy of a Failed Revolt". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 43, no.4 (2016): 541-559.
- — "Autobiography or Fiction? Ḥasan al-Bannā’s Memoirs Revisited". Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 15 (2015): 199-226.
- — "Understanding Jihadi Proto-States". Perspectives on Terrorism: Special Issue on the Islamic State 9, no.4 (2015): 31-41.
- — "Korsfarernes medløpere eller lydige undersåtter? Jihadistbevegelsens syn på kristne minoriteter i Midtøsten". In De kristne i Midtøsten: kampen for tilhørighet, edited by Berit Thorbjørnsrud. 193-213. Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2015.
- — "غلاة النظريين المدمرين : نقد أبي مصعب السوري للسلفيين في التيار الجهادي." In السلفية العالمية: الحركات السلفية المعاصرة في عالم متغير, edited by Roel Meijer. 393-419. Beirut: Arab Network for Research and Publishing, 2014.
- — "Jihadistbevegelsen i den arabiske verden før og etter 2011″. Babylon: Nordisk tidsskrift for midtøstenstudier 12, no.2 (2014): 8-22.
- — With P Nesser. "Norske muslimske fremmedkrigere". Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 31, no.4 (2014): 399-416.
- — With P Nesser & A Stenersen. "Ekstremisme i sosiale medier: En oversikt over forskning, internasjonale trender og implikasjoner for norske forhold". In Forebygging av radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme på internett, edited by Inger Marie Sunde. 80-104. Oslo: Politihøyskolen, PHS Forskningsrapport No 2013:1.
- — "Profetens Ummah og sosiale medier". In Forebygging av radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme på internett, edited by Inger Marie Sunde. 105-112. Oslo: Politihøyskolen, PHS Forskningsrapport No 2013:1.
- — Müslüman Kardeşlerin doğuşu 1928-1942. ["The Society of the Muslim Brothers"] Translated by İhsan Toker. Istanbul: Ekin Yayınları, 2013.
- — "What is terrorism?". In Winds of Change: On Irregular Warfare. 360-374. Helsinki: National Defence University of Finland, Publication series, N:o 18, 2012.
- — "Osama bin Laden: mannen bak al-Qaida". Samtiden, no.3 (2011): 247-251.
- — "Al Qaeda without Bin Laden". In The U.S. vs. al Qaeda: A History of the War on Terror, edited by Gideon Rose & Jonathan Tepperman. 247-251. New York: Council of Foreign Affairs, 2011.
- — "Al Qaeda Without Bin Laden: How Terrorists Cope With their Leader's Death". ForeignAffairs.com & CNN.com (May 11, 2011).
- — "Jihadis divided between strategists and doctrinarians". In Faultlines in Global Jihad: Organizational, Strategic, and ideological fissures, edited by Assaf Moghadam and Brian Fishman. 69-87. London: Routledge, 2011.
- — "Insight and Hypotheses on Causes of Terrorism Identified on the Basis of a Survey of the Literature on Terrorism". In The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research, edited by Alex P. Schmid. 276-279. London: Routledge, 2011.
- — "Jihadi Strategists and Doctrinarians". In Self-Inflicted Wounds Debates and Divisions within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery, edited by Assaf Moghadam & Brian Fishman. 100-131. New York: Combating Terrorism Center, 2010.
- — With P Nesser. "Lessons Learned from the July 2010 Norwegian Terrorist Plot". CTC Sentinel 3, no. 8 (2010): 13-17.
- — (جمعیت اخوان المسلمین مصر : ظهور یک جنبش توده ای اسلامی (۱۹۲۸-۱۹۴۲ ["The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt: The Rise of an Islamic Mass Movement, 1928-1942"] (Tehran: Pizhūhishkadah-i Tārīkh-i Iṣlām, 1388 [2009]). Translated by ʻAbd Allāh Farahī.
- — "'Destructive Doctrinairians': Abu Mus‘ab al-Suri's Critique of the Salafis in the Jihadi Current". In Global Salafism: Islam’s New Religious Movement, edited by Roel Meijer. 249-268. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
- — With Q Siddique (eds). "Understanding Global Jihadism: Origin, Evolution, and Future Trends". FFI-Report-09/01145. Kjeller: FFI, 2009.
- — "Al-Qaida’s Appeal: Understanding its Unique Selling Points". Perspectives on Terrorism 2, no. 8 (2008): 3-10.
- — "Doctrines for jihadi terrorist training". Terrorism and Political Violence 20, no. 4 (2008): 518-542.
- — Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Musʻab Al-Suri. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007/2012.
- — "Abu Mus'ab al-Suri's Critique of Hard Line Salafists in the Jihadist Current". CTC Sentinel 1, no. 1 (2007): 1-4.
- — "Al-Suri’s Doctrines for Decentralised Jihadi Training". (Part 1), (Part 2), Terrorism Monitor: In-depth analysis of the War on Terror 5, no. 1-2 (Jan-Feb 2007).
- — With A Stenersen. "Al-Qaida’s online CBRN manuals: A real threat?". FFI-Report-2007/02405. Kjeller: FFI, 2007.
- — With J K Berg. "Terrorisme". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. 4. utgave 2005-2007.
- — "Al-Qaeda’s Dissident Voices". CSIS Congressional Forum on Islam (December 4, 2007).
- — "Osama bin Ladens taler og skrifter: Eit etterord". In Budskap til verden: Osama bin Ladens ytringer, edited by Bruce Lawrence. 507-523. Oslo: L.S.P. Forlag, 2007.
- — Building Arafat's Police: The Politics of International Police Assistance in the Palestinian Territories After the Oslo Agreement. Reading: Ithaca Press, 2007.
- — A Police Force Without a State: A History of the Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank and Gaza. Reading: Ithaca Press, 2006.
- — "Al-Qaeda online: understanding jihadist internet infrastructure". Jane’s Intelligence Review 18, no. 1 (2006): 14-19.
- — With L Bokhari, T Hegghammer, P Nesser & T H Tønnessen. "Paths to Global Jihad: Radicalisation and Recruitment to Terror Networks". FFI-Report-2006/00935. Kjeller: FFI, 2006.
- — Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions. London: Routledge, 2005.
- — With K H-W Skjølberg. "Causes of Terrorism: An Expanded and Updated Review of the Literature". FFI-Rapport-2004/04307. Kjeller: FFI, 2004.
- — With T Hegghammer. "Jihadi Strategic Studies: The Alleged Al Qaida Policy Study Preceding the Madrid Bombings". Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 27, no. 5 (2004): 355-375.
- — With K H-W Skjølberg. "Warum es zu Terrorismus kommt – Ein Überblick über Theorien und Hypothesen zu den Ursachen des Terrorismus". Journal für Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung 6, no. 1 (2004): 121-163.
- — With Å Kjøk. "Energy Supply as Terrorist Targets? Patterns of 'Petroleum Terrorism' 1968-1999". In Oil in the Gulf: Obstacles to Democracy and Development, edited by Daniel Heradstveit & Helge Hveem. 100-124. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2004.
- — "Norge og terrortrusselen etter Irak-krigen". In Hvilket Europa etter Irak: Konsekvenser og utfordringer for Norge, edited by Franck Orban. 31-45. Oslo: Europaprogrammet, 2004.
- — "Irak og terrortrusselen: Eit oversyn over terrorgrupper med tilknyting til det irakiske regimet". FFI-Report-2003/00940. Kjeller: FFI, 2003.
- — With Å Kjøk. "Islamist insurgencies, diasporic support networks, and their host states - the case of the Algerian GIA in Europe 1993-2000". FFI-Report-2001/03789. Kjeller: FFI, 2001.
- — With Å Kjøk. "Terrorism and oil - an explosive mixture? A survey of terrorist and rebel attacks on petroleum infrastructure 1968-1999". FFI-Report-2001/04031. Kjeller: FFI, 2001.
- With R I V Andrésen (eds). "Terrorism, Political Violence and Organised Crime – Security Policy Challenges of Non-State Actors' Use of Violence". FFI-Report-2000/06444. Kjeller: FFI, 2000.
- — "Mot nye og farlegare formar for terrorisme? Trendar og utviklingstrekk ved moderne terrorisme". Internasjonal politikk 58, no. 3 (2000): 357-383.
- — "The establishment of a Palestinian police force in the West Bank and Gaza Strip". International Peacekeeping 6, no. 4) (1999): 157-170.
- — "Security challenges in Europe's mediterranean periphery: perspectives and policy dilemmas". European Security 8, no. 4 (1999): 27-56.
- — "The quest for regional security in the Middle East and North Africa: European and Arab security organisations in the Mediterranean". FFI-Report-99/02252. Kjeller: FFI, 1999.
- — "Islam, vestleg militærmakt og humanitær intervensjon". PACEM: Militært tidsskrift for etisk og teologisk refleksjon 2, no. 2 (1999): 133-141.
- — "Islamist perceptions of the United Nations and its peacekeeping missions: Some preliminary findings". International Peacekeeping 5, no. 2 (1998): 38-63.
- — "'Heilag krig mot vesten?': Islamismen som tryggingspolitisk utfordring". In Sikkerhetspolitisk tenkning i en ny tid: fra enhet til mangfold, edited by Anders Kjølberg & Bernt Bull. 175-212. Oslo: Europaprogrammet, 1998.
- — The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt: The Rise of an Islamic Mass Movement, 1928-1942. Reading: Ithaca Press, 1998/2006.
- — "Implementing the Oslo Peace Accords: A Case Study of the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process and International Assistance for the Enhancement of Security". FFI-Report-98/01711. Kjeller: FFI, 1998.
- — "Utsikter til ei fredsløysing for Sør-Libanon". FFI-Rapport-97/01446. Kjeller: FFI, 1997.
- — "The Use of History in Egyptian Party Politics". Midtøstenforum: Tidsskrift for Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika 9, no. 2 (1995): 38-43.
- — "Mubaraks regime og Muslimbrørne." Midtøstenforum: Tidsskrift for Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika 9, no. 1 (1995): 54-55.
- Lia, Brynjar (2019). Muhajirat-fenomenet: Hvordan ble kvinner fra Europa rekruttert til ISIL, og hva var deres rolle i Kalifatet?. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. 36(2), s 100- 114 . doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3053-2019-02-02
- Lia, Brynjar (2017). The Jihādī Jihadi Movement and Rebel Governance: A Reassertion of a Patriarchal Order?. Die Welt des Islams. ISSN 0043-2539. 57(3-4), s 458- 479 . doi: 10.1163/15700607-05734p09 Full text in Research Archive.
- Maktabi, Rania & Lia, Brynjar (2017). Middle Eastern Patriarchy in Transition. Die Welt des Islams. ISSN 0043-2539. 57(3-4), s 265- 277 . doi: 10.1163/15700607-05734p01
- Lia, Brynjar (2016). En undersøgelse af islamistiske statsdannelsesforsøg, I: Manni Crone (red.), Splittelsen i Global Jihad. Kampen mellem IS og al-Qaeda. Dansk Institutt for Internationale Studier. ISBN 978-87-7605-828-9. Kapittel. s 30 - 43
- Lia, Brynjar (2016). Fanatismens seier? : jihadismens frammarsj i den arabiske verdenen. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 14(2), s 60- 85
- Lia, Brynjar (2016). Jihadism in the Arab world after 2011: Explaining its expansion. Middle East Policy. ISSN 1061-1924. 23(4), s 74- 91 . doi: 10.1111/mepo.12234 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Lia, Brynjar (2016). The Islamist Uprising in Syria, 1976-82: The History and Legacy of a Failed Revolt.. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. ISSN 1353-0194. 43(4), s 541- 559 . doi: 10.1080/13530194.2016.1139442
- Nesser, Petter & Lia, Brynjar (2016). Jihadism in Norway: a Typology of Militant Networks in a Peripheral European Country. Perspectives on Terrorism. ISSN 2334-3745. 10(6), s 121- 134 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Lia, Brynjar (2015). "Autobiography or Fiction? Ḥasan al-Bannā’s Memoirs Revisited". Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies. ISSN 0806-198X. 15, s 199- 226 Full text in Research Archive.
- Lia, Brynjar (2015). "Korsfarernes medløpere eller lydige undersåtter? Jihadistbevegelsens syn på kristne minoriteter i Midtøsten", I: Berit S Thorbjørnsrud (red.), De kristne i Midtøsten. Kampen for tilhørighet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-48897-0. Kapittel 10. s 193 - 213
- Lia, Brynjar (2015). "Understanding Jihadi Proto-States". Perspectives on Terrorism. ISSN 2334-3745. 9(4), s 31- 41
- Lia, Brynjar (2014). Jihadbevegelsen i den arabiske verdenen før og etter 2011 :. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 12(2), s 8- 22 Show summary
- Lia, Brynjar & Nesser, Petter (2014). Norske muslimske fremmedkrigere. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. (4), s 399- 416
- Lia, Brynjar (2011). Jihadis divided between strategists and doctrinarians, In Assaf Moghadam & Brian Fishman (ed.), Fault lines in Global Jihad: Organizational, strategic, and ideological fissures. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-58624-5. Chapter 3. s 69 - 87
- Lia, Brynjar (2009). Destructive doctrinians : Abu Musab al-Suri's critique of the Salafis in the jihadi current, In Roel Meijer (ed.), Global Salafism : Islam’s new religious movement. C. Hurst & Co.. ISBN 9781850659792. Kapittel. s 249 - 268
- Lia, Brynjar (2008). Doctrines for jihadi terrorist training. Terrorism and Political Violence. ISSN 0954-6553. 20(4), s 518- 542 . doi: 10.1080/09546550802257226
- Hegghammer, Thomas & Lia, Brynjar (2004). Jihadi Strategic Studies: The Alleged Al Qaida Policy Study Preceding the Madrid Bombings. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. ISSN 1057-610X. 27(5), s 355- 375
- Lia, Brynjar & Kjøk, Åshild (2004). "Energy Supply as Terrorist Targets? Patterns of 'Petroleum Terrorism' 1968-1999" in Daniel Heradstveit & Helge Hveem (eds.) Oil in the Gulf: Obstacles to Democracy and Development. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2004, In Helge Hveem & Daniel Heradstveit (ed.), Oil in the Gulf. Obstacles to Democracy and Development. Ashgate. ISBN 0-7546-3968-1. Chapter 5. s 100 - 124
- Lia, Brynjar & Skjølberg, Katja (2004). "Warum es zu Terrorismus kommt – Ein Überblick über Theorien und Hypothesen zu den Ursachen des Terrorismus". Journal für Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung. ISSN 1438-9444. 6(1), s 121- 163
- Skjølberg, Katja & Lia, Brynjar (2004). Warum es zu Terrorismus kommt - Ein Überblick über Theorien und Hypothesen zu den Ursachen des Terrorismus. ?. 6(1), s 121- 163 Show summary
- Lia, Brynjar (2000). "Mot nye og farlegare formar for terrorisme? Trendar og utviklingstrekk ved moderne terrorisme". Internasjonal Politikk - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for internasjonale studier. ISSN 0020-577X. 58(3), s 357- 383
- Lia, Brynjar (1999). "Security challenges in Europe's mediterranean periphery: perspectives and policy dilemmas". European Security. ISSN 0966-2839. 8(4), s 27- 56
- Lia, Brynjar (1999). "The establishment of a Palestinian police force in the West Bank and Gaza Strip". International Peacekeeping. ISSN 1353-3312. 6(4), s 157- 170
- Lia, Brynjar (1998). "Islamist perceptions of the United Nations and its peacekeeping missions: Some preliminary findings". International Peacekeeping. ISSN 1353-3312. 5(2), s 38- 63
- Lia, Brynjar (2013). Müslüman Kardeşlerin doğuşu 1928-1942. ["The Society of the Muslim Brothers"] (Translated by İhsan Toker). Ekin Yayınları. ISBN 9789758507818.
- Lia, Brynjar (2009). (جمعیت اخوان المسلمین مصر : ظهور یک جنبش توده ای اسلامی (۱۹۲۸-۱۹۴۲. Pizhūhishkadah-i Tārīkh-i Iṣlām / Research Center for Islamic History. ISBN 9789640443965. 372 s. Show summary
- Lia, Brynjar (2009). Architect of Global Jihad : the life of Al Qaeda strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199326457. 510 s.
- Lia, Brynjar (2007). Architect of Global Jihad: the life of al-Qaida strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri. C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85065-856-6. Show summary
- Lia, Brynjar (2007). Building Arafat's police : the politics of international police assistance in the Palestinian territories after the Oslo agreement. Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-305-6.
- Lia, Brynjar (2006). A Police Force Without a State: A History of the Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank and Gaza. Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-304-9. 477 s.
- Lia, Brynjar (2005). Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5261-X. 259 s.
- Lia, Brynjar (1998). The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt: The Rise of an Islamic Mass Movement, 1928-1942. Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-314-8. 328 s.
- Lia, Brynjar (2018). Islamistisk ekstremisme - en innføring, I: Ellen Christine Reiss & Linda Noor (red.), Radikalisering: fenomen og forebygging. Minotenk / Frekk forlag. ISBN 978-82-93097-48-8. Kapittel 8. s 93 - 103
- Nickelsen, Trine & Lia, Brynjar (2018). Jihadistene setter ungdommen til å styre. Apollon : Forskningsmagasin for Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0803-6926. (1), s 28- 31
- Lia, Brynjar (2015, 10. november). "'Islamsk stat' – vanlegare enn du trur", Apollon, 4/2015, s.51-53. [Fagblad]. Apollon.
- Trine, Nickelsen & Lia, Brynjar (2014, 10. november). "Fire år etter den arabiske våren: Hva nå, Midtøsten?", Forskningsmagasinet Apollon, 4/2014, s.16-21. [Fagblad]. Forskningsmagasinet Apollon.
- Lia, Brynjar (2010). Doctrinairians vs Strategists: Fissures in the Jihadi Current.
- Nesser, Petter & Lia, Brynjar (2010). Lessons Learned from the July 2010 Norwegian Terrorist Plot.
- Hegghammer, Thomas & Lia, Brynjar (2009). Truer verden med terrorangrep. Dagsavisen. ISSN 1503-2892.
- Lia, Brynjar (2008). Al-Qaida's appeal: understanding its unique selling points. Perspectives on Terrorism. ISSN 2334-3745. 2(8), s 23- 28
- Skjølberg, Katja & Lia, Brynjar (2007). FACTS AND FICTION IN THEORIES OF TERRORISM - An Expanded and Updated Review of the Literature on Causes of Terrorism. Show summary
- Hegghammer, Thomas; Bokhari, Laila; Lia, Brynjar; Nesser, Petter & Tønnessen, Truls (2006). Paths to Global Jihad: Radicalisation and Recruitment to Terror Networks.
- Lia, Brynjar & Skjølberg, Katja (2005). Causes of Terrorism: An Expanded and Updated Review of the Literature.
- Nesser, Petter & Lia, Brynjar (2005). Terror mot jarnvegar - eit oversyn over typiske terroraksjonar mot togpassasjertransport.
- Nesser, Petter & Lia, Brynjar (2003). Terror mot drikkevann - en oversikt over terrorgruppers interesse for å ramme offentlig vannforsyning.
- Skjølberg, Katja & Lia, Brynjar (2003). Facts and Fiction in Theories of Terrorism - A Review of Research Literature on Causes of Terrorism.
- Lia, Brynjar; Hegghammer, Thomas; Andresen, Rolf-Inge Vogt; kjøk, åshild & Bokhari, Laila (2002). Atommateriale, gass og mikrober som terrorvåpen? En undersøkelse av terrorgruppers interesse for og bruk av ikke-konvensjonelle våpen.
- Lia, Brynjar & Skjølberg, Katja (2000). Why Terrorism Occurs - A Survey of Theories and Hypothesis on the Causes of Terrorism.