Farangiz Atamuradova
Farangiz is a Program Officer in the Research and Analysis Department. She joined Hedayah in February 2018. Farangiz leads and supports a number of department’s projects and programs, such as the Radical Right Phase II project seeking to test the efficacy of counter-narratives in the Australian and the US contexts, the project on the influence of COVID-19 in the Balkans, South-East Asia, East and West Africa, the Annual CVE Research Conference, and MASAR. Farangiz is also providing oversight for the Radical Right Counter Narrative Collection and the Counter Extremism Hub, both projects that are funded by EU STRIVE Global.
Prior to Hedayah, Farangiz worked at Delma Institute as a political analyst covering various regional issues. Her internship experiences include the Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe and the Royal United Services Institute.
Farangiz holds a Master of Letters in Terrorism Studies from the University of St. Andrews and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics with International Studies from the University of Warwick. Her Master’s dissertation focused on religious fundamentalism and empowerment of women as a method to counter violent religious extremism and radicalism in Tajikistan.