Liam Francis Gearon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education and a Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, UK. The author or editor of over twenty-five books, he has undertaken funded research for the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, and the Society for Educational Studies. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Education systems are of interest for the monitoring of extremism and counter-terrorism by security and intelligence agencies. This book shows how the relationship between the two has developed, and why it extends beyond concerns with counter-terrorism. It was first published as a special issue of the British Journal of Educational Studies.

Introduction: Education, Security and Intelligence Studies 1. Intelligence studies, universities and security 2. Extremism and neo-liberal education policy: A contextual critique of the Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham schools 3. Neither villains nor victims: Towards an educational perspective on radicalisation 4. The politicisation and securitisation of religious education? A rejoinder 5. Thinking interestingly: The use of game play to enhance learning and facilitate critical thinking within a Homeland Security curriculum 6. A golden age of security and education? Adult education for civil defence in the United States 1950-1970