Lorena Atiyas-Lvovsky

Mrs. Lorena Atiyas-Lvovsky is the Deputy Director of Research at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University, Herzliya. In this position, she leads various large-scale projects for private, public, and governmental organizations and facilitates ICT’s cooperation with academic, security, and governmental bodies.

In addition, Mrs. Atiyas-Lvovsky is also an adjunct faculty member in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy at Reichman University, teaching courses on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Security Studies.

Mrs. Lorena Atiyas-Lvovsky also leads a variety of terrorism, security, and Middle East courses in schools throughout Israel. 

Mrs. Atiyas-Lvovsky is the Head of Ragonis Scholarships Decision Committee, an annual scholarship promoting research in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security. She is also an Editorial Board Member of The International Counter-Terrorism Review (ICTR), a leading peer-reviewed academic journal for young professionals addressing international issues pertaining to Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism.

Prior to her current position at the ICT, Mrs. Atiyas-Lvovsky served as a Project Manager and Public Relations manager. 

Mrs. Atiyas Lvovsky graduated (Cum Laude) from the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy’s Master of Arts in Government with a Specialization in Counter-Terrorism & Homeland Security. Mrs. Atiyas Lvovsky is currently completing her doctoral studies on “The Battle for Perception”, The Influence Strategy of Terrorist Organizations and Its Impact on Media Coverage.

Mrs. Atiyas-Lvovsky fields of research are terrorism & democracies, radicalization processes and de-radicalization programs, influence operations, terrorism financing and Iran-Hezbollah worldwide network, in particular in Latin America. She has published numerous articles on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism. 

 

Fields of Expertise

Terrorism & Democracies

Terrorist actors including the Independent Actor Terrorism (“lone wolves”)

Influence Operations & Psy-ops

Terrorism Financing

Iran-Hezbollah worldwide network

Far-right extremism

Radicalization processes, De-radicalization programs and Building Public Resilience