Sergio Altuna Galán is an Associate Analyst in the Programme on Violent Radicalisation and Global Terrorism at the Elcano Royal Institute. Altuna is also a Senior Research Fellow for the Programme on Extremism at The George Washington University. His areas of expertise include violent non-state actors in the Great Maghreb and the Sahel; contemporary Islamist thought; Islamist narratives; and the development of alternative narratives and counternarratives. He also specializes in the creation of monitoring and evaluation tools to measure the impact of security policies in unstable environments.
Other than academic research, Altuna also developed a career as an international consultant working with institutions such as NATO Strategic Direction-South Hub, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese Ministry of Defence. In addition to his work as a researcher and consultant, he has lectured at several international universities, including the University of Jendouba (Tunisia), the University of the Ionian Islands (Greece), the Rey Juan Carlos University and the Pablo de Olavide University (Spain).
Having resided most of his professional life in different countries in North Africa, Altuna is fluent in Spanish, English, French, Arabic, Italian and Greek.
Events
- 9th Elcano Forum on Global Terrorism “Terrorism-related extremisms in the West: Emerging and persisting challenges” (2022)
