Eleanor Macintosh is a Monitoring Lead with a specialism in counter-terrorism and counter-extremism, and special interest in extremist narratives. Eleanor leads CEG’s work monitoring the Islamist ecosystem in the UK.

Ms Macintosh is a graduate in International Relations from the University of Exeter, where her studies focused around defence and security. Having spent time in the Middle East during her formative years, she developed a strong interest in extremism and terrorism having seen the real-world impact of extremist violence on communities, geopolitical complexities fuelling conflict and radicalisation as well as global security implications stemming from events in the region. She continues to build this expertise through language study and travel.

She has previously gained experience in the UK public sector, and in her free time when she is not running, Ms Macintosh works as a research assistant for a professor writing a paper on jihadist extremism.