Young people are increasingly being targeted for recruitment by violent extremist organisations and individuals. This occurs across the extremist landscape but has gained prominence recently… Read More »December 9: Power and Vulnerability: Young People and Violent Extremism. Dr Kristy Campion
Public interest in understanding extremism and terrorism has only increased with the evolution of technology and pervading hateful discourse online. This presents new opportunities to… Read More »December 3: Communicating about extremism and terrorism to non-academic audiences – messaging, engagement and researcher safety. Dr Olivia Brown
This paper explores the tension between the stabilising appeal of consociationalism and its potential to ossify conflict lines. It does so through a comparative analysis… Read More »Consociationalism in Mid-Life Crisis? The Ageing of the Dayton and Good Friday Agreements: Petra Nesr
Growing evidence and newly emerging extremist movements (such as incels) suggest a relationship between violence against women and girls and violent extremism. Case studies, data… Read More »November 25: Public or Private Violence: Unpacking the Relationship Between Domestic Abuse and Violent Extremism. Dr Caitlin Clemmow
It is often claimed that there is little to no organised extreme right-wing (ERW) presence in Ireland. The absence of the ERW was long attributed… Read More »November 11: The Far Right in Ireland: New Allegiances, Old Identities. Prof Orla Lynch
Over the past decade, scholars have struggled to conceptualize the diverse range and dynamic nature of activism that has manifested within US white supremacism. Our… Read More »October 30: Radicalizing the Mainstream?: A Constellation Approach to White Supremacist Activism. Prof Pete Simi
This talk uses Boko Haram as a case study to delve into the operations of extremist groups in sub- Saharan Africa, with a particular focus… Read More »October 14: Combatant Experiences in Multi-Ethnic Extremist Groups: Identity and Allegiance in Boko Haram. Dr Makena Micheni
The seminar will explore European states’ responses to international terrorist organizations, particularly focusing on Italy, during the Cold War period. The Six-Day War of 1967… Read More »October 6: European responses to International Terrorism. The case of Italy (1970s-1980s). Prof. Valentine Lomellini
Discussions of researcher safety often construct the impacts of researching harmful communities or extremist groups as universal, experienced the same way by different researchers. However,… Read More »November 13: Visible, vulnerable, (un)safe? Reflections on safety and risk when researching harmful communities online. Dr Allysa Czerwinsky
In conjunction with the Historians of Terrorism Network, CSTPV is pleased to present an online seminar featuring Dr Tim Wilson from the University of St Andrews. A… Read More »October 2: A Thing Unparalleled’? Reflections on Recent Lone Assassination Attempts in Historical Perspective’ Dr Tim Wilson