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Tufyal will analyse how UK counter-terrorism has expanded to address extreme violence that falls outside established definitions of terrorism. Focusing on the 2024 Southport killings,… Read More »16 April: The ever-expanding circles of Prevent: the identification and management of new and emerging threats through counter-terrorism. Dr Tufyal Choudhury

Research evidence shows that terrorist actors often ‘leak’ their intent towards planning and carrying out terrorist violence to those close to them – partners, family… Read More »30 March: Community Reporting of Terrorism involvements: Research Evidence and Policy Actions. Prof Paul Thomas

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into digital spaces has reshaped the landscape of terrorism and extremism research. This talk explores the opportunities and challenges… Read More »30 March: AI as an Accelerator in Terrorism and Extremism Research

What happens when hate speech becomes so routine in a cultural space that it’s treated as unremarkable background noise? This talk examines how digital gaming… Read More »26 March: If It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature: How the normalization of hate speech has made games vulnerable to extremism. Dr Rachel Kowert

In the years following the Arab Spring, a number of Islamist insurgent groups conquered swaths of territory across the Middle East and North Africa and… Read More »13 March: Inside Salafi-Jihadist governance: The Strategies and Characteristics of Islamist Insurgent Rule. Dr Marta Furlan

When studying terrorist campaigns, analysis typically centres on the two principal protagonists: the state and militant organisations. This narrow focus reflects a persistent assumption that,… Read More »24 February: Non-violent mobilisation against terrorism: why and how it matters. Dr Argomaniz, Dr Wilson, Dr Tsokov

This presentation explores how gendered grievances shape both everyday and extremist forms of violence, drawing on research into perpetrators of domestic abuse and online incel… Read More »19 February: Gendered grievances and the logic of violence. Dr Anne Peterscheck

Research on the contemporary far right has largely prioritised party-centred and electorally driven explanations, often overlooking the ideological, organisational, and relational infrastructures that sustain far-right… Read More »12 February: Far-Right Transnationalism: From Ideology to Operations Across Spontaneous, Induced, and Infiltrated Networks. Dr Nicola Guerra

As an early career researcher, engaging with practitioners and policymakers can be challenging. From knowing how to communicate your work to identifying the right avenues… Read More »5 February: Turning Research into Recommendations for Policy & Practice: Insights for Early Career Researchers

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 

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