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ONLINE EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM

What is VOX-Pol?

VOX-Pol is a world-leading research network on online extremism and terrorism. It is a global network, with 30 member institutions from 12 different countries across Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia. VOX-Pol researchers have expertise in jihadism, the extreme right and left, nationalist-separatist actors, and emerging forms of extremism.

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I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread

Jonathan Collins

Karmvir K. Padda, University of Waterloo Two years have passed since a 24-year-old former student walked into a gender studies…

July 16, 2025

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The Eco-System of Extremist Violence As A New Lens

Amy-Louise Watkin

By Sören Henrich This blog is based on a recent publication which you can find here. Last October, MI5 Director General…

July 9, 2025

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New VOX-Pol Report: Gore and Violent Extremism

Louise Laing

VOX-Pol published a new report titled 'Gore and Violent Extremism: An explorative analysis of the use of gore websites for…

July 9, 2025

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I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread

July 16, 2025

Karmvir K. Padda, University of Waterloo Two years have passed since a 24-year-old former student walked into a gender studies classroom at the University of Waterloo and stabbed the professor and two students. The attack left the campus shaken and sparked national outrage. Many saw the attack as a shocking but isolated act of violence. ...

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The Eco-System of Extremist Violence As A New Lens

July 9, 2025

By Sören Henrich This blog is based on a recent publication which you can find here. Last October, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum expressed concern about a growing trend among radicalised individuals that was challenging preventive and policing bodies. A considerable number of reviewed cases presented mixed ideologies or lacked a clear ideological conviction. Furthermore, services ...

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