An academic research network on

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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Assessing the Role of GAI Music in the Context of Extremism
Amy-Louise Watkin
By Jonathan Pieslak On 14 June 2024, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a US-based “anti-hate” organization focusing primarily on antisemitism, posted…
February 19, 2025
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Examining the Online Posting Behaviors and Trajectories of Incel Forum Members
Jonathan Collins
By Brenna Helm, Thomas J. Holt, Ryan Scrivens, Thomas W. Wojciechowski, and Richard Frank This article summarizes a recent study…
February 12, 2025
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VOX-Pol Newsletter 12(2) February 2025
Louise Laing
Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 2 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. EVENTS 2025 C-REX & VOX-Pol Summer School, 9 - 13…
February 11, 2025
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Online Library

Our Online Library collects in one place a large volume of publications related to various aspects of violent online political extremism.

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Latest Blog Posts

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Assessing the Role of GAI Music in the Context of Extremism
 February 19, 2025
By Jonathan Pieslak On 14 June 2024, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a US-based “anti-hate” organization focusing primarily on antisemitism, posted a provocatively entitled article, “GAI Music Creation Tool Suno Has Been Weaponized to Promote Hate”. The report highlights the ways in which Suno, a generative artificial intelligence (GAI) music-creation platform, can be exploited to create ...
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Examining the Online Posting Behaviors and Trajectories of Incel Forum Members
 February 12, 2025
By Brenna Helm, Thomas J. Holt, Ryan Scrivens, Thomas W. Wojciechowski, and Richard Frank This article summarizes a recent study published in Crime and Delinquency. Involuntary celibates, or incels, have been of heightened interest to scholars and practitioners due to their ongoing engagement in misogynistic and violent discourse. Yet the incel subculture is complex, requiring ...
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Events

Jun
09
2025
2025 C-REX & VOX-Pol Summer School: Studying Online Extremism
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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