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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Highlights

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Systematic Review of Radicalization through Social Media
Year: 2023
Author: Akram, M. and Nasar, A.
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Online platforms as an environment for multidimensional radicalization? The extremist symbolism and rhetoric of the Daesh terrorist organization
Year: 2023
Author: El Ghamari, M.
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The Taliban Takeover: The Impact on Extremist Organisations and on EU Audiences At Risk of Radicalisation
Year: 2023
Author: Giustozzi, A. and Regeni, P.
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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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The UK’s Online Safety Act and ‘Terrorist Content’
 April 23, 2025
By Katy Vaughan Ofcom, as the UK’s independent regulator of ‘Online Safety’ is taking a phased approach to the implementation of the Online Safety Act, which passed into law in October 2023. In December 2024 Ofcom published its statement on the progress of the first phase of implementation which focuses on ‘illegal harms’, including the ...
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Adolescence is a technical masterpiece that exposes the darkest corners of incel culture and male rage
 April 16, 2025
Kate Cantrell, University of Southern Queensland and Susan Hopkins, University of the Sunshine Coast Filmed in a one-take style, Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham’s new crime drama Adolescence is being hailed by critics as a technical masterpiece. Out now on Netflix, the four-part series follows the fallout surrounding 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) after he ...
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Jun
09
2025
2025 C-REX & VOX-Pol Summer School: Studying Online Extremism
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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