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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New VOX-Pol Webinar on YouTube

Louise Laing

The recent VOX-Pol webinar 'Right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa and Asia' is…

June 20, 2025

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Does Adolescence Really Tell Us Anything About Online Extremism?

Amy-Louise Watkin

By Andrew Glazzard The acclaimed Netflix drama Adolescence, released on Netflix in March 2025, has generated exceptional volumes of commentary…

June 18, 2025

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Call for proposals: 2025 AVERT International Research Symposium

Louise Laing

The 2025 AVERT International Research Symposium is an in-person event taking place on 24-26 November 2025 at Deakin University’s Deakin…

June 13, 2025

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Does Adolescence Really Tell Us Anything About Online Extremism?

June 18, 2025

By Andrew Glazzard The acclaimed Netflix drama Adolescence, released on Netflix in March 2025, has generated exceptional volumes of commentary about what it says about being a youth in the technologically enriched Britain of the 2020s. Kate Cantrell and Susan Hopkins, in an article written for The Conversation and republished on the VoxPol blog, summarise ...

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How Incel Research Looks to a Former Incel

June 11, 2025

By Bo Min Keum & Richard Frank N.B. Please be aware that this post contains slurs hostile to women, which some readers may find offensive and distressing. Reader discretion is therefore advised. (Ed.). Incel research is often conducted from the outside looking in. We were interested in how someone who has left and holds insider ...

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