Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 11 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter.
UPCOMING VOX-Pol PUBLICATION & LAUNCH EVENT
VOX-Pol is launching a new report titled ‘Negotiating Responses to Online Terrorism Threats in the EU: State-Platform Diplomacy 2015 – 2019‘ by Marguerite Borelli on Monday 17 November. An online launch event will take place from 14:00 to 15:00 GMT (15:00 – 16:00 CET). The link to join the launch event is here: https://zoom.us/j/99692035215
At the launch webinar, Valère Ndior and Gavin Sullivan will discuss the report with author Marguerite Borelli and host, VOX-Pol Coordinator, Stuart Macdonald. Find out more about the report and the event by visiting the event page.
UPCOMING VOX-Pol SEMINAR
You are invited to an online seminar titled ‘Under the Radar: Understanding the Salafi-jihadi terrorist online information ecosystem‘, taking place on 3 December 2025 at 17:00 UK time (18:00 CET).
The event will be 90 minutes duration and include five presentations followed by a Q&A session. Find out more information on the event page. To attend, please register your interest by emailing info@voxpol.eu, and we will email you a zoom link.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND EVENTS FROM VOX-Pol MEMBERS
Miron Lakomy has a new article published in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, titled, ‘Towards recovery or endless recycling? A comparative analysis of Islamic State’s and al-Qaeda’s online propaganda outputs on the surface web‘
Ashton Kingdon published the open access article, ‘The Darkest Shade of Green: Climate Change, Terrorist Organizations, and the Battle for Environmental Legitimacy‘ in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.
Sören Henrich and Rachel Worthington organised and facilitated a day-long research conference with Ofcom on 16 October 2025 to discuss how to make cyberspace safer for UK users through regulation. Five coordinated panels featuring postgraduate research presented to an audience of Ofcom regulators, policy specialists, researchers, lawyers, economists, and engineers.
Amarnath Amarasingam and Marc-André Argentino have edited a new book, Contemporary Far-Right Culture: The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism, published by Routledge. It investigates the cultural output of far-right influencers in anime, podcasts, “fashwave” and white power music, gaming, memetic and visual culture, social media, publishing, chan culture, philosophy, and martial arts.
Moign Khawaja gave a guest lecture titled ‘Understanding Jihadi Radicalisation: An Evidence-Based Analysis’, attended by senior officers of the Military College and held at the Defence Forces Training Centre, Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare on Monday, 13 October 2025. The lecture was intended for the Defence & Strategic Studies Module Lead of the Joint Command and Staff Course (JCSC), which is the keystone of professional military education in the Irish Defence Forces and is part of JCSC’s vision to bring new insights and expert voices from Ireland to their School to promote a wider discussion on contemporary defence and security trends.
RECENTLY ON THE VOX-Pol BLOG
Recently published on the VOX-Pol Blog
- Digital Rebellion or Radicalization? Examining Hate and Extremism in GTA 6’s Online Ecosystem, 5 November 2025, by Mohamed Elgayar
- Politically aggressive social media users are creating most of the anti-immigrant content, 29 October 2025, by Nicholas A.R. Fraser
- The Hide-and-Seek Champion: Conspiracist Reactions to the Porepunkah Shootings, 22 October 2025, by Gerard Gill
- Informal Transfer Systems, Digital Trenches, and Algorithmic Shadows: The Evolution of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed Terror Financing During the 2025 India–Pakistan Crisis, 15 October 2025, by Ashreet Acharya
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