Publications

Welcome to Volume 13, Issue 4 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT Political Theology and the Digital Caliphate: Jihadism in the Age of Globalisation11 June 2026, 10:00-17:00Avenue Campus (room: TBC),University of Southampton This workshop invites contributions that examine the relationship between globalisation and the revival of the caliphate in contemporary Islamist thought and activism. Moving ...

Welcome to Volume 13, Issue 3 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. The Only Way is Ethics: Next Gen Networks Unite The University of Southampton’s Centre for Criminology in the Digital Age is excited to convene an event dedicated to supporting the next generation of researchers working at the cutting edge of sensitive, ethically complex research. This ...

Welcome to Volume 13, Issue 2 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. A list of confirmed speakers and panels for this year’s TASM conference is now available! Co-organised by CYTREC and VOX-Pol, TASM 2026 will feature more than 70 presentations, delivered by speakers from around the world, as well as a wide variety of different panels, stakeholder-led workshops and the TASM sandpit. ...

Welcome to Volume 13, Issue 1 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. THE CATALYST PUBLIC POLICY CHAMPIONS PROGRAMME The Catalyst Public Policy Champions Programme is an intensive, international fully-funded executive-style training programme designed to strengthen policy responses to the growing links between online gender-based violence and violent extremism. Led by the Christchurch Call Foundation, and delivered by the Hertie School in ...

Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 12 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. RECENT VOX-Pol EVENTS VOX-Pol launched the report ‘Negotiating Responses to Online Terrorism Threats in the EU: State-Platform Diplomacy 2015 – 2019‘ on Monday 17 November. At the webinar, Valère Ndior and Gavin Sullivan discussed the report with author Marguerite Borelli and host, VOX-Pol Coordinator, Stuart Macdonald. You can watch the recorded launch event on our YouTube ...

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 ...

Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 10 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. NEW VOX-Pol PUBLICATION VOX-Pol has published a new report titled, Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints authored by Dr Antonia Vaughan. The report was launched with an online event hosted by Dr. Elizabeth Pearson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Royal Holloway, University of London. ...

Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 9 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. UPCOMING VOX-Pol PUBLICATION A new VOX-Pol report will be launched in a few weeks time, titled Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints by Antonia Vaughan. The launch date and online event will be announced soon! Dr. Antonia Vaughan recently completed a PhD in Politics, Languages ...

Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 8 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. NEW PUBLICATION We are pleased to share a new report from Human Digital and VOX-Pol, titled, ‘Gore & Violent Extremism: An explorative analysis of the use of gore websites for hosting and sharing extremist and terrorist content’.  The report was launched at an online event. ...

Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 7 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. UPCOMING EVENTS You are invited to a VOX-Pol webinar taking place on Wednesday 9 July 2025, starting at 17:00 UK time. (16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT). Register to attend by emailing info@voxpol.eu. This event is to launch a new report from Human Digital and VOX-Pol, titled, ‘Gore & Violent ...