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VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Autumn 2022 Speaker: Dr Bettina Rottweiler Title: The Functional Link Between Conspiracy Theories and Violent Extremism ...

VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Autumn 2022 Speaker: Professor Kumar Ramakrishna Title: Identifying ‘Salafabists’ in South East Asia ...

VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Autumn 2022 Speaker: Dr. Ashton Kingdon Title: Alternative Histories and Far-right Occult Subcultures ...

VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Autumn 2022 Speaker: J.M. Berger Title: The Conceptualisation of Extremism Online ...

VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Autumn 2022 Speaker: Prof Maura Conway Title: Online extremism and terrorism research: Where we’ve been, where we’re going Outline: As part of the inaugural guest lecture for the 2022 series, Prof Maura Conway discusses “Online extremism and terrorism research: Where we’ve been, where we’re going”. The lecture is preceded by an ...

The focus of this workshop was individuals’ experiences of, and engagement with, extremist ideas and beliefs – both jihadist and far-right – in a variety of different settings. Panellists explored the role of video games, music, humour and the occult in normalising extremism and assessed the extent to which this plays a role in radicalisation ...

VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Spring 2023 Speaker: Dr. Erin Saltman Title: Cross-Platform Approaches to Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism Online Outline: This presentation reviews advances in cross-platform solutions advanced through the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). GIFCT was founded in 2017 by technology platforms to give structure and support for countering terrorism and ...

VOX-Pol Lecture Series, Spring 2023 Title: Emerging Methodologies Panel: Researching the Metaverse. Chair: Dr Suraj Lakhani (University of Sussex) Speaker 1: Dr Rachel Kowert Outline: “The Metaverse” is a phrase that is used often despite the fact that there is no clear consensus on how to define this space. In this short talk, we will ...

Content takedowns have emerged as one of the central pillars in the global fight against disinformation and extremism. Despite their increasing ubiquity as disruptive tools in political processes, their true efficacy remains up for debate. We ‘know’, for example, that takedowns had a strong disruptive effect on Islamic State-supporting networks online, but we do not ...

This workshop focusses on the phenomenon of extremism and especially online extremism in the context of sub-Saharan Africa. This workshop brought together academics researching extremism and Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) interventions in sub-Saharan Africa where both Islamist militant groups and far-right and alt-right groups operate. The workshop explored how extremist groups and individuals use the ...