conceptual frameworks

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 ...

VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Autumn 2023 Name: Dr Anthony Richards Title: Conceptualising Terrorism: Challenges and Implications Outline: “Why is it important to generate an agreed definition of terrorism? What are the challenges that confront this and to what the extent can we view terrorism as an analytically distinctive concept?” ...

VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Autumn 2023 Name: J.M. Berger Title: The Conceptualisation of Extremism Online Outline: The rise of the online environment has been a game changer in enabling extremist movements to destabilize civil societies around the globe. This presentation explores the interface between extremism and the internet and presents contemporary approaches to understanding violent ...

Gathering empirical evidence from interviews and focus groups, this study highlights some of the ethical dilemmas faced by the academic community tasked with developing new methodological tools and conceptual frameworks for the study of violent online political extremism. At the same time, it examines how academics position themselves in relation to a broad range of ...