methodology
The digital augmentation of extremism: Reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective
December 6, 2024Online extremism remains a persistent problem despite the best efforts of governments, tech companies and civil society. Digital technologies can induce group polarization to promote extremism and cause substantial changes to extremism (e.g., create new forms of extremism, types of threats or radicalization approaches). Current methods to counter extremism induce undesirable side‐effects (e.g., ostracize minorities, ...
Ethics is Method, Method is Ethics: What Terrorism Researchers Should Know
August 21, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
The Ethics of Academia-Counter-Terrorism Police Collaboration
August 21, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
FlockWatch: Tracking Changes in Language in Text Datasets Over Time
August 21, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Datensammlung in der Online-Terrorismus-und Extremismusforschung: zukünfitge Richtungen
August 20, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series: The Conceptualisation of Extremism Online
August 2, 2024VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Autumn 2022 Speaker: J.M. Berger Title: The Conceptualisation of Extremism Online ...
VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series: Online Extremism and Terrorism Research
August 2, 2024VOX-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: Emerging Methodologies
August 2, 2024VOX-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 ...
VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series: Conceptualising Terrorism: Challenges and Implications
August 2, 2024VOX-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?” ...