online research
Vicarious Trauma via the Observation of Extremist Atrocities: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
January 23, 2025Researchers are increasingly conducting research using primary source data involving observation of, and exposure to, violent extremist individuals, their acts, their online content, and the ideologies that they act in support of. Of concern is that this increased use of primary source material has not occurred alongside a serious investigation of the traumatic outcomes that ...
Principle versus practice: the Institutionalisation of ethics and research on the far right
December 3, 2024Institutional ethics review procedures aim – in principle – to minimise harm and evaluate risks, providing an important space to consider the safety of participants and researchers. However, literature has questioned the effectiveness of the process, particularly for reviewing ‘risky’ topics in a risk-averse environment. This article reports the findings of interviews with 21 researchers ...
Ethics is Method, Method is Ethics: What Terrorism Researchers Should Know
August 21, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Islamic State’s Virtually Planned Terror Plots: A Note on Current and Future Research
August 21, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Where to Publish Academic Research on Online Extremism and Terrorism?: What We Can Learn from Journal Article Entries in VOX-Pol’s Online Library
August 20, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
The Case of Jihadology and the Securitization of Academia
September 18, 2023This paper goes to the heart of this special issue by exploring the case of the web site, Jihadology, which the author founded and has managed for the past ten-plus years. It explores various issues including why such a site is necessary and/or useful, questions about dissemination and open access, lessons learned about responsibility and ...