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VOX-Pol Blog	“Catch 22”: Navigating Institutional Ethics and Researcher Welfare in Online Extremism and Terrorism Research View Abstract “Catch 22”: Navigating Institutional Ethics and Researcher Welfare in Online Extremism and Terrorism Research VOX-Pol Blog post. View Full Article	2025	Whittaker, J., Pearson, E., Mattheis, A.A., Baaken, T., Zeiger, S., Atamuradova, F. and Conway, M.,	View Publisher
Policy	Predicting harm among incels (involuntary celibates): the roles of mental health, ideological belief and social networking View Abstract Predicting harm among incels (involuntary celibates): the roles of mental health, ideological belief and social networking Incels are a sub-culture community of men who forge a sense of identity around their perceived inability to form sexual or romantic relationships. In recent years, there has been a small, but growing, number of violent attacks that have been attributed to individuals who identify as incels. The purpose of this study was to use a large sample of incels from the UK and US to establish (a) their demographic make-up; (b) the consistency of their attitudes and beliefs; (c) their adherence to a common world view, (d) how they network with other incels; (e) whether there are cross-cultural differences between incels from the UK and US in the above; and finally, whether there is a predictive relationship between incel mental health, networking and ideology and the extent of their harmful attitudes and beliefs. View Full Article	2024	Whittaker, J., Thomas, A. and Costello, W.	View Publisher
VOX-Pol Blog	Beyond Western Misogyny: A growing incel movement in Turkey? View Abstract Beyond Western Misogyny: A growing incel movement in Turkey? VOX-Pol Blog post. View Full Article	2024	Yilmaz, K. and Whittaker, J.	View Publisher

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