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Lea Brost is a PhD candidate in Law & Criminology at Royal Holloway, University of London, looking at Islamist narratives on TikTok. She is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH). Previously, she worked as a researcher at the IFSH, conducting a long-term ...

Kristián Földes is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of International Relations, Charles University. His research focuses on political discourse, securitisation, and governance, with a strong emphasis on propaganda, disinformation, misinformation, and information warfare in online environments. He specialises in Qualitative Content Analysis and Critical Discourse Studies. His recent work examines elite narratives during ...

Thomas Renard is Director of ICCT since 2021. His research focuses on (counter-)terrorism and (counter-)radicalisation in Europe. His recent research has focused on the evolution of counter-terrorism policy in liberal democracies, on anti-government extremism, on (returning) foreign fighters, on radicalization in prison and on terrorist recidivism. His latest monograph is The Evolution of Counter-Terrorism since ...

Dr Rachel Worthington (PhD) is a HCPC Registered Forensic Psychologist, Chartered Scientist and European Psychologist with over 25 years of clinical experience working directly with clients who have been victims or perpetrators of offending both in person and the online space. She has clinical expertise in the risk assessment and treatment of both adults and ...

Michael H. Becker, Ph.D. is a Research Associate at the University of Nebraska at Omaha – National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) and is based out of Washington, DC. His research examines the individual and group correlates of support for, and participation in violent extremism, process and outcome measures in P/CVE programming, and ...

Miron Lakomy is a Professor at the Institute of Political Sciences, the University of Silesia, and a non-resident fellow at the ITSTIME research centre in Italy. He is an open-source intelligence trainer and investigator with 10+ years of experience in analysing terrorist activities on various layers of online communication, including the dark web. During his ...

Olivia Brown is an Associate Professor in Digital Futures at the University of Bath, School of Management and Deputy Director of the Bath Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour. Liv’s research sits at the intersection of psychology and behavioural science, aiming to understand how intra- and inter-group processes influence individual and group behaviour in online ...

Daniel E. Levenson is a PhD student at Swansea University, where his research is focused on Artificial Intelligence and terrorist education. He is a member of CYTREC (the Cyber Threats Research Center) as well as a member of the governing board of the Society for Terrorism Research. LinkedIn ...

Ellie Rogers is a PhD candidate within the Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC) at Swansea University. In collaboration with Moonshot, Ellie’s PhD research focuses on the algorithmic amplification of counter-speech, in the context of combatting online extremism. More broadly, her research interests include; countering violent extremism, recommender systems and the combination of online and offline ...

Dr. Moign Khawaja is a Lecturer and Researcher in International Relations and Security Studies at Dublin City University. He was awarded the prestigious Government of Ireland Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2023-2024 and has secured multiple research grants, including funding for projects commissioned by the UK Home Office. Dr. Khawaja holds a PhD in ...