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Elizabeth Pearson is a Lecturer in Criminology at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she is affiliated with the Gender Institute and the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre. Elizabeth specialises in gender, extremism and countering extremism and has written about and researched extremism in both online and offline spaces. Her book on extremism and ...

Nick Nelson has extensive experience in both the security sector and academia, and is currently a Senior Lecturer at Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies. He teaches in a diverse range of subject areas including terrorism, cyber security, and the psychology of security. His main research interest is in how the online environment ...

Ayse D. Lokmanoglu is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Communication & Public Policy at Northwestern University. Her work focuses on malign digital campaigns (hate speech, extremism, disinformation) and utilizes computational methodologies to examine harmful narratives and digital messaging. She has published in journals including Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Cambridge Review of International ...

Anthony F. Lemieux is Founding co-Director of the Atlanta Global Studies Center and Professor of Communication at Georgia State University, and was previously an American Council on Education Fellow. He is a faculty member in the Transcultural Conflict and Violence Initiative. In his administrative and leadership roles, Lemieux has prioritized support for collaborative, interdisciplinary research ...

Suraj Lakhani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Sussex. He also holds the roles of Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and Research Fellow at VOX-Pol. Suraj is also part of: the Steering Board of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN), the Leadership ...

Julian Droogan is an Associate Professor of Terrorism Studies at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University where he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Routledge). Julian’s academic background encompasses the anthropology and history of religions. His research interests include violent extremism online, religious radicalisation, extremist narratives, ...

Cori E. Dauber is Professor of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is also a Research Fellow at the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS.) She is co-editor of Visual Propaganda and Extremism in the Online Environment, (US Army War College Press, 2014) and the author of You Tube ...

Stephane Baele is Professor or IR at the Catholic University of Louvain and Honorary Associate Professor of Security & Political Violence at the University of Exeter. His multi-methods and transdisciplinary research chiefly focuses on extremist communications and the role of language in political violence and conflict. ...

John Battersby is the NZ Police Teaching Fellow at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS), Massey University, Wellington, lecturing in Crime, Intelligence and Terrorism. John was a Research Historian with the Treaty Issues and International Law Team at the Crown Law Office, Wellington, followed by a number of years in law enforcement. He ...