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Dr Jade Hutchinson is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Security Studies at Charles University in the Czech Republic and an internationally recognised expert on far-right extremism and online youth radicalisation serving as a grant researcher at Macquarie University. Dr Hutchinson’s research focuses on the intersections of online extremism, sociotechnical systems, and socioemotional harm. ...

Brenna Helm is a Research Associate and doctoral candidate (ABD) in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on extremists’ use of the Internet and online subcultural communities, with a particular emphasis on the far-right and male supremacism. In her research, Brenna examines radicalization and mobilization pathways, subcultural engagement among ...

Miraji Mohamed is a research fellow at the Conflict Institute of Dublin City University; and an affiliate at the Cyber Threats Research Centre of Swansea University. She holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations from Dublin City University. Her research primarily explores the conceptualisation of radicalisation, the position of youth in the peace and ...

Seán Looney is a lecturer in Criminology at the University of Plymouth. His research interests include the regulation of online terrorist and violent extremist content, and the impact of bulk surveillance on the promotion and protection of human rights. Sean undertook his PhD at Swansea University as a member of CYTREC and is a former ...

Jonathan Collins is a PhD candidate at the Department of Security Studies at Charles University, concentrating on the rise of the Far-Right as both a social movement and threat for violent mobilisation. Specifically, he aims to connect the current political, social, and economic grievances arising from the ongoing pandemic with the discursive recruitment and dissemination ...