An academic research network on

ONLINE EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM

What is VOX-Pol?

VOX-Pol is a world-leading research network on online extremism and terrorism. It is a global network, with 30 member institutions from 12 different countries across Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia. VOX-Pol researchers have expertise in jihadism, the extreme right and left, nationalist-separatist actors, and emerging forms of extremism.

Highlights

Blog Post
The Human Cost of Countering Violent Extremism with Youth: The Importance of Reflective and Supportive Practice
By Sarah Stevenson and Dr Steve Barracosa Practitioners working in the field of countering violent extremism (CVE) are routinely exposed…

December 10, 2025
Blog Post
VOX-Pol Newsletter 12(12)
Louise Laing
Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 12 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. RECENT VOX-Pol EVENTS VOX-Pol launched the report 'Negotiating Responses to Online…

December 9, 2025
Blog Post
Clickbait Climate and the Political Economy of Planetary Vibes: How Ecofascism Thrives in the Digital Substrate
By Sara Hill When an extremist opened fire on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, murdering 51 people and injuring…

December 3, 2025

Online Library

Our Online Library collects in one place a large volume of publications related to various aspects of violent online political extremism.

Latest Blog Posts

Blog
The Human Cost of Countering Violent Extremism with Youth: The Importance of Reflective and Supportive Practice
December 10, 2025
By Sarah Stevenson and Dr Steve Barracosa Practitioners working in the field of countering violent extremism (CVE) are routinely exposed to confronting and offensive ideas and content, including graphic violence, gore, hate, terrorist propaganda and ideologies. Despite this, there is a relative gap in the literature considering the experiences and well-being of practitioners undertaking this ...
Blog
Clickbait Climate and the Political Economy of Planetary Vibes: How Ecofascism Thrives in the Digital Substrate
December 3, 2025
By Sara Hill When an extremist opened fire on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, murdering 51 people and injuring many more in 2019, headlines around the world began talking about ‘ecofascists’, a label the shooter had claimed in his manifesto. When that attack was followed by another a few years later using the same ...

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