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.


If you are a university-based researcher of online extremism and are interested in VOX-Pol membership, please contact us at info@voxpol.eu.

Highlights

Blog Post
Stolen, Replaced, Betrayed: The Far Right’s Response to the 2026 Midterms
By Ashton Kingdon Democrats won both the House and the Senate on November 3, 2026. Donald Trump proclaimed that he…

November 11, 2026
Blog Post
VOX-Pol Newsletter 13 (11)
Welcome to Volume 13, Issue 11 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter Launch of new report on AI tools, violent extremism…

November 10, 2026
Blog Post
VOX-Pol Hosts Launch Webinar for Landmark Routledge Handbook of Online Violent Extremism
VOX-Pol hosted an international launch webinar to mark the publication of the Routledge Handbook of Online Violent Extremism. The event…

November 4, 2026

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

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Stolen, Replaced, Betrayed: The Far Right’s Response to the 2026 Midterms
November 11, 2026
By Ashton Kingdon Democrats won both the House and the Senate on November 3, 2026. Donald Trump proclaimed that he “wasn’t on the ballot,” but said that he was willing to accept the result. Much of his far-right base was not. I spent the week of the election inside Gab, Telegram, and X. What I ...
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Hustle, muscle and grift: how the manosphere has grown into a money‑making machine
November 4, 2026
By Vivian Gerrand, Australian National University; Deakin University; Debbie Ging, Dublin City University; Josh Roose, Deakin University, and Michael Flood, Queensland University of Technology The manosphere is big business today. Once a niche network lurking on the margins of the internet, this diverse community of male supremacist cultures has grown into a transnational profit-making enterprise. ...

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