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.

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Between Suspicion and Selection: How Virtual Extremist Communities Filter Newcomers
By Christopher V. David and Marten Risius Extremist groups operate in an environment where trust is existential and suspicion is…
March 4, 2026
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Automatically Generating Counter-Speech: Opportunities and Challenges of Using LLMs for CVE
By Ellie Rogers As technology has developed, extremist actors have found new ways to use it to their advantage. Large…
February 25, 2026
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Why Extremist Innovation Happens First in Sexualised Digital Spaces 
By Mischa Gerrard Online extremism research tends to treat gendered AI-enabled harms - such as non-consensual sexual deepfakes and synthetic…
February 18, 2026
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Online Library

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

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Between Suspicion and Selection: How Virtual Extremist Communities Filter Newcomers
 March 4, 2026
By Christopher V. David and Marten Risius Extremist groups operate in an environment where trust is existential and suspicion is constant—every new member could be an ally or an informant. The Provisional IRA, for example, famously operated a dedicated squad tasked with tracking down and liquidating informers within their ranks. Though in a spectacular twist, ...
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Automatically Generating Counter-Speech: Opportunities and Challenges of Using LLMs for CVE
 February 25, 2026
By Ellie Rogers As technology has developed, extremist actors have found new ways to use it to their advantage. Large language models (LLMs) are one area that has been exploited by extremists to create and share content. Introduction LLMs use natural language processing (NLP), and often artificial intelligence (AI), to process and generate text for ...
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22
2026
VOX-Pol Summer School 2026
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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