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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Highlights

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AI, Anger and Entitlement: What’s Fuelling Misogynistic Extremism Online
By Bernadette Johnston Misogyny and problematic attitudes towards women are not new phenomena. What is new however is the speed…
February 4, 2026
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Online Terrorist Exploitation: Responding to Children as Victims and Perpetrators
By Gina Vale In December 2021, terrorism charges against a 14-year-old British girl were dropped—not due to lack of engagement…
January 28, 2026
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Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier
Michelle Lynn Kahn, University of Richmond How can society police the global spread of online far-right extremism while still protecting…
January 21, 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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AI, Anger and Entitlement: What’s Fuelling Misogynistic Extremism Online
 February 4, 2026
By Bernadette Johnston Misogyny and problematic attitudes towards women are not new phenomena. What is new however is the speed and scale at which misogynistic ideas and related behaviours now circulate – particularly online. Problematic ‘nudification apps,’ whose sole purpose is to underdress and sexually transform photos of women online without their consent, have existed ...
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Online Terrorist Exploitation: Responding to Children as Victims and Perpetrators
 January 28, 2026
By Gina Vale In December 2021, terrorism charges against a 14-year-old British girl were dropped—not due to lack of engagement with extremist networks, but on account of the power dynamics of her digital relationships therein. The Home Office Single Competent Authority (SCA) determined that she was a victim of modern slavery in the UK for ...
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Jun
22
2026
VOX-Pol Summer School 2026
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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