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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Social Media Isn’t Just Hosting the Far Right. It’s Pushing Democracy to the Brink
By Joshua Skoczylis and John Babalola The question is no longer whether social media platforms influence politics. They do. The…
April 1, 2026
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Epstein Files Drop as a Driver for Conspiracy and Extremist Beliefs
By Brigitte Naderer & Carina Pleier In late 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice initiated a series of document releases…
March 25, 2026
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Blurred Lines: Upscrolled And The Co-Option Of Legitimate Civic Discourse
By Sam David UpScrolled, a social media platform for microblogging and short-form video sharing, experienced rapid growth in late January…
March 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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Social Media Isn’t Just Hosting the Far Right. It’s Pushing Democracy to the Brink
 April 1, 2026
By Joshua Skoczylis and John Babalola The question is no longer whether social media platforms influence politics. They do. The question is whether democratic life can endure when the central infrastructure of public communication is engineered to reward extremism, disinformation, and division — and when its owners are increasingly invested in this outcome. The far ...
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Epstein Files Drop as a Driver for Conspiracy and Extremist Beliefs
 March 25, 2026
By Brigitte Naderer & Carina Pleier In late 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice initiated a series of document releases under the provisions of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The initial release, which took place on 19 December 2025, encompassed a substantial volume of documentation, amounting to over 100,000 pages. This release included a wide ...
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2026
VOX-Pol Summer School 2026
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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