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Welcome to Volume 10, Issue 1 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. NEW VOX-Pol PUBLICATION: REASSURE VOX-Pol is pleased to present the latest report in the VOX-Pol publication series, titled Online Extremism and Terrorism Researchers’ Security, Safety, and Resilience: Findings from the Field, authored by Elizabeth Pearson, Joe Whittaker, Till Baaken, Sara Zeiger, Farangiz Atamuradova, and Maura Conway. Elizabeth…

Welcome to Volume 9, Issue 4 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. RESEARCHERS: THE REASSURE PROJECT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU! Two years ago, the REASSURE (Researcher Security, Safety and Resilience) project team began documenting the experiences of academic researchers of online extremism and terrorism. Their report on online extremism and terrorism researchers’ security, safety, and resilience…

Welcome to Volume 9, Issue 3 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. TASM CONFERENCE 2022 The Terrorism and Social Media Conference 2022 took place at Swansea University in June. Highlights from the conference can be watched on YouTube, along with the keynotes from Jonathan Hall QC and VOX-Pol’s Professor Maura Conway. Jonathan Hall QC is a barrister in independent practice and presented…

Welcome to Volume 9, Issue 2 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. CALL FOR INFORMATION The Center for Societal Security at the Swedish Defence University is looking for examples of online preventing/countering violent extremism (P/CVE) initiatives for practitioners within the EU, from both government and NGOs. Please contact magnus.ranstorp@fhs.se if you have any suggestions. Thank you! FIRST MONDAY SPECIAL ISSUE On 2 May 2022, First Monday…

Welcome to Volume 9, Issue 1 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. INTRODUCING ARC The Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC) is a cross-sector collaboration of researchers, practitioners, analysts, and journalists who are dedicated to understanding and mitigating the threat posed by accelerationist terrorism. VOX-Pol Researchers feature among the Board of Advisors and ARC Fellows. Find ARC on Twitter @TheARConsortium or check out their website. TASM CONFERENCE 2022…

Welcome to Volume 8, Issue 4 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. VOX-Pol CONTRIBUTION TO RECENT EVENTS 2021 AVERT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM The 2021 AVERT Research Symposium took place from 3 to 5 November 2021. This year’s title was ‘Violent Extremism at the Crossroads: Persistence, Change & Dynamism’. The keynotes were given by Prof. Martha Crenshaw, Professor Emerita of Government at Wesleyan University,…

Welcome to Volume 8, Issue 3 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. MOST-READ VOX-Pol BLOG POSTS OF 2021 From September 2020 to July 2021, VOX-Pol published 48 Blog posts on the topics of online extremism and terrorism. The events of 6 January, 2021 at the US Capitol led to a big increase in traffic to VOX-Pol’s online…

Welcome to Volume 8 Issue 2 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. If you have colleagues or friends who may be interested in the content of our newsletter, or any events or research carried out by VOX-Pol, please forward this to them and encourage them to subscribe via our website. Follow us on Twitter @VOX_Pol for live updates…

Welcome to Volume 8 Issue 1 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. If you have colleagues or friends who may be interested in the content of our newsletter, or any events or research carried out by VOX-Pol, please forward this to them and encourage them to subscribe via our website. Follow us on Twitter @VOX_Pol for live updates…

Welcome to Volume 7 Issue 4 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. If you have colleagues or friends who may be interested in the content of our newsletter, or any events or research carried out by VOX-Pol, please forward this to them and encourage them to subscribe via our website. Follow us on Twitter @VOX_Pol for live updates…