VOX-Pol
Academic network focused on researching prevalence, contours, functions, & impacts of online violent extremism and terrorism. Website: http://www.voxpol.eu
- Many congrats to our @crexuio.bsky.social colleagues, with whom we've been pleased to collaborate on a number of events, on their 10-year anniversary and their ongoing commitment to researching the far-right.
- Yesterday marked 10 years since C‑REX was founded. This thread highlight what the center has done — research, PhDs, datasets, events, policy engagement and international partnerships. THREAD 🧵 www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/
- Closing date for applications: 20 Feb.
- VOX-Pol Institute (VPI) partnering with Christchurch Call Foundation & @hertieschool.bsky.social Exec Ed on new, fully funded programme equipping professionals to tackle tech-facilitated gender-based violence & its links to violent extremism. More info: www.hertie-school.org/en/short-pro...
- VOX-Pol Institute (VPI) partnering with Christchurch Call Foundation & @hertieschool.bsky.social Exec Ed on new, fully funded programme equipping professionals to tackle tech-facilitated gender-based violence & its links to violent extremism. More info: www.hertie-school.org/en/short-pro...
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- 🚨 The deadline for applications for our VOX-Pol Summer School at Swansea University on 22-26 June, so immediately post #TASM Conf 2026, is tomorrow, Wednesday, 7 January. If you are interested in attending, or know others that might be, you can find further info. at: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p...
- Reminder that the deadline for applications for our VOX-Pol Summer School at Swansea University on 22-26 June is just two days’ away: Wednesday, 7 January. If you are interested in attending, or know others that might be, you can find further information at voxpol.eu/vox-pol-summ.... #PleaseRS
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- 🚨 VOX-Pol Online Seminar taking place this evening, Wednesday, 3 December, 17:00 GMT/16:00 Central European Time. Email us for the link to join. More info here: lnkd.in/gZ_-WjM4
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- We’re delighted to be in Melbourne supporting the 2025 Avert International Research Symposium on the theme ‘Signal or noise? Navigating the changing nature of violent extremism online.’ More info at www.avert.net.au/2025-symposium
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- Our latest report is now freely accessible online at voxpol.eu/wp-content/u.... In it, Marguerite Borelli analyses public-private relations between the European (in particular, French) authorities and Facebook, Google (YouTube) and Twitter on the subject of terrorist usage of social media 2015-2019.
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- Just kicked off.
- Our latest report launches online next Monday, 17 Nov., at 14:00 GMT / 15:00 CET, with @s-macdonald.bsky.social, Valère Ndior, Gavin Sullivan, and report author Marguerite Borelli. Join us! More info at: voxpol.eu/events/new-v... #PleaseRS
- Our latest report launches online next Monday, 17 Nov., at 14:00 GMT / 15:00 CET, with @s-macdonald.bsky.social, Valère Ndior, Gavin Sullivan, and report author Marguerite Borelli. Join us! More info at: voxpol.eu/events/new-v... #PleaseRS
- Some followers may wish to join tomorrow's @crexuio.bsky.social webinar on the challenges of using an empathetic methodology to interview right-wing extremists, which will feature @vox-pol.bsky.social's @lizzypearson.bsky.social. More info. at: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
- Thanks to all those who attended last evening's launch of our latest report, authored by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social and titled 'Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints,' which is now available #openaccess on our website at voxpol.eu/new-vox-pol-... #PleaseRS
- We're launching our latest report on researching the far-right at 6pm UK/1pm US east coast time today. The webinar will be chaired by @lizzypearson.bsky.social & feature author @antoniavaughan.bsky.social & discussant @audreygagnon.bsky.social. More info.: voxpol.eu/events/new-v... #PleaseRS
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- 🔥 Extremists move fast - Policy often lags Colleagues at VPI are hosting a workshop that confronts the gap, incl. a simulation where every call has intended & unintended consequences 📍 Munich, 8-9 Oct 🔗 Further info & register by 3 Oct: lnkd.in/efmKBNb9 👥 Discount if bringing a colleague - email VPI
- Reposted by VOX-PolDelighted to Have Co-Written This Blog with the Wonderful #NicolaMathieson and @audreygagnon.bsky.social Based on the Joint @crexuio.bsky.social @vox-pol.bsky.social Summer School Visits to Memorial Sites for the July 22 Attacks. Was Such an AMAZING Teaching Moment 👇👇 voxpol.eu/importance-o...
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- Reposted by VOX-PolExcited to Take Part in this @vox-pol.bsky.social Report Launch For @antoniavaughan.bsky.social Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints. Alongside @lizzypearson.bsky.social and @audreygagnon.bsky.social. #Ethics #ResearcherSafety 👇👇 voxpol.eu/events/new-v...
- 📢 The VOX-Pol #Blog starts up again this week! If you are interested in submitting a Blog post, check out these guidelines and get in touch: voxpol.eu/how-to-submi.... 🏆 The Top 4 most read Blog posts of the 2024/25 year are at voxpol.eu/the-vox-pol-.... #PleaseRS
- We are pleased to announce the No.1 most read VOX-Pol Blog post of the past year is..... 'Nazis at the salad bar: The National Workers’ Alliance and mixed, unclear, and unstable ideology' by @gerardagill.bluesky.social. Read it at: voxpol.eu/nazis-at-the...
- The No.2 most read @vox-pol.bsky.social Blog post of the past 12 months is Sophia Rothut, @darianharff.bsky.social, and @cbpuschmann.bsky.social's piece on far-right social media influencers and their potential roles in youth radicalisation. Check it out at: voxpol.eu/social-media... #PleaseRS
- So, we’re counting down the Blog's most read posts of 2024-25 and at No.3 is Kamil Yilmaz and @joewhittaker.bsky.social's piece on the incel movement in Turkey. Read it at voxpol.eu/beyond-weste.... #PleaseRS
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- In Vol.12, Iss.8 of our Newsletter, which was emailed to subscribers this morning, info on our latest report on gore and violent extremism, the @vox-pol.bsky.social member keynoting AoIR's Rio conference, and links to a bunch of recent member publications. Check it out at: voxpol.eu/vox-pol-news...
- Per tradition, our Blog’s on hols for August, so we’re counting down the most read posts of 2024-25. At No.4, @joshuabowes.bsky.social & @jjwest.bsky.social’s ‘The Trump Manosphere’ on reactionary male supremacy, misogyny, & accelerationist violence. ➡️ Read it at: voxpol.eu/the-trump-ma...
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- UK followers may be interested in the below Home Office job postings, two of which have a specifically online focus. More info at www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi.... Closing date for applications = Sunday, 10 Aug.
- Reposted by VOX-PolPleased to have had the opportunity to contribute to this research with Human Digital and @vox-pol.bsky.social. The ongoing proliferation of illegal content on gore sites is undermining broader efforts to counter terrorism and other harms online. Among the key findings of the research:
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- On this week's Blog, Alice Sibley and @joshuabowes.bsky.social describe and discuss the ways in which UK far-right actors, including the Homeland Party and Britain First, are using X's Grok AI. voxpol.eu/exploiting-t...
- We’re delighted, together with #TASM, to be collaborating with AVERT on their International Research Symposium 2025. 🎤Keynote speaker = @milleridriss.bsky.social 🚨Deadline for proposal submissions TOMORROW: 14 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST Full details at mcusercontent.com/a9901935e5a7... #PleaseRS
- ICYMI, our newest report on 'Gore and Violent Extremism' is now available #openaccess on our website. Go to voxpol.eu/publications/. Missed the launch webinar? Drop a line to info@voxpol.eu from your institutional email address and we'll share the link. #PleaseRS
- In our latest Monthly Newsletter, info on our newly published report on 'Gore and Violent Extremism,' CfP for 2025 AVERT International Research Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, which we're partnering on, and more. Access it online at voxpol.eu/vox-pol-news... and/or sign-up at voxpol.eu. #PleaseRS
- Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' is now published #openaccess on our website at voxpol.eu/publications/. You are invited to the report's public launch this evening at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT. To register, go to: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRS
- Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' will be published #openaccess on our website tomorrow, Wednesday, 9 July. You are invited to the report's public launch at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT. Find out more and register: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRS
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- Together with #TASM, we're collaborating with AVERT on their International Research Symposium 2025. Keynote speaker = @milleridriss.bsky.social Deadline for proposal submissions is now just one week away: 14 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST. Full details at mcusercontent.com/a9901935e5a7...
- Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' will be published #openaccess on our website next Wednesday morning, 9 July. You are invited to the report's public launch on the same day at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT. Find out more and register: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRS
- We’re delighted, together with #TASM, to be collaborating with AVERT on their International Research Symposium 2025. Keynote speaker = @milleridriss.bsky.social. Deadline for proposal submissions: 14 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST. Full details at avert.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?... #PleaseRS
- 🚨 Attention PhD students and early career researchers, today is last day to submit abstracts for @vox-pol.bsky.social NextGen conference in Prague on 25-26 September, 2025. Submit your proposal: lnkd.in/esikzmnK Full CfP and details: shorturl.at/3YIKk #PleaseRT
- Some followers may be interested in following CfP: 2nd Workshop on Diffusion of Harmful Content Online 🏚️ 💻 Hybrid format, so online & in person 📅 Submission deadline: 11 July 🌐 Workshop website: dhow-workshop.github.io/2025/ 🎫 Co-located with ACMMM 2025: acmmm2025.org 📍 Dublin, 27-28 Oct 2025
- Reposted by VOX-Pol🚨 One day left to apply for the @vox-pol.bsky.social next gen conference happening in Prague on the 25-26th of September. We are bringing together ECRs to build a proper community researching (violent) online extremism. Submit your proposal: lnkd.in/esikzmnK Full CfP and details: shorturl.at/3YIKk
- Missed Wednesday's seminar, with Arthur Bradley, UNICRI's Ottavia Galuzzi, and @surajlakhani.bsky.social, on right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa, and Asia? Check out the recording at youtu.be/kOArdasVDqY?...
- Reposted by VOX-PolNicola Mathieson and I had the privilege of hosting the @crexuio.bsky.social & @vox-pol.bsky.social PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism! We were incredibly impressed by the brilliant students who joined us in Oslo! Their thoughtful engagement made it a truly inspiring week🤩
- 🌍 Webinar: Right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa and Asia 🗓️ 15:00 - 16:30 (UK time), #TODAY, Wednesday 18 June 2025 📍 Online 🔗 To register, email info@voxpol.eu
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- Reposted by VOX-PolHad an Incredible Time in #Oslo for the @vox-pol.bsky.social @crexuio.bsky.social Summer School on the Ethics of Researching the Far Right Online 😍 Highlight Was Taking the Students to the #July22 Memorial Learning Centre for In-Depth Discussions on the #Ethics of #Archiving and #Remembrance ❤️
- Thanks to all students and contributors for another successful summer school. Special thanks to @crexuio.bsky.social for hosting and to programme leads @audreygagnon.bsky.social and Nicola Mathieson for all their hard work.
- You're invited to a VOX-Pol webinar, in conjunction with UNICRI, on Wednesday, 18 June, at 3-4pm (UK time) on "Right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa and Asia." Register by emailing info@voxpol.eu. More info.: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRT
- Call for Chapters from @cifrs.org for an edited volume examining how the far-right uses alternative media (e.g. Gab, Truth Social) alongside major platforms like Facebook and X, and how this impacts publics. More info: www.sssp1.org/file/Announc... Abstracts due 25 May.
- Vol.12, Iss.4 of our monthly Newsletter appeared in subscribers' inboxes yesterday. Includes info on new VOX-Pol Institute's (VPI) forthcoming Dublin workshops on 'The Current Threat Landscape: Networks, Platforms, & Technologies.' Access the Newsletter online at voxpol.eu/category/pub...
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- 🎫 Event alert = "Far-Right Hate Speech Online: Too Late to Stop?” on 25 March. Daniela Pisoiu in discussion with @vox-pol.bsky.social's Stuart Macdonald, @evianeleidig.com, @bphaanshuus.bsky.social, & @erikhacker.bsky.social. Register: www.scenor.at/event-detail... N.B. DEUTSCHE ÜBERSETZUNG
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- Social media can corrupt the wisdom of crowds through a phenomenon called 'acrophily' or a preference for the extreme. Research shows that people tend to engage with posts slightly more extreme than their own views, says @ucl.ac.uk's Colin M. Fisher on this week's Blog. voxpol.eu/the-dynamics...
- Today is the last day for submitting applications for the PhD Summer School on Studying Online Extremism co-organised by VOX-Pol and @crexuio.bsky.social. More info. at www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
- Some followers may be interested in the below publication opportunity:
- Some followers may be interested in below opportunity for doctoral study with UCL's @sandyschumann.bsky.social:
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- New to VOX-Pol? Check out our fully searchable Online Library, now with links to 2,200+ articles, chapters, theses, Blog posts, etc. focused on all aspects of online extremism and terrorism.
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- Thanks to all our new followers! Please help us to spread the word about our new Bluesky account widely by mentioning it on the 'bird platform,' LinkedIn, and any other platform you're active on.