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Based at the University of St Andrews the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence is Europe's oldest Centre of its kind.
📣 Seminar alert!
Join Prof Orla Lynch who will be speaking on
'The Far Right in Ireland: New Allegiances, Old Identities
🗓️ Nov 11
⏰ 16.00-17.30
📍 School V
@standrewsir.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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@milleridriss.bsky.social has free, English-language events in Germany next week! Come learn about how misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence.

11 Nov, 7:00 pm CET at @unituebingen.bsky.social: hubs.ly/Q03R6YGW0
16 Nov, 3:30 pm CET with Amerikazentrum Hamburg: hubs.ly/Q03R6YL70
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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SAFERR provides a summary and evaluation of the effectiveness of different risk management approaches used in forensic practice across the world. Listen to the #RMAScot team introduce SAFERR and talk about the development of this resource in our latest episode:

🎧 open.spotify.com/show/6efsYNR...
Episode 7: Selecting Approaches for Effectively Responding to Risk
open.spotify.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
There's still time to sign up for our next online seminar with Prof Pete Simi on Radicalizing the Mainstream?: A Constellation Approach to White Supremacist Activism ⬇️
📅 October 30
📍 Online
⏰ 17.00-18.30 (UTC)
To register email: irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk
@standrewsir.bsky.social
🚨 Upcoming Online Seminar: Radicalizing the Mainstream?: A Constellation Approach to White Supremacist Activism with Prof Peter Simi
📅 October 30
📍 Online
⏰ 17.00-18.30 (UTC)

To sign up email: irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk
@standrewsir.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🚨 Upcoming Online Seminar: Radicalizing the Mainstream?: A Constellation Approach to White Supremacist Activism with Prof Peter Simi
📅 October 30
📍 Online
⏰ 17.00-18.30 (UTC)

To sign up email: irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk
@standrewsir.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📣 Fascinating piece from CSTPV's Anne Peterscheck on Artificial Intelligence and Gendered Security in the latest CREST Security Review. ⬇️
Artificial Intelligence and Gendered Security, by Anne Peterscheck. AI technologies bring promising opportunities but also new risks, especially for women, girls, and minority communities. #CSR21 #SystemResilience
crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/arti...
crestresearch.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📣 Great to see this piece out from @chloelsquires.bsky.social, the coordinator of CSTPV's Terrorism and Political Violence Next Generation Network, out in CREST Security Review talking about the benefits of ECR and PhD networks.
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Don't miss: Combatant Experiences in Multi-Ethnic Extremist Groups: Identity and Allegiance in Boko Haram next week with Dr. Makena Micheni.

📅 Oct 14 | ⏰ 4:00 PM | 📍 School V
@standrewsir.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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🖍️ Register your interest for the NABS+ Creative workshop to explore fresh and accessible ways to share your research. Tues 25 November, 10:30 - 15:00, London. Find out more: crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/opportu...
NABS+ Creative Workshop
Drawing From Your Research: a creative half-day workshop using playful storyboarding and analogies to help you communicate your research in fresh, engaging ways.
crestresearch.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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This week the Society also launched the call for its First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

Eligible titles, published in 2025, should be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

#Skystorians
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
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October 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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📢 New blog post: "The Complex Relationship Between Gender and Violent Extremism." @katrif.bsky.social & Inger Skjelsbæk explore how gender influences violent extremism and advocate for viewing prevention efforts through a gender lens. #Gender #Extremism #Prevention www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
The Complex Relationship Between Gender and Violent Extremism - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
The authors outline the many ways in which gender has relevance for violent extremism and propose seeing prevention work through a gender lens.
www.sv.uio.no
October 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We're delighted to be welcoming Prof Valentine Lomellini to St Andrews to speak on 'European Responses to International Terrorism. The case of Italy (1970s-1980s)'

🗓️ Oct 6, 2025
⏰ 17:00-18:30 BST
📍 Arts Lecture Theatre

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October 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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I am Excited to be Editing a Special Journal Issue Titled Terrorism, Radicalisation and Social Order: Perspectives on Emerging Threats and Responses. If You Have Something to Say about the Future of Terrorism/Extremism Research Check Out The CFP 👇https://www.nature.com/collections/ejdcaehbha
October 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Excited 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...
New VOX-Pol Report Online Launch - VOX - Pol
09/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - VOX-Pol is publishing a new report titled Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints by Dr Antonia Vaughan on Thursday 9 October 2...
voxpol.eu
September 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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🎉 Happy Birthday CREST!! 🎉 To mark our 10th anniversary, we’ve created a timeline highlighting just a handful of milestones. HUGE thanks to everyone involved in CREST's long-lasting success! crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/10...
10 Years of CREST
Celebrating a decade of commissioning behavioural science, collaborating across sectors, and communicating insights that have informed and shaped security practice.
crestresearch.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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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
October 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📣 Join us for a historical perspective on lone assassinations with CSTPV's Dr Tim Wilson

'A Thing Unparalleled'? Reflections on Recent Lone Assassination Attempts in Historical Perspective

🗓️ Oct 2, 2025
⏰ 17:00-18:30 BST
📍 Online
📧 Register: irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk
@standrewsir.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.
Call For Applications: Toynbee First Book Workshop Competition 2025-26 | Toynbee Prize Foundation
toynbeeprize.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
New occasional paper out now! 🎉
We've just published our brilliant student, Petra Nesr's, paper "Consociationalism in Mid-Life Crisis? The Ageing of the Dayton and Good Friday Agreements."

Check it out: cstpv.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/23/c...
September 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It was wonderful to kick off our semester's programme of events with a packed house to hear @maurolubrano.bsky.social speak about his new book Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism. It's fascinating research, well worth seeking out. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
September 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Prof Conor Gearty KC. A brilliant scholar and true pioneer in the many fields he spoke to. The Centre benefitted greatly from his friendship and support. His generosity, wit, and deep intellect will be profoundly missed.
September 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Congratulations to @cstpv.bsky.social's @nicoloscremin.bsky.social on his fellowship at The Belfer Center!
📢 I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the @belfercenter.bsky.social at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social as a Research Fellow for the 2025–2026 academic year.

As part of the International Security Program, I’ll be working on the final stretch of my PhD project.

Excited to begin this next chapter!
June 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
And we are off! @socterres.bsky.social 9th PGR conference is underway
June 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM