Darja Wischerath
@darja.bsky.social
PhD @ University of Bath | Conspiracy theories, radicalisation, violent extremism and the like
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Like the US much vaunted "checks and balances, it "looks like Germany's so-called “firewall,” which bars cooperation in government with the AfD, is on its way out or at the very least is now up for debate. #LettuceShelflife www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Ask your daughters’: Merz defends his call for large-scale deportations
German chancellor is accused of taking a page from extremist parties with ‘dangerous’ rhetoric on immigration
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Like the US much vaunted "checks and balances, it "looks like Germany's so-called “firewall,” which bars cooperation in government with the AfD, is on its way out or at the very least is now up for debate. #LettuceShelflife www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Research at Bath is creating a more innovative, safe, secure and resilient #digital society.
Learn how work in @idsbbath.bsky.social is keeping people safe online.
https://stories.bath.ac.uk/research-with-impact/how-baths-idsb-is-shaping-social-policy-through-digital-security-research/index.html
Learn how work in @idsbbath.bsky.social is keeping people safe online.
https://stories.bath.ac.uk/research-with-impact/how-baths-idsb-is-shaping-social-policy-through-digital-security-research/index.html
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Research at Bath is creating a more innovative, safe, secure and resilient #digital society.
Learn how work in @idsbbath.bsky.social is keeping people safe online.
https://stories.bath.ac.uk/research-with-impact/how-baths-idsb-is-shaping-social-policy-through-digital-security-research/index.html
Learn how work in @idsbbath.bsky.social is keeping people safe online.
https://stories.bath.ac.uk/research-with-impact/how-baths-idsb-is-shaping-social-policy-through-digital-security-research/index.html
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Study: ‘Most People with Long COVID Are Their Own Doctors’: Self-Tracking and Online Patient Groups as Pathways to Challenging Epistemic Injustice.
Published: July 20, 2025
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Published: July 20, 2025
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August 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Study: ‘Most People with Long COVID Are Their Own Doctors’: Self-Tracking and Online Patient Groups as Pathways to Challenging Epistemic Injustice.
Published: July 20, 2025
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Published: July 20, 2025
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Happy to share my first published article based on my PhD in Party Politics with @journals.sagepub.com in open access!
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
July 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Happy to share my first published article based on my PhD in Party Politics with @journals.sagepub.com in open access!
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
Looking forward to see this timely book come together! I'm very excited to contribute a chapter about video analysis
I am pleased to share that @isabellevdv.bsky.social, @ryanscrivens.bsky.social and I have just signed a contract with @uclpress.bsky.social to co-edit an open-access book that will discuss ‘Methods for Studying Extremism and Terrorism Online’.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Looking forward to see this timely book come together! I'm very excited to contribute a chapter about video analysis
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We are thrilled to be able to bring together esteemed colleagues from different disciplines: Atte Oksanen, Olivia Brown, Darja Wischerath, Stephane Baele, Javier Torregrosa, Charlie Stoeldraaijers, @joncollins.bsky.social, @lizzypearson.bsky.social, Harley Williamson, Miriam Fernandez and Maria Vau
July 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We are thrilled to be able to bring together esteemed colleagues from different disciplines: Atte Oksanen, Olivia Brown, Darja Wischerath, Stephane Baele, Javier Torregrosa, Charlie Stoeldraaijers, @joncollins.bsky.social, @lizzypearson.bsky.social, Harley Williamson, Miriam Fernandez and Maria Vau
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I am pleased to share that @isabellevdv.bsky.social, @ryanscrivens.bsky.social and I have just signed a contract with @uclpress.bsky.social to co-edit an open-access book that will discuss ‘Methods for Studying Extremism and Terrorism Online’.
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July 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I am pleased to share that @isabellevdv.bsky.social, @ryanscrivens.bsky.social and I have just signed a contract with @uclpress.bsky.social to co-edit an open-access book that will discuss ‘Methods for Studying Extremism and Terrorism Online’.
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[It has been a while, but...] New annotated resource on #SocialMediaViolence:
Rage against the machine: Exploring violence and emotion in conspiracy narratives on Parler, by @darja.bsky.social et al.
Read my notes here: esteban-morales.com/lit-review-v...
Rage against the machine: Exploring violence and emotion in conspiracy narratives on Parler, by @darja.bsky.social et al.
Read my notes here: esteban-morales.com/lit-review-v...
Rage against the machine: Exploring violence and emotion in conspiracy narratives on Parler – Esteban Morales
esteban-morales.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
[It has been a while, but...] New annotated resource on #SocialMediaViolence:
Rage against the machine: Exploring violence and emotion in conspiracy narratives on Parler, by @darja.bsky.social et al.
Read my notes here: esteban-morales.com/lit-review-v...
Rage against the machine: Exploring violence and emotion in conspiracy narratives on Parler, by @darja.bsky.social et al.
Read my notes here: esteban-morales.com/lit-review-v...
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Reminder: In den USA passiert all das, was sich die AfD in Deutschland wünscht. Schaut nicht nur schockiert/schadenfroh zu, sondern wehrt euch, wo ihr könnt.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests
California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdown
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Reminder: In den USA passiert all das, was sich die AfD in Deutschland wünscht. Schaut nicht nur schockiert/schadenfroh zu, sondern wehrt euch, wo ihr könnt.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
June 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
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I am happy to share my latest article, now published in New Media & Society: “Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
With @jhodson.bsky.social, Victoria O'Meara, @gruzd.ca and @philipmai.com
With @jhodson.bsky.social, Victoria O'Meara, @gruzd.ca and @philipmai.com
Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging - Esteban Morales, Jaigris Hodson, Victoria O’Meara, Anatoliy Gruzd, Philip Mai, 2025
While digital platforms foster a sense of community and identity, they also facilitate harmful exclusionary practices. In this context, toxic and hateful speech...
journals.sagepub.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I am happy to share my latest article, now published in New Media & Society: “Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
With @jhodson.bsky.social, Victoria O'Meara, @gruzd.ca and @philipmai.com
With @jhodson.bsky.social, Victoria O'Meara, @gruzd.ca and @philipmai.com
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Der Spiegel hat das AfD-Gutachten des Bundesamts für Verfassungsschutz durchforstet & ihr könnt auf dieser Seite jetzt die einzelnen Aussagen nach Personen & Themen sortiert abrufen:
(S+) AfD ist rechtsextrem: Hier sind die Belege des Verfassungsschutzes
Auf 1108 Seiten führt der Verfassungsschutz Belege auf, die zeigen sollen: Die gesamte AfD ist rechtsextrem. Der SPIEGEL hat die interne Analyse interaktiv aufbereitet. Welche Politiker mit welchen Au...
www.spiegel.de
May 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Der Spiegel hat das AfD-Gutachten des Bundesamts für Verfassungsschutz durchforstet & ihr könnt auf dieser Seite jetzt die einzelnen Aussagen nach Personen & Themen sortiert abrufen:
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🚨 New article with the brilliant @joshuafmolloy.bsky.social
We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛
open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...
We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛
open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...
May 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 New article with the brilliant @joshuafmolloy.bsky.social
We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛
open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...
We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛
open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...
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Excited to share this new article co-authored with the amazing @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social on how institutions can foster safe organizational cultures and support researchers working on extremism & terrorism through safety tools and protocols doi.org/10.1177/1468...
How can institutions better support researchers? The case of extremism and terrorism research - Audrey Gagnon, Tamta Gelashvili, 2025
Research in certain fields of study may carry emotional and safety-related risks. For example, scholars in the field of extremism and terrorism often navigate p...
doi.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Excited to share this new article co-authored with the amazing @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social on how institutions can foster safe organizational cultures and support researchers working on extremism & terrorism through safety tools and protocols doi.org/10.1177/1468...
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Incredibly excited to be a part of this event! Come check out everything to do with ECR networks in the space of political violence and extremism. @VOX_Pol is represented by Brenna and myself with the next gen network.
Join us for an online roundtable with @brennahelm.bsky.social @joncollins.bsky.social Chloe Squires & Callie Vitro
📢 CSTPV: Past Present & Future of Terrorism Studies: Next Generation Perspectives
📅 13 February
📍Online
⏰16.00-17.30 (UTC)
Email: irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk
@standrewsir.bsky.social
📢 CSTPV: Past Present & Future of Terrorism Studies: Next Generation Perspectives
📅 13 February
📍Online
⏰16.00-17.30 (UTC)
Email: irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk
@standrewsir.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Incredibly excited to be a part of this event! Come check out everything to do with ECR networks in the space of political violence and extremism. @VOX_Pol is represented by Brenna and myself with the next gen network.
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Entmenschlichung läuft auch (nicht nur) über Sprache. Zum demokratischen Anstand gehört, dass auch die Begriffe, mit denen über Migration gesprochen wird, wieder zu ihrem Recht kommen. Das "Inventar der Migrationsbegriffe" leistet hier super Arbeit. Kann ich nur empfehlen
www.migrationsbegriffe.de
www.migrationsbegriffe.de
Inventar der Migrationsbegriffe
www.migrationsbegriffe.de
January 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Entmenschlichung läuft auch (nicht nur) über Sprache. Zum demokratischen Anstand gehört, dass auch die Begriffe, mit denen über Migration gesprochen wird, wieder zu ihrem Recht kommen. Das "Inventar der Migrationsbegriffe" leistet hier super Arbeit. Kann ich nur empfehlen
www.migrationsbegriffe.de
www.migrationsbegriffe.de
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Special Issue Alert!
How do digital & social media fuel alternative identities, extreme narratives & online communities in times of crisis?
Submit your work exploring their role in propaganda, misinformation, and reshaping society!
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@polpsyispp.bsky.social #polisky
How do digital & social media fuel alternative identities, extreme narratives & online communities in times of crisis?
Submit your work exploring their role in propaganda, misinformation, and reshaping society!
ispp.org/wp/wp-conten...
@polpsyispp.bsky.social #polisky
January 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Special Issue Alert!
How do digital & social media fuel alternative identities, extreme narratives & online communities in times of crisis?
Submit your work exploring their role in propaganda, misinformation, and reshaping society!
ispp.org/wp/wp-conten...
@polpsyispp.bsky.social #polisky
How do digital & social media fuel alternative identities, extreme narratives & online communities in times of crisis?
Submit your work exploring their role in propaganda, misinformation, and reshaping society!
ispp.org/wp/wp-conten...
@polpsyispp.bsky.social #polisky
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We're excited to announce the launch of Bath Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour (@idsbbath.bsky.social) under the leadership of co-directors Professor Laura Smith and Professor Adam Joinson.
Find out more here ⤵️
https://buff.ly/40T8izm
Find out more here ⤵️
https://buff.ly/40T8izm
January 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We're excited to announce the launch of Bath Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour (@idsbbath.bsky.social) under the leadership of co-directors Professor Laura Smith and Professor Adam Joinson.
Find out more here ⤵️
https://buff.ly/40T8izm
Find out more here ⤵️
https://buff.ly/40T8izm
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A new study from @emilygodwin.bsky.social and @britdavidson.bsky.social shows the sinister side to memes, revealing their role in strengthening online communities of conspiracy theorists and helping to spread harmful beliefs
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
January 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A new study from @emilygodwin.bsky.social and @britdavidson.bsky.social shows the sinister side to memes, revealing their role in strengthening online communities of conspiracy theorists and helping to spread harmful beliefs
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
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📣 Call for applications 📣 @audreygagnon.bsky.social & Nicola Mathieson are collaborating with @crexuio.bsky.social and VOX-Pol to organize a PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism, to be held in Oslo from 9-13 June 2025! For more info: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Call for applications: PhD summer School Studying Online Extremism
- C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism
Studying Online Extremism: Ethics, Methods and Personal Safety (2nd edition)
www.sv.uio.no
January 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📣 Call for applications 📣 @audreygagnon.bsky.social & Nicola Mathieson are collaborating with @crexuio.bsky.social and VOX-Pol to organize a PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism, to be held in Oslo from 9-13 June 2025! For more info: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Brilliant new research from my colleague @emilygodwin.bsky.social about memes and conspiracy narratives!
I am excited to share my latest research paper published in Social Media + Society, titled 'Internet Memes as Stabilizers of Conspiracy Culture: A Cognitive Anthropological Analysis' and co-authored with @britdavidson.bsky.social, Tim Hill, and Adam Joinson.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Brilliant new research from my colleague @emilygodwin.bsky.social about memes and conspiracy narratives!
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Key contributions:
• Develops a new theoretical framework for understanding memes as cultural representations
• Demonstrates how memes help maintain community cohesion and alleviate tensions in online spaces
• Advances a revised methodology for studying memetic communication
• Develops a new theoretical framework for understanding memes as cultural representations
• Demonstrates how memes help maintain community cohesion and alleviate tensions in online spaces
• Advances a revised methodology for studying memetic communication
January 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Key contributions:
• Develops a new theoretical framework for understanding memes as cultural representations
• Demonstrates how memes help maintain community cohesion and alleviate tensions in online spaces
• Advances a revised methodology for studying memetic communication
• Develops a new theoretical framework for understanding memes as cultural representations
• Demonstrates how memes help maintain community cohesion and alleviate tensions in online spaces
• Advances a revised methodology for studying memetic communication
Reposted by Darja Wischerath
I am excited to share my latest research paper published in Social Media + Society, titled 'Internet Memes as Stabilizers of Conspiracy Culture: A Cognitive Anthropological Analysis' and co-authored with @britdavidson.bsky.social, Tim Hill, and Adam Joinson.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I am excited to share my latest research paper published in Social Media + Society, titled 'Internet Memes as Stabilizers of Conspiracy Culture: A Cognitive Anthropological Analysis' and co-authored with @britdavidson.bsky.social, Tim Hill, and Adam Joinson.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Darja Wischerath
📣 Call for applications 📣 Nicola Mathieson and I are collaborating with @crexuio.bsky.social and VOX-Pol to organize a PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism, to be held in Oslo from 9-13 June 2025! For more info and to apply: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Call for applications: PhD summer School Studying Online Extremism
- C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism
Studying Online Extremism: Ethics, Methods and Personal Safety (2nd edition)
www.sv.uio.no
January 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📣 Call for applications 📣 Nicola Mathieson and I are collaborating with @crexuio.bsky.social and VOX-Pol to organize a PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism, to be held in Oslo from 9-13 June 2025! For more info and to apply: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
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📯 Introducing a ✨ NEW conference ✨ for researchers specialising in extremism, democracy, and populism
🥇 Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
🕰️ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism
💂♂️ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk
📅 9–10 June 2025
✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March
🥇 Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
🕰️ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism
💂♂️ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk
📅 9–10 June 2025
✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March
Inaugural Conference of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, Queen Mary University of London, 9 – 10 June 2025
New and Old Challenges of Populism and Radicalism
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January 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📯 Introducing a ✨ NEW conference ✨ for researchers specialising in extremism, democracy, and populism
🥇 Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
🕰️ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism
💂♂️ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk
📅 9–10 June 2025
✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March
🥇 Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
🕰️ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism
💂♂️ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk
📅 9–10 June 2025
✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March