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Jonathan Collins
@joncollins.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Charles & Leiden University researching and lecturing on the Far-Right. Netnography and everything digital culture. VOX-Pol Next Gen Network
#extremism #alt-tech #far-right #conspiracies #socialmedia
🎊 I am very excited to announce our successful grant bid at Charles University for the project Research in Societal Extremism
From Jan 2026 - Dec 2029 and worth close to €600k, we will unpack the systemic dimensions influencing extremist movements and the relationship between mainstream and extreme.
July 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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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
🚨 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
June 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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@joncollins.bsky.social’s paper presented the concept of “decentralised sociality” as a tool for understanding far-right community-building on alt-tech platforms. These space, he argued, offer not just ideological reinforcement but rather social environments shaped by dynamics of decentralisation.
June 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
My article in Terrorism and Political Violence has now received its volume and issue number! Check out my open access work on the community building dynamics on Gab Social (far-right alt-tech).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Gift of Gab: A Netnographic Examination of the Community Building Mechanisms in Far-Right Online Space
Major social media platforms have recently taken a more proactive stand against harmful far-right content and pandemic-related disinformation on their sites. However, these actions have catalysed t...
www.tandfonline.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
@vox-pol.bsky.social has found a new home here! Definitely worth a follow for anyone interested in online extremism research.
March 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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📣 Register for The Past Present & Future of Terrorism Studies Roundtable: Next Generation Perspectives with
@brennahelm.bsky.social
@joncollins.bsky.social
Callie Vitro & Chloe Squires
📅 13 Feb
⏰16.00-17.30 (UTC)
📍Online
@standrewsir.bsky.social @ncite.bsky.social @crest-research.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Call for applications: PhD summer School Studying Online Extremism. Confirmed lecturers include Dr. @galwaygrrl.bsky.social, Dr. @ashkingdon.bsky.social, and Dr. Cathrine Thorleifsson. Deadline to apply: 14 March 2025. 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
February 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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CSTPV: Past Present & Future of Terrorism Studies: Next Generation Perspectives Roundtable
Register now for what will be a great session with
@brennahelm.bsky.social @joncollins.bsky.social Chloe Squires &Callie Vitro
📅 13 Feb
⏰16.00-17.30 (UTC)
📩 irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk
@standrewsir.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 3:29 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.
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
February 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🎊 Starting the new year off right on the VOX-Pol blog with a month dedicated to early career researchers’ works! This week we have @darja.bsky.social and her recent (fantastic) publication. Tune in each Wednesday of this month for an ECR piece as part of our NextGen Network
voxpol.eu/emotions-and...
Emotions and Violence Legitimation in Conspiracy Narratives - VOX - Pol
By Darja Wischerath This blog post is a condensed version of a recently published article in New Media + Society. To read the full article click here. The mainstreaming of conspiracy theories has coin...
voxpol.eu
January 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I've put together a starter pack of those researching/working in the area of online extremism/terrorism. If you work on this issue and want to be included, drop me a DM.

#onlineextremism #onlineterrorism #terrorism #extremism

go.bsky.app/GwxRmef
November 24, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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📣We are hiring!🔥I'm looking for a PhD & Postdoc.
🔍Research focus on far-right parties, movements & ideologies in int'l perspective, with emphasis on the ways in which the far right is embedded in everyday culture.
(2 further positions available, please share!) uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
November 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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🚨🚨🚨 ECRs working in the online extremism space, please see the fantastic opportunity below to get your work there via a VOX-Pol blog!
📢 Are you an early career researcher examining online extremism (in its many forms) and want your work featured in a @VOX_Pol blog? Feel free to get in touch! We are dedicating a full month of the blog to your work!
November 20, 2024 at 5:34 PM
🔔 It’s a bit difficult to keep up with everyone following me, but if you are in the business of far-right/online extremism/alternative tech/radicalization research and want to connect send me a message or like this post! Also happy to provide the invite to our VOX-Pol discord server for ECRs.
November 18, 2024 at 7:25 AM
📢 Are you an early career researcher examining online extremism (in its many forms) and want your work featured in a @VOX_Pol blog? Feel free to get in touch! We are dedicating a full month of the blog to your work!
November 11, 2024 at 11:05 AM