VORTEX Doctoral Network
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In this #VORTEX blog post, doctoral candidate Violette examines how the performative male reveals struggles over gender, power and belonging, asking if performance can become real transformation within a patriarchy society toward authentic allyship.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/12/perf...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In this #VORTEX blog post, doctoral candidate Violette examines how the performative male reveals struggles over gender, power and belonging, asking if performance can become real transformation within a patriarchy society toward authentic allyship.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/12/perf...
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/12/perf...
🚀 Welcome to the fourth and final #VORTEX Newsletter of 2025! Our doctoral candidates have been busy as the year ends, and we are excited to share updates. This edition features new blog posts and a look inside our doctoral candidates’ workspaces.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/11/vort...
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/11/vort...
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🚀 Welcome to the fourth and final #VORTEX Newsletter of 2025! Our doctoral candidates have been busy as the year ends, and we are excited to share updates. This edition features new blog posts and a look inside our doctoral candidates’ workspaces.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/11/vort...
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/11/vort...
In this #VORTEX blog post, doctoral candidate Violette examines the 10th anniversary of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks, highlighting how rituals and politics shape collective grief and security. Ceremonies honor loss and reinforce vigilance.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/11/ten-...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
In this #VORTEX blog post, doctoral candidate Violette examines the 10th anniversary of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks, highlighting how rituals and politics shape collective grief and security. Ceremonies honor loss and reinforce vigilance.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/11/ten-...
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/11/ten-...
This #VORTEX blog post by Laura Stritzke and Isabelle Stephanblome (PRIF Blog) explores how attacks in Germany sparked political calls linking unclear motives and mental illness, risking collapsed categories and oversimplified dynamics in radicalization and mental health.
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Read More: lnkd.in/epXSjYi7
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This #VORTEX blog post by Laura Stritzke and Isabelle Stephanblome (PRIF Blog) explores how attacks in Germany sparked political calls linking unclear motives and mental illness, risking collapsed categories and oversimplified dynamics in radicalization and mental health.
Read More: lnkd.in/epXSjYi7
Read More: lnkd.in/epXSjYi7
In this blog post, #VORTEX doctoral candidate Rohan examines depolarisation discourse as a response to rising polarisation, highlighting how it can flatten power imbalances, create false equivalences, and entrench the status quo.
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/10/agai...
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/10/agai...
October 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
In this blog post, #VORTEX doctoral candidate Rohan examines depolarisation discourse as a response to rising polarisation, highlighting how it can flatten power imbalances, create false equivalences, and entrench the status quo.
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/10/agai...
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/10/agai...
In this #VORTEX blog post, Laura reflects on Punching the World, a film set in a post-socialist region of Eastern Germany in the early 2000s. It shows how two brothers, shaped by loss and broken family bonds, take diverging paths into radicalization.
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Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/10/punc...
October 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In this #VORTEX blog post, Laura reflects on Punching the World, a film set in a post-socialist region of Eastern Germany in the early 2000s. It shows how two brothers, shaped by loss and broken family bonds, take diverging paths into radicalization.
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/10/punc...
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/10/punc...
In this blogpost #VORTEX Doctoral Candidate Lotta Rahlf explores how P/CVE organisations can strengthen evaluation by embedding impact orientation, monitoring systems and internal coordination into their structures.
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Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/harn...
September 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In this blogpost #VORTEX Doctoral Candidate Lotta Rahlf explores how P/CVE organisations can strengthen evaluation by embedding impact orientation, monitoring systems and internal coordination into their structures.
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/harn...
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/harn...
#VORTEX Doctoral Candidate Lotta Rahlf shows how Germany’s knowledge networks in P/CVE, democracy promotion and civic education contribute to a uniquely professional and civil society-driven prevention landscape in Europe.
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/06/secu...
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/06/secu...
September 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#VORTEX Doctoral Candidate Lotta Rahlf shows how Germany’s knowledge networks in P/CVE, democracy promotion and civic education contribute to a uniquely professional and civil society-driven prevention landscape in Europe.
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/06/secu...
Read More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/06/secu...
#VORTEX Doctoral candidate Violette Mens and colleagues sparked urgent debate on deepfakes and radicalization at STS-CH 2025. The workshop showed how deepfakes and blurred uses of radicalization undermine shared reality and challenge democratic discourse.
More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/09/deep...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
#VORTEX Doctoral candidate Violette Mens and colleagues sparked urgent debate on deepfakes and radicalization at STS-CH 2025. The workshop showed how deepfakes and blurred uses of radicalization undermine shared reality and challenge democratic discourse.
More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/09/deep...
More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/09/deep...
#VORTEX doctoral candidate Heidi presents at the European Academy of Religion’s 8th Annual Conference, “Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation: European Perspectives & Beyond” (EuARe2025), sharing insights on anti-Muslim conspiracy theories on Telegram.
More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/09/pres...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
#VORTEX doctoral candidate Heidi presents at the European Academy of Religion’s 8th Annual Conference, “Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation: European Perspectives & Beyond” (EuARe2025), sharing insights on anti-Muslim conspiracy theories on Telegram.
More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/09/pres...
More: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/09/pres...
#VORTEX doctoral candidate Violette shows how the Netflix series "The Hooligan" reveals radicalization as a search for belonging and meaning beyond ideology. Using the Good Lives Model, she highlights humane paths to resilience.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/from...
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/from...
August 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#VORTEX doctoral candidate Violette shows how the Netflix series "The Hooligan" reveals radicalization as a search for belonging and meaning beyond ideology. Using the Good Lives Model, she highlights humane paths to resilience.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/from...
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/from...
🚀 Welcome to the third #VORTEX Newsletter of 2025! As we dive into fieldwork and data analysis, new insights and surprises are emerging. This edition features new blog posts, project highlights, surprises, and reflections on our journey so far.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/vort...
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/vort...
August 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🚀 Welcome to the third #VORTEX Newsletter of 2025! As we dive into fieldwork and data analysis, new insights and surprises are emerging. This edition features new blog posts, project highlights, surprises, and reflections on our journey so far.
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/vort...
Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/08/vort...
Our #VORTEX project updates are back – today with our last update! Meet Orwa Ajjoub who is a PhD student at Malmö University. His research explores how radical religious rhetoric is used to justify violence between jihadi groups.
🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/orwa-ajjoub/
🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/orwa-ajjoub/
July 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Our #VORTEX project updates are back – today with our last update! Meet Orwa Ajjoub who is a PhD student at Malmö University. His research explores how radical religious rhetoric is used to justify violence between jihadi groups.
🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/orwa-ajjoub/
🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/orwa-ajjoub/
Our #VORTEX project updates are back! This week meet Joshua Farrell-Molloy, a PhD student at Malmö University's Department of Global Political Studies, researching digital subcultures as part of the VORTEX project.
🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/joshua-farre...
🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/joshua-farre...
July 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Our #VORTEX project updates are back! This week meet Joshua Farrell-Molloy, a PhD student at Malmö University's Department of Global Political Studies, researching digital subcultures as part of the VORTEX project.
🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/joshua-farre...
🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/joshua-farre...
📢 #VORTEX doctoral candidate Heidi Campana Piva and her colleagues host a workshop on AI & NLP for humanities and social sciences in October 2025 at the University of Turin. Explore the workshop’s goals and topics in her #VORTEX blog article:
👉 vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/07/labo...
👉 vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/07/labo...
July 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
📢 #VORTEX doctoral candidate Heidi Campana Piva and her colleagues host a workshop on AI & NLP for humanities and social sciences in October 2025 at the University of Turin. Explore the workshop’s goals and topics in her #VORTEX blog article:
👉 vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/07/labo...
👉 vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/07/labo...
In her latest #VORTEX blog article, Camilla Winde Gissel illustrates how narratives shape the understanding and legitimation of military violence. Using the Iran-Israel-US escalation, she reveals how meaning is made and violence justified.
Read more here:
👉 vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/07/befo...
Read more here:
👉 vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/07/befo...
July 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In her latest #VORTEX blog article, Camilla Winde Gissel illustrates how narratives shape the understanding and legitimation of military violence. Using the Iran-Israel-US escalation, she reveals how meaning is made and violence justified.
Read more here:
👉 vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/07/befo...
Read more here:
👉 vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/07/befo...
Our #VORTEX project updates are back! Meet Javid, Ph.D. fellow at the Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University. He explores how center-right parties radicalize in response to the rise of radical-right forces.
🔍Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/javid-ibad/
🔍Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/javid-ibad/
July 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Our #VORTEX project updates are back! Meet Javid, Ph.D. fellow at the Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University. He explores how center-right parties radicalize in response to the rise of radical-right forces.
🔍Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/javid-ibad/
🔍Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/javid-ibad/
Our #VORTEX updates are back! Meet Camilla, PhD Research Fellow at the Center for Research on Extremism. She explores how various approaches to (former) violent extremists' impact deradicalization, disengagement, and reintegration across diverse contexts.
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/camilla-wind...
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/camilla-wind...
July 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Our #VORTEX updates are back! Meet Camilla, PhD Research Fellow at the Center for Research on Extremism. She explores how various approaches to (former) violent extremists' impact deradicalization, disengagement, and reintegration across diverse contexts.
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/camilla-wind...
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/camilla-wind...
Our #VORTEX project updates are back! Meet Rohan from the University of Helsinki, who studies how EU counterterrorism policies frame extreme right-wing terror through a Foucauldian lens—focusing on far-right and eco-fascist Telegram groups.🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/rohan-steven...
June 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Our #VORTEX project updates are back! Meet Rohan from the University of Helsinki, who studies how EU counterterrorism policies frame extreme right-wing terror through a Foucauldian lens—focusing on far-right and eco-fascist Telegram groups.🔍 Discover his work: vortex.uni.mau.se/rohan-steven...
Our #VORTEX project updates are back! This week, meet Laura (PRIF), exploring how extremism prevention practitioners balance support & control. Her work compares schools & prisons to understand this complex dynamic
🔍 Discover her work: vortex.uni.mau.se/laura-stritz...
More updates every Thursday
🔍 Discover her work: vortex.uni.mau.se/laura-stritz...
More updates every Thursday
June 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Our #VORTEX project updates are back! This week, meet Laura (PRIF), exploring how extremism prevention practitioners balance support & control. Her work compares schools & prisons to understand this complex dynamic
🔍 Discover her work: vortex.uni.mau.se/laura-stritz...
More updates every Thursday
🔍 Discover her work: vortex.uni.mau.se/laura-stritz...
More updates every Thursday
At the 2025 Nanjing Normal University Semiotics Symposium, #VORTEX doctoral candidate Heidi presented her research on how language patterns shape White Genocide conspiracy theories and white-supremacist clusters. Read more about her research and her presentation: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/06/pres...
June 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
At the 2025 Nanjing Normal University Semiotics Symposium, #VORTEX doctoral candidate Heidi presented her research on how language patterns shape White Genocide conspiracy theories and white-supremacist clusters. Read more about her research and her presentation: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/06/pres...
#VORTEX updates are back! Spotlight on Lotta Rahlf (PRIF), comparing how 12 EU countries design & evaluate P/CVE strategies—focusing on evaluation and quality management. Using QCA, she explores why some countries are more institutionalized than others.
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/lotta-rahlf/
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/lotta-rahlf/
June 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#VORTEX updates are back! Spotlight on Lotta Rahlf (PRIF), comparing how 12 EU countries design & evaluate P/CVE strategies—focusing on evaluation and quality management. Using QCA, she explores why some countries are more institutionalized than others.
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/lotta-rahlf/
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/lotta-rahlf/
#VORTEX doctoral candidate Marzena explores the complex, multi-layered ties between right-wing populism and religion—beyond mere instrumentalization. Religion shapes and reflects identity and culture, influenced by leaders and supporters. Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/05/righ...
May 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#VORTEX doctoral candidate Marzena explores the complex, multi-layered ties between right-wing populism and religion—beyond mere instrumentalization. Religion shapes and reflects identity and culture, influenced by leaders and supporters. Read more: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/05/righ...
Our #VORTEX project updates continue! Meet Marzena Oliveira Ribas, who explores how far-right and Islamist groups on Telegram use gendered narratives to build communities and reduce uncertainty—comparing male, female & mixed spaces across ideologies.
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/marzena-oliveira-ribas
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/marzena-oliveira-ribas
May 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Our #VORTEX project updates continue! Meet Marzena Oliveira Ribas, who explores how far-right and Islamist groups on Telegram use gendered narratives to build communities and reduce uncertainty—comparing male, female & mixed spaces across ideologies.
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/marzena-oliveira-ribas
🔍 vortex.uni.mau.se/marzena-oliveira-ribas
#VORTEX doctoral candidate Lotta Rahlf shares insights from key conferences on preventing and countering violent extremism and terrorism, highlighting current opportunities and challenges in the field. Read her blog post: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/04/netw...
May 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
#VORTEX doctoral candidate Lotta Rahlf shares insights from key conferences on preventing and countering violent extremism and terrorism, highlighting current opportunities and challenges in the field. Read her blog post: vortex.uni.mau.se/2025/04/netw...