VOX-Pol
@vox-pol.bsky.social
Academic network focused on researching prevalence, contours, functions, & impacts of online violent extremism and terrorism. Website: http://www.voxpol.eu
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.
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.
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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.
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.
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...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Just kicked off.
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ICYMI: I've had the pleasure of sharing my research on the @vox-pol.bsky.social blog.
The post offers a snapshot of the book I’m writing with Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, which explores how radical right groups use language to construct political identities.
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#langsky #polsky
The post offers a snapshot of the book I’m writing with Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, which explores how radical right groups use language to construct political identities.
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🔗 tinyurl.com/4b46ve98
#langsky #polsky
Performing Politics from the Margins: How Radical Right Groups Construct Political Identity Online - VOX - Pol
How the EDL, Generation Identity, and Siege Culture use familiar political roles to normalise exclusion and influence debate.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
ICYMI: I've had the pleasure of sharing my research on the @vox-pol.bsky.social blog.
The post offers a snapshot of the book I’m writing with Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, which explores how radical right groups use language to construct political identities.
🧵👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/4b46ve98
#langsky #polsky
The post offers a snapshot of the book I’m writing with Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, which explores how radical right groups use language to construct political identities.
🧵👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/4b46ve98
#langsky #polsky
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...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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...
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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...
More info. at: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Is it ok to talk to extremists? Navigating gender and avoiding legitimisation in ethnography with the far right
- C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
with Elizabeth Pearson, Royal Holloway, University of London
www.sv.uio.no
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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...
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-...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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-...
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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...
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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...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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
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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Looking forward to discussing how to research the far right safely in academia at the @vox-pol.bsky.social report launch. The report is by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social, with the event hosted by @lizzypearson.bsky.social
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...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Looking forward to discussing how to research the far right safely in academia at the @vox-pol.bsky.social report launch. The report is by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social, with the event hosted by @lizzypearson.bsky.social
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Wonderful to be part of the @vox-pol.bsky.social Next Gen Conference in Prague last week - huge thanks to Johnathan Collins for all the organising - it was great to catch up with with colleagues, meet new ones and present my work on ecofascism.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Wonderful to be part of the @vox-pol.bsky.social Next Gen Conference in Prague last week - huge thanks to Johnathan Collins for all the organising - it was great to catch up with with colleagues, meet new ones and present my work on ecofascism.
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Tomorrow 9 October @vox-pol.bsky.social launches this excellent new report by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia.
I'm chairing, @audreygagnon.bsky.social is discussing. Do come along!
Sign up below. Webinar - 9 October - 6pm BST 🕸️
voxpol.eu/events/new-v...
I'm chairing, @audreygagnon.bsky.social is discussing. Do come along!
Sign up below. Webinar - 9 October - 6pm BST 🕸️
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
October 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Tomorrow 9 October @vox-pol.bsky.social launches this excellent new report by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia.
I'm chairing, @audreygagnon.bsky.social is discussing. Do come along!
Sign up below. Webinar - 9 October - 6pm BST 🕸️
voxpol.eu/events/new-v...
I'm chairing, @audreygagnon.bsky.social is discussing. Do come along!
Sign up below. Webinar - 9 October - 6pm BST 🕸️
voxpol.eu/events/new-v...
🔥 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
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
🔥 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
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
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Delighted 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...
#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...
C-REX & VOX-Pol PhD Summer School: The Importance of Visiting Memorial Sites for Researchers - VOX - Pol
Participants visited the 22 July memorial sites, honoring victims of the Oslo and Utøya attacks by a far-right extremist radicalized online.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Delighted 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...
#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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One of our team members, @ninianjames.bsky.social has recently had a blog published on the @vox-pol.bsky.social blog! In it, he discusses the pros and cons of different approaches to studying social media in 2025
voxpol.eu/accessing-so...
voxpol.eu/accessing-so...
Accessing Social Media Data in 2025 - VOX - Pol
By Ninian Frenguelli It is increasingly difficult to access data from social media platforms. Researcher access to Meta platforms was removed in 2024 when CrowdTangle was shut down, but it was already...
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September 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
One of our team members, @ninianjames.bsky.social has recently had a blog published on the @vox-pol.bsky.social blog! In it, he discusses the pros and cons of different approaches to studying social media in 2025
voxpol.eu/accessing-so...
voxpol.eu/accessing-so...
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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 👇👇
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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
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...
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📢 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-....
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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-....
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September 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📢 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
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...
Nazis at the salad bar: The National Workers’ Alliance and mixed, unclear, and unstable ideology - VOX - Pol
By Gerard Gill Recent developments in violent extremism have included an uptick in the salience of mixed, unclear, and unstable (MUU) or ‘salad bar’ ideologies. These are worldviews where numerous, so...
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August 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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...
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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....
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August 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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....
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@mathiesonnicola.bsky.social and I wrote reflections on the @crexuio.bsky.social and @vox-pol.bsky.social summer school on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism, covering methods, personal safety, ethics, community building for ECRs, and the importance of commemoration www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Reflections from the 2025 Summer School on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism
- C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
The organizers of the C-REX and VOX-Pol PhD summer school present key takeaways on the topics of methods, personal safety, ethics, community building for early-career researchers, and the importance o...
www.sv.uio.no
August 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@mathiesonnicola.bsky.social and I wrote reflections on the @crexuio.bsky.social and @vox-pol.bsky.social summer school on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism, covering methods, personal safety, ethics, community building for ECRs, and the importance of commemoration www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
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...
VOX-Pol Newsletter 12(8) - VOX - Pol
Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 8 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. NEW PUBLICATION We are pleased to share a new report from Human Digital and VOX-Pol, titled, ‘Gore & Violent Extremism: An explorative ...
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August 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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...
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...
The Trump Manosphere: Reactionary Male Supremacy, Misogyny and Accelerationist Violence in the Post-Election Era - VOX - Pol
By Joshua Bowes and Jennifer West Introduction In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, social media was replete with reactionary misogynistic hate and v...
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August 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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...
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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Always a delight to work and write with @audreygagnon.bsky.social! Huge thank you as always to @vox-pol.bsky.social and @crexuio.bsky.social for their support and our delightful participants <3
@mathiesonnicola.bsky.social and I wrote reflections on the @crexuio.bsky.social and @vox-pol.bsky.social summer school on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism, covering methods, personal safety, ethics, community building for ECRs, and the importance of commemoration www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Reflections from the 2025 Summer School on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism
- C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
The organizers of the C-REX and VOX-Pol PhD summer school present key takeaways on the topics of methods, personal safety, ethics, community building for early-career researchers, and the importance o...
www.sv.uio.no
August 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Always a delight to work and write with @audreygagnon.bsky.social! Huge thank you as always to @vox-pol.bsky.social and @crexuio.bsky.social for their support and our delightful participants <3
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Very useful thread by @abrad.bsky.social on our most recent @vox-pol.bsky.social report on a topic that should get a lot more scholarly attention than it has to-date.
Pleased 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:
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:
August 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Very useful thread by @abrad.bsky.social on our most recent @vox-pol.bsky.social report on a topic that should get a lot more scholarly attention than it has to-date.
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.
August 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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.