Welcome to the ‘Tackling Hate’ Lab website, a central hub for scientific research into hate in digital and physical spaces. This site offers fresh insights from our original studies, global research updates on our blog, engaging videos, and comprehensive training modules. Explore a world of resources dedicated to understanding and combating hate and extremism.
Our training modules are designed to address a variety of themes; you’re sure to find a package that suits your needs. We aid learning through dynamic content by using multimedia and interactive resources to increase your understanding of theory and practice of tackling hate.
Watch our video-interviews with world experts, activists and community leaders discussing how to tackle hate and extremism.
The Australian legislative framework has a lot of gaps in relation to governing, protecting and preventing … What are the gaps in Australian hate crime legislation?
In this video, we discuss strengths and weaknesses of the term “hateful extremism”, which some … What is hateful extremism? Interview with Prof Greg Barton
In this video Adel Salman explains the forms, roots and consequences of Islamophobia in Australia. Adel … What is Islamophobia? Where does it come from?
In this video, Prof Nicole Asquith discusses disablist hate crime in the Australian context. Nicole is … What is disablist hate crime?
In this video, Prof Yin Paradies discusses the forms of hate against Indigenous Australians, and its … Why do some people hate Indigenous Australians?
In this video, Irfan Chaudhry discusses strengths and weaknesses of the Canadian system to collect hate … Collecting hate crime statistics in Canada: best practice and lessons learned
In Australia, one of the main reasons why a national centralised repository of hate crime data … Why do we need a national hate crime database? – Interview with Race Commissioner Chin Tan
In this video, Catherine Dixon explains the submission made by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human … How can we improve anti-vilification protections in Victoria?
In this video, Prof Michele Grossman discusses her research on barriers and thresholds to community reporting … Barriers and thresholds to reporting people at risk of engaging in violent extremism
In this video, we discuss about transphobia with Gail Ellis and Lisette Claremont Goulet. Gail and … What is transphobia?
Check out our blog section to stay on top of cutting-edge ideas and research from all over the world.
Check out this recent paper titled “HateGPT: Unleashing GPT-3.5 Turbo to Combat Hate Speech on X” … Tackling hate speech with AI: Insights from the HateGPT Study
This recent study highlights situational crime prevention (SCP) as an effective tool to reduce casualties in … Situational crime prevention as a tool to mitigate casualties in active shooter incidents
In a recent megastudy published in Science, researchers led by Jan Voelkel examined 25 interventions to … 25 ways to reduce partisan animosity and antidemocratic attitudes in the us
Check out this paper proposing an AI-driven framework for predicting terrorism risk using localised news data. … Predicting terrorism risk with AI: a framework based on localised news analysis
Check out this paper examining the effectiveness of counter-messaging campaigns targeting terrorism and violent extremism. In … Evaluating counter-messaging campaigns against violent extremism: what works?
Check out this paper by Kamalakkannan Ravi and Jiann-Shiun Yuan, which systematically reviews research on ideological … Understanding ideological orientation and extremism on social media: a systematic review
Check out this recent article about hate speech detection using gaze data. Their research presents the GAZE4HATE dataset, … Using gaze data to improve hate speech detection
Check out this paper by Sidney G.-J. Wong on the social benefits of hate speech detection … The Untapped Social Potential of Hate Speech Detection
Check out this article on how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning techniques can be employed … Harnessing Natural Language Processing to Combat Hate Speech on Social Media
Check out this article on Exposure to Anti-Refugee Hate Crimes and Support for Refugees in Germany … The Impact of Anti-Refugee Hate Crimes on Public Support for Refugees in Germany
