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.

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Training Modules

With our interactive training modules you’ll gain exposure to cutting-edge knowledge on how to tackle 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.

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Defining hate, violent extremism and terrorism: issues and perspectives
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Why do people engage in hate crime and violent extremism?
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Understanding hate and responses to hate in Australia
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Navigating legislation protecting Australians from different forms of hatred
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Understanding the Victorian Racial and Religious Tolerance Act
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Understanding and addressing the gap in hate data collection in Australia
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Hate crime reporting barriers: why are victims reluctant to report?
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Tackling hate crime reporting barriers
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Victim-centred approaches to tackling hate
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How to design impact evaluations of hate and extremism prevention programs
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About

Led by A/Prof Matteo Vergani at Deakin University, the Tackling Hate Lab collaborates with researchers from universities throughout Australia and around the world. Our mission is to produce reliable evidence to inform effective anti-hate policies and initiatives, and to train the next generation of researchers in hate and extremism. This website offers a specialised and essential repository, providing students and researchers globally with access to high-quality research on hate.

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Latest blog posts

Check out our blog section to stay on top of cutting-edge ideas and research from all over the world.

20 November, 2024
Tackling hate speech with AI: Insights from the HateGPT Study

Check out this recent paper titled “HateGPT: Unleashing GPT-3.5 Turbo to Combat Hate Speech on X” …

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21 December, 2024
Situational crime prevention as a tool to mitigate casualties in active shooter incidents

This recent study highlights situational crime prevention (SCP) as an effective tool to reduce casualties in …

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16 December, 2024
25 ways to reduce partisan animosity and antidemocratic attitudes in the us

In a recent megastudy published in Science, researchers led by Jan Voelkel examined 25 interventions to …

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27 November, 2024
Predicting terrorism risk with AI: a framework based on localised news analysis

Check out this paper proposing an AI-driven framework for predicting terrorism risk using localised news data. …

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5 December, 2024
Evaluating counter-messaging campaigns against violent extremism: what works?

Check out this paper examining the effectiveness of counter-messaging campaigns targeting terrorism and violent extremism. In …

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29 November, 2024
Understanding ideological orientation and extremism on social media: a systematic review

Check out this paper by Kamalakkannan Ravi and Jiann-Shiun Yuan, which systematically reviews research on ideological …

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15 November, 2024
Using gaze data to improve hate speech detection

Check out this recent article about hate speech detection using gaze data. Their research presents the GAZE4HATE dataset, …

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30 September, 2024
The Untapped Social Potential of Hate Speech Detection

Check out this paper by Sidney G.-J. Wong on the social benefits of hate speech detection …

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23 October, 2024
Harnessing Natural Language Processing to Combat Hate Speech on Social Media

Check out this article on how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning techniques can be employed …

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15 October, 2024
The Impact of Anti-Refugee Hate Crimes on Public Support for Refugees in Germany

Check out this article on Exposure to Anti-Refugee Hate Crimes and Support for Refugees in Germany …

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Latest videos

Watch our video-interviews with world experts, activists and community leaders discussing how to tackle hate and extremism.

15 February, 2021
What are the gaps in Australian hate crime legislation?

The Australian legislative framework has a lot of gaps in relation to governing, protecting and preventing …

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14 December, 2020
What is hateful extremism? Interview with Prof Greg Barton

  In this video, we discuss strengths and weaknesses of the term “hateful extremism”, which some …

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20 September, 2020
What is Islamophobia? Where does it come from?

In this video Adel Salman explains the forms, roots and consequences of Islamophobia in Australia. Adel …

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8 September, 2020
What is disablist hate crime?

In this video, Prof Nicole Asquith discusses disablist hate crime in the Australian context. Nicole is …

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27 August, 2020
Why do some people hate Indigenous Australians?

In this video, Prof Yin Paradies discusses the forms of hate against Indigenous Australians, and its …

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10 August, 2020
Collecting hate crime statistics in Canada: best practice and lessons learned

In this video, Irfan Chaudhry discusses strengths and weaknesses of the Canadian system to collect hate …

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3 August, 2020
Why do we need a national hate crime database? – Interview with Race Commissioner Chin Tan

In Australia, one of the main reasons why a national centralised repository of hate crime data …

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27 July, 2020
How can we improve anti-vilification protections in Victoria?

In this video, Catherine Dixon explains the submission made by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human …

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17 July, 2020
Barriers and thresholds to reporting people at risk of engaging in violent extremism

In this video, Prof Michele Grossman discusses her research on barriers and thresholds to community reporting …

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3 May, 2020
What is transphobia?

In this video, we discuss about transphobia with Gail Ellis and Lisette Claremont Goulet. Gail and …

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