Blogs

31 July, 2023
The Complex Process of Desistance from Extremism

Check out this recent article appeared in the journal Terrorism and Political Violence ( https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2023.2215348). Sustained …

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19 June, 2023
Understanding (non)involvement in terrorist violence: What sets extremists who use terrorist violence apart from those who do not?

Check out this fantastic article by Bart Schuurman and Sarah Carthy. By analyzing 103 cases of …

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16 June, 2023
Beyond Violent Extremism: A 3N Perspective of Inceldom

Check out this new study by Ellenberg, Speckhard and Kruglanski. In recent years, self-described “involuntary celibates” …

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24 May, 2023
New Research on the Psychology of Violent Extremism

Check out this recent peer-reviewed journal article published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy …

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10 May, 2023
Countering Far-Right Anti-Government Extremism in the United States

In this excellent new research report, Kaitlyn Robinson, Iris Malone and Martha Crenshaw discuss the threat …

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20 April, 2023
Twitter Hate Speech Detection: A Systematic Review of Methods, Taxonomy Analysis, Challenges, and Opportunities

Check out this recently published systematic review of hate speech detection approaches. The authors find that, …

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17 April, 2023
The Attitudes-Behaviors Corrective (ABC) Model for Understanding Terrorism

This new article discusses the need to treat distinct theoretical interpretations of personal involvement in terrorism …

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13 April, 2023
Composite Violent Extremism: An Original Conceptual Framework

Violent extremism offenders are increasingly displaying an amalgamation of disparate beliefs, interests, and grievances. Despite the …

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6 April, 2023
Examining the Effects of Question Wording on Perceived Threat of Hate Crime among Vulnerable Groups

The new study compares two different types of fear of hate crime measures and test the …

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5 April, 2023
Frustration of Basic Psychological Needs Increases Extremism Risk, New Study Finds

This new study reports on empirical research examining the relationship between basic psychological needs and extremism. The …

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