Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)
A draft list of academics, government and industry in the field of targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP) and countering violent extremism (CVE) 🔬🧠🔎📖 #Counterterrorism #CVE #TVTP #Research #Extremism #Terrorism #Prevention #NationalSecurity
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@crest-research.bsky.social
@nadinesalman.bsky.social
Jack of all trades, but mainly a researcher focusing on extremism, risk assessment, and other crime-related things. Love a side project. UCL Security & Crime Science / CREST
@carololson.bsky.social
Science - Radio - Art- I study #violenceprevention #phdstudent. I make radio @WRIR-LP 97.3 FM. I produce Women & Politics radio show. As DJ Freyja, I host 2 music shows: A Drone's Life - Thursday's at 1am and Women Art Revolution - Monday's at 6 am.
@zetkincollective.bsky.social
The Zetkin Collective is a group of scholars and activists working primarily on the political ecologies of the far right.
@peltzmadeline.bsky.social
writing a book about gender, young people, and the right-wing internet // prev: @mmfa.bsky.social // opinions my own // if it sounds like a country song, that’s what it is // madeline dot peltz at gmail https://linktr.ee/peltzmadeline
@cybercrimedoc.bsky.social
PhD in criminal justice from Texas State University. Current Associate Professor with a focus on cybercrime, digital forensics, and police technology. Called a "mediocre scientist" on the hit No Such Thing as a Fish podcast!
@avitek.bsky.social
Political science professor. Teacher/researcher of terrorism and extremism with a focus on the far-right. Posting through it. #BillsMafia
@jamesstevenson.bsky.social
Security Researcher and PhD candidate utilising machine learning in countering violent extremism. https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0224-0097
@antoinebaudon.bsky.social
Counterterrorism, geopolitical, aviation. Business Manager & Deputy Director, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - www.icct.nl #Counterterrorism #CVE #TVTP #Research #Extremism #Terrorism #Prevention #NationalSecurity
@elizabethneumann.bsky.social
Violence prevention advocate; Former DHS Asst Sec for CT; Author, Kingdom of Rage; Builder, the Path Back to Peace. @NeuSummits on other platforms. ElizabethNeumann.org
@ginaligon.bsky.social
@williamcallison.bsky.social
Political theorist and Lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard. Political ecology and the far right w/ @zetkincollective.bsky.social
@haileycsadler.bsky.social
Photojournalist | Researcher | National Geographic Explorer 📍DC / NYC Focusing on the psychological, ecological, and intergenerational impacts of trauma related to conflict, terrorism, war crimes, and genocide. haileysadler.com
@nstb.bsky.social
Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews. I study terrorism (and the state's response) where it is not. Views mine.
@ncite.bsky.social
The National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence based at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
@iapss.bsky.social
The International Academic Partnerships for Science and Security (IAPSS)🌐 https://crestresearch.ac.uk/iapss/
@neelamraina.bsky.social
Feminist. Academic. Activist. Post Conflict Reconstruction/APPG Afghan Women & Girls Secretariat. Interested in culture/knowledge/Grand challenges (ex UKRI-GCRF) Director of Research @MiddlesexUni https://thegenderhub.com/stories/culture-and-conflict-2/
@mikesenters.bsky.social
PhD Student at Virginia Tech researching the rhetoric and aesthetics of far-right online subcultures. MILR from Cornell. LGBTQ+ Ally. Former weeb. Militant defender of Democracy. The collapse of democratic rule is the sin of every citizen!
@ngamita.bsky.social
researcher studying influence ops & surveillance; open source, human rights, privacy & pro-democracy tech. lead: @thraets.org advisor: digitaldemocracyinitiative.net
@robertbentley.bsky.social
German Chancellor Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation living in Berlin and researching punks and right-wing extremism | Host: Archiv der Jugendkulturen
@michellelkahn.bsky.social
Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
@sjacks26.bsky.social
Researching right-wing extremism in the U.S, conspiracy theories, extremist language, etc. Professing in Albany, NY Black Lives Matter he/him My Oath Keepers book: bit.ly/2DOUuh7 CV: https://tinyurl.com/meyy6xpd
@maargentino.com
Counterterrorism | Esotericism | Conspiracy Theories | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Wehret den Anfängen A mix of a caffeinated conspiracy theorist and a wise owl, perched atop a mountain of esotericism.
@grahammacklin.bsky.social
Historian @crexuio.bluesky.social University of Oslo. Interested in the far right, fascism & terrorism. I co-edit Routledge’s Fascism & the Far Right book series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Fascism-and-the-Far-Right/book-series/FFR
@arcglobal.bsky.social
ARC is dedicated to a collaborative, empirical approach to understanding and addressing the threat of accelerationism to democratic societies.
@ctecmiis.bsky.social
Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Find us here: https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec
@bdaviess.bsky.social
Extremism, conspiracy theories, housing. Recovering housing attorney. Currently ARC @arcglobal.bsky.social She/they
@billmccarthy.bsky.social
Digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation, conspiracy theories and extremism for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum https://factcheck.afp.com/Bill-MCCARTHY
@imrancrim.bsky.social
Canadian Cat Dad | Far-Right Extremism Researcher | Gamer | Reach out! - imrancrim@gmail.com
@danney.bsky.social
he/him/his Research on right-wing extremism @ Leibniz-Institute for Media Research Interdisciplinary research on anti-Semitism @tuberlin.bsky.social
@pietrocastellig.bsky.social
Ass Prof @SciencePoULB Deputy director #Cevipol Migration politics Far-right parties & movements www.farpo.eu AS Roma 🔴🟡
@milleridriss.bsky.social
Founding Director @perilresearch.bsky.social, testing ideas to prevent violence & build social cohesion. Author, Man Up, Hate in the Homeland, The Extreme Gone Mainstream. MSNBC columnist. Can accept many opinions as long as we agree all dogs go to heaven.
@annelottejanse.bsky.social
Dr. | Historian of German, European, and transnational far-right extremism since 1945 | Currently also helping teachers discuss disruptive events with their pupils @ TerInfo, Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/staff/JCJanse
@perilresearch.bsky.social
Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab at American University, School of Public Affairs. We design, test, & scale up evidence-based tools to help communities prevent & respond to hate & violence. https://perilresearch.com
@rusi.bsky.social
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world. Website 💻: https://rusi.org/ WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
@madcan0.bsky.social
GNET Project Manager struggling to come to terms with using yet another social media platform | far-right, radicalisation, gender and youth | oh and also baked goods.
@joshuafmolloy.bsky.social
MSCA PhD Candidate in Global Political Studies at Malmö University @vortex-europe.bsky.social IR, digital subcultures, extremism, foreign fighters. Words: https://gnet-research.org/author/joshua-molloy/
@guttmannaviva.bsky.social
Lecturer at Aberystwyth University, research and teaching in intelligence, strategy, history, IR, terrorism & CT
@issemehdi.bsky.social
A Philosophiae Doctoris Candidatus: Strategic Studies, Foreign Policy Decision-Making, and Counter-Terrorism.
@isabelleste.bsky.social
Doctoral Researcher at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt @prif.org I Research Group Radicalization I Critical Security Studies, Discourses and Practices of National Security, Rule of Law
@emineari.bsky.social
Research on interstate and civil conflict, terrorism, and electoral behavior. emineari.com
@miriampeck.bsky.social
Researcher on crime, criminal law, criminal justice policy, terrorism & civil liberties at the House of Commons Library Research Service 1985-2007. Music & art-lover interested in law, public policy, philosophy, evolution & mental health.
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of International Politics at Durham University. Research in areas of feminism and gender, counter terrorism, colonialism, archives, methods she/her
@marinegueguin.bsky.social
Lecturer in Security Studies and IR at Leeds Beckett Uni | PhD in Security Studies at Uni of Leeds | Research Interests: Terrorism, Counterterrorism & Decolonial CT, France, Sahel | Co-host and co-creator of Insecure: A Security Podcast
@lailaried.bsky.social
Research assistant (Political Theory/Intellectual History) @fau.de Focus on feminist theory, conservatism, far right ideology, conspiracism, antisemitism. PhD project on far right accelerationism. reading books @notwithoutmybooks.bsky.social
@andrewzammit.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Victoria University. Interested in terrorism, security and human rights.
@ctpuzzlepieces.bsky.social
🎓Security Ph.D. Hostage AGAA📚 Extremism, VE, Terrorism #NatSec Pracademic MA#Female extremism. 📚 | Interested in iconography, lexicons, 'patriots', apocalypticism, accelerationalism🚓 BA Psychology (Forensic), www.unmaskingextremism.com
@kanol.bsky.social
Lecturer and research fellow at Free University of Berlin | Guest researcher at WZB | Researching religious & political violence, social movements and prejudice | PhD at HU Berlin | Publications: https://ekanol.github.io/publications/
@sofiako.bsky.social
Working on CVE & CT at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Germany | focus on 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 & (returning) foreign fighters | former DGAP | King's College London alumna
@willallchorn.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow @ipppriataru.bsky.social, Assoc Prof @richmondunildn.bsky.social, & Gbl Far Right Co-Editor @manchesterup.bsky.social, researching Far-Right Movements and CVE Responses. https://www.aru.ac.uk/people/william-allchorn
@drjchernov.bsky.social
Professor. #PSC #IR. Author. Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia @ oxfordacademic. Why Terrorists Quit @Cornellpress. Terrorist Behavior. CVE. How Terror Cells are Constructed. Repatriation. SE Asia. Equality for all.
@herazhar.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher at University of Southampton and Imperial War Museum | War & influence in digital age | Prev: York + LSE, 🗞️, CVE policy | Sandwiches, cats, duvet caves | Really just all over the place | Views mine
@modus-zad.bsky.social
Non-profit org working on solving practical & theoretical issues related to P/CVE & derad by linking innovative research with long-standing practical experience
@michaelssmithii.bsky.social
Terrorism Analyst ● OSINT Specialist ● P/CVE Consultant ● “Mogul” in Foreign Policy’s Leading Global Thinkers ’16 ● 14 in Fast Company mag’s 100 Most Creative ’16
@davidpriess.bsky.social
International affairs, geopolitics, and intelligence | Dir of Intelligence, Bedrock Knowledge | Sr Fellow, Hayden Center | Author, The President’s Book of Secrets | Former CIA & State Department | Duke poli sci PhD | Love books, the Arctic, space, and dogs
@davidwellsct.bsky.social
Global security consultant focused on terrorism, CT & technology: Former head of research & analysis at UN CTED: Ex UK/Aus intelligence
@jenrobinson.bsky.social
PhD @ ANU. Researcher of extreme ideologies and actors in Australia and New Zealand. Mummy to Rufus the Greatest Dane. Former Commissioned Officer, Royal Air Force. A Scot in Oz.
@socialscinerd.bsky.social
Lecturer, researcher, analyst. I study extremism, terrorism, and collective violence. Data and Research Lead for Revontulet. Posts are not peer reviewed.
@mbecker.bsky.social
PhD @AmericanUniv | Research on Political Violence, P/CVE, and Radicalization. Here for the hot takes on research, dogs, videogames, and coffee. https://www.michaelhbecker.com/
@johnhorgan.bsky.social
Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, school safety, and a few other things📍Atlanta, GA. Personal account. All views my own. TERRORIST MINDS is now available https://cup.columbia.edu/book/terrorist-minds/9780231198394
@bblumenau.bsky.social
Historian (terrorism, intern. cooperation, diplomacy & German foreign policy). Senior Lecturer at CSTPV/ School of IR, University of St Andrews. Young Academy of Scotland Member.Views my own https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/international-relations/people/bb57/
@jacobware.bsky.social
Research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement. https://www.amazon.com/God-Guns-Sedition-Far-Right-Terrorism/dp/0231
@jjschroden.bsky.social
21 years as a military operations analyst. Lots on DOD happenings, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US counterterrorism in Afghanistan. All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
@mikeajensen.bsky.social
Extremism researcher at the START center, University of Maryland.
@crest-research.bsky.social
The Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) is the UK’s hub for behavioural and social science research into security threats. https://crestresearch.ac.uk/