Terrorism, Violent Extremism & National Security 2
Starter pack of subject matter experts, practitioners, academics and journalists working on these topics
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@skipgilmour.bsky.social
I like: Trust & Safety, Counterterrorism, Investigation, Theory, and being a li’l practical as a treat. All posts are in my personal capacity. Quotations and reposts are not endorsement.
@wfthomas.bsky.social
sober, extremism researcher, journalism, looking at political violence, conspiracy narratives, the far right
@annaressman.bsky.social
privacy, security, doom. Frequently sincere posting. Header image is one of my photos of the old Chicago Sun-Times building being dismantled. She/her. Antiracist.
@hereticmasked.bsky.social
Exvangelical, atheist, DiY religious studies, cult studies, failed-apocalypse cringe-posting, weird shit, counter-extremism School of Making Poor Life Choices Only Slightly Doomed She/They/bad at gender My apologies for continuing to be relevant
@calfarley.bsky.social
SPLC Research Analyst tracking militia movement and white supremacy. Academic background in non-state conflict. Also, post about auto racing. https://muckrack.com/disclaimify
@shaneburley.bsky.social
Journalist, author Safety in Solidarity (Forthcoming, 2024), #NoPasaran, Fascism Today, and Why We Fight. Bylines: NBC News, Al Jazeera, Jacobin, The Daily Beast, Yes Magazine, The Baffler, others. Tweeting Jewish antifascist memes
@parasocialmomma.bsky.social
US Home of Caffeinated Nerds Clusters Subject matter expert: Prevention & Disengagement/Rehabilitation violence-based extremism "No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars."~Ursula K. Le Guin https://patreon.com/shannonfoleymartinez?utm
@munira.bsky.social
Founder and CEO of @chasseur.group. Fellow at Verve Research, Visiting Fellow at ICCT Hague 2023, former nonresident Fellow at New Lines Institute of Strategy & Policy in DC. Conflict, CT, and emerging security challenges in Southeast Asia and beyond.
@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
@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
@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
@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.
@ankehoffstadt.bsky.social
reading, writing, teaching @HochschuleDuesseldorf | history and social science on right wing violence | social work and human rights | private account
@bweidin.bsky.social
monitors the Austrian far right @doew.at. Member of @fipu.bsky.social. Takes in English for the most part. Private account.
@constanzejtlr.bsky.social
Scout. Swiftie. PhD researcher at LMU Munich. Alumna of CEU. Your friendly neighborhood historian. Researching the far right in Austria, Germany and elsewhere. https://linktr.ee/constanzeJTLR
@jleser.bsky.social
Political ethnographer; police, bureaucracy, far-right politics, populism & heritage, affect studies, state theory & anthropology
@danielkeil.bsky.social
Researcher. Far-Right and Europe. Materialist State Theory. Critical Theory. And Noise Materialistische Europakritik. Elemente kritischer Europaforschung: https://schmetterling-verlag.de/produkt/materialistische-europakritik/
@verokracher.bsky.social
Beruflich: Monitoring|Recherche|Analyse belastender Dinge nicht nur im Internet. Geschlechterverhältnis, Online-Radikalisierung, extreme Rechte. Bildungsarbeit. Privat: Popkultur,(TT)RPGs, Kochen. Immer: Materialistische Feministin. Currently on a break.
@dmsilverman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST) Ohio State PhD. International Security, Political Psychology, Middle East Politics Opinions my own, don’t reflect employer, etc.
@danigilbert.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Director with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱 #COYS
@lewysbrace.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Computational Social Science and extremism researcher at University of Exeter, Co-Director of the Centre for Computational Social Science (@C2S2exeter.bsky.social) and .gif connoisseur.
@kristenengel.bsky.social
Social computing PhD candidate @ UW. I study user engagement with interventions, pro-social behavior, and harmful content across online platforms. https://linktr.ee/kristenengel
@nickbordeleau.com
Research Fellow, @flindersuniversity.bsky.social Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy Political Behaviour, Democracy, Experiments www.nickbordeleau.com
@ryanevans.bsky.social
Founder, War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com) and Bedrock Knowledge (thebedrock.co). Opinions are my own. I'm not a journalist so please don't mistake me for one.
@jacobwagner.bsky.social
I research far-right hate and extremism in the US @ISDGlobal: https://www.isdglobal.org/ long-suffering Vikings fan | opinions are my own
@carlottasallach.bsky.social
PhDing in International Relations @weareceu.bsky.social | Alumna Conflict Studies & PIL @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social |Interested in all things gender, pol violence, (int) law & courtroom ethnography | former consultant @boell.de & @dgap.org
@jrsanin.bsky.social
Assistant professor - PoliSci UF 🐊gender, violence, democracy, Latin America
@sldelange.bsky.social
Professor of Political Pluralism University of Amsterdam | Extremism, populism, radicalism scholar | Board member IISG Amsterdam and Wiardi Beckman Foundation | Allotmenteer | Zeeuws meisje |
@inesbsomoano.bsky.social
• PhD Political Science, EUI Firenze • Visiting & postdoc Radicalisation, ISGA Leiden •Lecturer International Security, IBEI Barcelona • EU counter-terrorism, Islamophobia & right wing (online) radicalisation ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2805-5269
@karenstenner.bsky.social
Political psychologist & behavioral scientist, best known for long ago predicting the rise of Trump-like figures under the kinds of conditions we now confront.
@jjfforest.bsky.social
Professor & Director of Security Studies, UMass Lowell; Editor-in-Chief, Terrorism & Political Violence; Editor-in-Chief, Perspectives on Terrorism; Visiting Professor Fletcher School; published 22 books (http://amzn.to/2zW8brk)
@kearnserinm.bsky.social
Director of Law Enforcement Partnerships at NCITE_COE. Associate Professor at UNO SCCJ. Avid traveler, casual yogi.
@sirichr.bsky.social
Journalist and fact-checker at Logically Facts, previously at SVT & Citywire 🇸🇪🤖
@tatitaazevedo.bsky.social
Brazilian activist, independent researcher, OSINT ° Disturbing and extreme content online ° Intolerance and disinformation ° Neonazism and neofascism ° Social media and AI regulation ° Child and youth safety online ° AI-generated CSAM
@jessamellea.bsky.social
Researching far-right extremism/terrorism, tech + violent extremism, and religion.
@jennefer.bsky.social
Words: @lcrw.bsky.social @thenewarab.bsky.social Research: @cemas.io @openmeasures.bsky.social Quotes: @propublica.org @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @bellingcat.com @thedailybeast.bsky.social
@chasseur.group
Conflict, security, terrorism, organised crimes, espionage... understand the emerging challenges and opportunities shaping our world with our analysis. Southeast Asia and beyond. Newsletter: https://deepdive.chasseur.group/ Website: https://chasseur.group
@karmvirpadda.bsky.social
#FirstGen PhD Candidate @UWaterloo | 2021 SSHRC_CRSH (CGS) Doctoral Scholar | Researching radicalization & ideologically motivated violent extremism, computational social science
@khanserai.bsky.social
Too many years spent in preventing terrorism, hate, extremism | Co-host of true-crime podcast "Stoppable" | 'Muse of Reason' for Divas
@joanacook.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Terrorism and Political Violence, ISGA, Leiden University l Senior Project Manager at The International Center for Counter-Terrorism l Adjunct at Johns Hopkins University. I research terrorism and counter-terrorism www.joanacook.com
@bluebilliejeans.bsky.social
Researching violent extremist movements & threat actors. Networked behavior, memes, movement evolutions, & that deep lore. OSINT SOCMINT VIBESINT
@naureencfink.bsky.social
Executive Director at GIFCT. Interests in counterterrorism, sanctions, tech, international affairs and global security. Cosmopolitan nomad and jewelry maker. All posts in my personal capacity; quotes not endorsements.
@beetroot.bsky.social
Professor of American Studies at the University of Manchester. Research on conspiracy theories, and economic humanities. https://t.co/tAAlyS4zD6
@thedemonologist.bsky.social
I am a professor of religion who teaches elements of popular culture, monstrosity, and medieval studies. My writings are primarily about demons and the demonic, currently present-day American demonology and politics: https://linktr.ee/mheyes
@joewhittaker.bsky.social
Lecturer at Swansea University. Research on terrorists' and extremists' use of the Internet.
@rajanbasra.bsky.social
Researching how terrorists think and act. ICSR Fellow / KCL War Studies PhD and postdoc / Studying cycles of violence and peace with XCEPT
@surajlakhani.bsky.social
Academic @sussexfss.bsky.social Research Fellow at Vox-Pol | Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social | Steering Board @extremismgaming.bsky.social | Ambassador @getwigi.com Researching all things terrorism, particularly video-games and violent extremism.
@mattkriner.bsky.social
Militant Accelerationism. Radicalization. Digital Extremism. Trust & Safety. Executive Director of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism (ICDE) and Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC) www.counteringextremism.org www.accresearch.org
@stefanbrenner.net
Update coming soon™️ (July 2025) Media & journalism studies. Research on journalism in war & conflict, mis-/disinformation, conspiracy theories. Part of a smart team. — FYI: Rowdies are ignored & blocked.
@stewglobal.bsky.social
Investigative journalist at Global News. https://globalnews.ca/author/stewart-bell/
@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.