Mine and @surajlakhani.bsky.social's book is now officially out, and there's a discount code!
Available: academic.oup.com/book/60071
@surajlakhani
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.
Mine and @surajlakhani.bsky.social's book is now officially out, and there's a discount code!
Available: academic.oup.com/book/60071
Missed Wednesday's seminar, with Arthur Bradley, UNICRI's Ottavia Galuzzi, and @surajlakhani.bsky.social, on right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa, and Asia? Check out the recording at
youtu.be/kOArdasVDqY?...
You can now catch the recording of our fantastic event with Joe Mulhall, discussing his work at HOPE not HATE, with Suraj Lakhani.
Do your ears a favour and go take a listen now!
Links in comments...
@joemulhall.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk @surajlakhani.bsky.social
Congratulations, Laura! The paper looks great!
Now out online: The Sociology of Violent Extremism @oxfordunipress.bsky.social edited by @surajlakhani.bsky.social @amaramarasingam.bsky.social
Includes my ch. 'Far-Right Extremism & the Sociology of Race & Racism', which my recent @britsoci.bsky.social drew on, & more
academic.oup.com/book/60071
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@surajlakhani.bsky.social and my new edited collection is out! Hard copy available in a few months. academic.oup.com/book/60071
My PhD student is looking at nihilistic violent extremism and it's fascinating when you start to unpick and unpack what the term means...to consider it as a concept historically...and when you make sense of it using wider works of Nietzsche, Zizek, etc.
Well, I didn't have this headline on my bingo card
Final chance to register! β³ Join us in Dublin for two VOX-Pol Institute events on 7β8 May: tackling online extremism, platform and regulation challenges, plus a hands-on tabletop exercise. Registration closes 2pm Friday (Irish time)! π www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1
"Counterterrorism Czar" lol
This is one of my fav conferences. Alongside the cutting edge research on show, there's a really supportive community at the heart of it. This year is hosted by the amazing @akilnawan.bsky.social and @lizzypearson.bsky.social so even more reason to register!
π¨ Final Call π¨
Last hours to submit your abstract for the 17th Annual International Conference of the Society for Terrorism Research, to be hosted by the School of Law & Social Sciences and the @CVTRC.bsky.social at @RoyalHolloway.bsky.social.
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Looking for your next challenge? We're hiring someone to join our Cyber and Tech team as a Research Analyst and play a key role in our research projects. If this sounds like the perfect role for your, head over to our website to apply, and/or share with your network: bit.ly/4in3kRW
BREAKINGβThe United States Institute of Peace (USIP) office was just on lockdown for close to an hour while members of the DOGE team tried to enter the building, multiple people have told me. Security has now escorted out remaining staffers whoβve been told to telework until further notice.
Meet Gracie Himes, age 20.
Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines.
On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
BUZZING for This Bad Boy to Be in the Wild Soon πππ @craigwebber.bsky.social and I Apply The #HerosJourney to al-Qaeda and ISIS Propaganda. Coming Soon in @surajlakhani.bsky.social and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social The Sociology of Violent Extremism ππ
Elon spends nearly $300 million on getting Trump elected, and now Trump is using White House resources to promote his cars to help Elon boost his stock prices. Not even a speck of ethics left in the Trump White House.
New to VOX-Pol? Check out our fully searchable Online Library, now with links to 2,200+ articles, chapters, theses, Blog posts, etc. focused on all aspects of online extremism and terrorism.
Pleased to see this one published #openaccess at journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10..... CC @joewhittaker.bsky.social @lizzypearson.bsky.social @draamattheis.bsky.social 1/3
If this doesn't sum it up perfectly, I don't know what does.
Heartbreaking
Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this
Since the links were broken, here are my latest starter packs for all your national security, terrorism and violent extremism informational needs.
List 1 bsky.app/starter-pack...
List 2 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. Itβs up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
apparently CISA analysts have also been told not to follow or report Russian cyber threats, according to the @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...