Suraj Lakhani's Avatar

Suraj Lakhani

@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.

553
Followers
138
Following
108
Posts
15.10.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Suraj Lakhani @surajlakhani

Post image

Mine and @surajlakhani.bsky.social's book is now officially out, and there's a discount code!

Available: academic.oup.com/book/60071

29.08.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Post image

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?...

20.06.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

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

22.07.2025 07:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, Laura! The paper looks great!

19.05.2025 09:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The Sociology of Violent Extremism: Theoretical and Sociological Approaches This book is an essential collection addressing key challenges in studying violent extremism. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, terrorism

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

15.05.2025 11:34 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The Sociology of Violent Extremism: Theoretical and Sociological Approaches This book is an essential collection addressing key challenges in studying violent extremism. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, terrorism

🚨NEW🚨

@surajlakhani.bsky.social and my new edited collection is out! Hard copy available in a few months. academic.oup.com/book/60071

15.05.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

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.

08.05.2025 19:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Well, I didn't have this headline on my bingo card

08.05.2025 15:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Final chance to register! ⏳ Join us in Dublin for two VOX-Pol Institute events on 7–8 May: tackling online extremism, platform and regulation challenges, plus a hands-on tabletop exercise. Registration closes 2pm Friday (Irish time)! πŸ‘‰ www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1

28.04.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Ofcom finalises rules for tech firms to protect children online Websites will have to instate age checks and tighten up algorithm recommendations for young users.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

24.04.2025 10:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Counterterrorism Czar" lol

17.04.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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!

11.04.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image

🚨 Final Call 🚨

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.

🧡 1/2

11.04.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Parents allowed to block children's games and friends on Roblox They are the latest safety measures from the gaming platform, which has faced questions over inappropriate content.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.04.2025 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image
25.03.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

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

21.03.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Nazi flag flown in Welsh street The flag was quickly removed after police were called early on Friday morning

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

16.03.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKINGβ€”The 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 who’ve been told to telework until further notice.

14.03.2025 23:19 πŸ‘ 5155 πŸ” 1823 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 190
Preview
Education Committee announces session on higher education funding - Committees - UK Parliament Education Committee Chair Helen Hayes MP has today announced a deep dive evidence session examining funding issues in the higher education sector. 

committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...

14.03.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

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...

14.03.2025 13:19 πŸ‘ 4375 πŸ” 1507 πŸ’¬ 178 πŸ“Œ 184
Post image

BUZZING for This Bad Boy to Be in the Wild Soon πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠπŸ’ƒ @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 😍😍

12.03.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

11.03.2025 20:28 πŸ‘ 3079 πŸ” 592 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 21
Post image

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.

05.03.2025 11:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

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

01.03.2025 07:57 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
Post image

If this doesn't sum it up perfectly, I don't know what does.

01.03.2025 00:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heartbreaking

28.02.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this

28.02.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 9786 πŸ” 3958 πŸ’¬ 156 πŸ“Œ 92

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...

28.02.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

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. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

28.02.2025 20:22 πŸ‘ 19343 πŸ” 5609 πŸ’¬ 669 πŸ“Œ 521
Preview
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: β€˜Putin is on the inside now’

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...

28.02.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 10