Really Excited to Speak at This Early Career Researcher Safety & Wellbeing Online Workshop on Wednesday 25th February 12:00-2:30pm GMT
I Will be Talking All Things hashtag #Opsec and How to Keep Safe Online and Offline
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We'll be talking emotional wellbeing, operational security, and disseminating sensitive research.
Please share with your networks/students/colleagues!
❗ Early career researcher safety & wellbeing workshop: next week❗
Come along on 25th Feb to hear from our expert speakers (Allysa Czerwinsky, @ashkingdon.bsky.social, and Antonia Vaughan) and to share your own experiences and advice for other ECRs.
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🔹 CTRG researcher spotlight series 🔹
This year we'll be posting regular spotlights on CTRG researchers to introduce our members and highlight what we've been up to. Stay tuned and follow our @ctrg.bsky.social page for more throughout the year!
🔹 CTRG researcher spotlight series 🔹
In 2026 we’ll be highlighting regular CTRG spotlights to showcase what our researchers are up to. Stay tuned for more throughout the year!
💡CTRG researcher spotlight #1: @amberseaward.bsky.social💡
We'll be making a comprehensive guide of resources and 'do's and don't's' for ECR wellbeing, helped by this workshop - and our accompanying survey (open to everyone, not just ECRs). If you have a spare 5 minutes, please let us know what you've found helpful in your research: lnkd.in/eb7jWdHm
More information and registration link here: lnkd.in/eeEsQXM4
Please share with your ECR networks/students!
We'll be focussing on three themes, each with a fantastic guest speaker and opportunity for you to share your experiences, advice, & questions:
👉 Mental & emotional wellbeing: Allysa Czerwinsky
👉 Operational security: @ashkingdon.bsky.social
👉 Disseminating sensitive research: Antonia Vaughan
🚨 ECR wellbeing workshop 🚨
Calling all early career researchers (in and outside of academia)! On 25th February 12-2:30pm NABS+ is hosting a online workshop focused on keeping ECRs safe and well when conducting potentially dangerous or harmful research.
🔹CTRG in 2025🔹
2025 has been a productive year for the CTRG. We have:
📚 Published 22 journal articles, book chapters, and reports. Another 19 are accepted or undergoing peer review.
Unmet needs: analysing the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre’s fulfilment of the public health approach, and its value for violence prevention www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 CTRG at AVERT 2025 🚨
In a few weeks, CTRG will be presenting at AVERT's International Research Symposium in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 . Details of our sessions below👇
See below for my latest publication on unmet mental health needs and the public health approach in targeted violence, with a focus on the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre:
Some recent updates from the CTRG - thread below👇
Deadline tomorrow to register for NABS+ 2 day workshop on digital profiling 👇
🧵UPDATE:
Last week, CTRG held our monthly meeting - a great chance to welcome new members and connect on ongoing projects.
We were joined by Dr Justin Barry-Walsh, Lead Clinician at New Zealand’s Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, who spoke on “Terrorism: What’s in a Word”.
💡New publication 💡
Out now and open access in Terrorism and Political Violence, @zoemarchment.bsky.social leads our latest paper on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and susceptibility to violent extremism, with @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social and @paulgillucl.bsky.social:
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🔹 Aarhus 🇩🇰
CTRG presented at NCVE25.
@amberseaward.bsky.social shared her work on unmet mental health needs in safeguarding.
A CTRG panel explored how grievances mobilise some toward violent extremism, with @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social Ance Martinsone, Mary-Ann Cherry
It’s been a busy week for CTRG:
🔹 Prague 🇨🇿:
Lujia Pei presented her PhD research at the VOX-Pol Next Generation Network Conference, sharing insights from a systematic review on how young people become involved in violent extremism, with a special focus on the role of the internet.
Also happening this week, CTRG member Lujia Pei will be presenting at the @vox-pol.bsky.social Next Generation Network Conference, on 25th September, held at Charles University in Prague.
Looking forward to presenting my research on unmet needs at NCVE in Aarhus next week, along with my CTRG colleagues👇
🚨 CTRG at the Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism 2025 🚨
Several CTRG members are presenting their research next week in Aarhus 🇩🇰, see details below👇
Please see below for information on a new IAPPS Communities of Interest (CoI) on Risk Assessment & Risk Management of terrorism and targeted violence, led by Caitlin Clemmow and I!
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📢 Introducing our THREE new Communities of Interest (CoIs) - bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers around shared themes in targeted violence and terrorism prevention. Explore them here 👉 crestresearch.ac.uk/iapss/coi/
🚨 CTRG at the European Society of Criminology Conference 2025 🚨
CTRG are represented at this year’s ESC Conference in Athens, where some of our team will present their research. Details below 👇
We are pleased to share some of CTRG’s recent citation milestones, as reflected by the latest Google Scholar metrics. These milestones highlight the continued reach and impact of our collective work, along with our valued collaborators.
Congrats to CTRG member @sandyschumann.bsky.social for winning the inaugural Open Criminology Award! 👇
Thank you to @socterres.bsky.social for the opportunity to present my work on safeguarding and unmet mental health needs in countering violent extremism.
This can be found in Ch 7 of my thesis (link below) and will hopefully be published soon.
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#STR2025
Our research group has launched a Bluesky account @ctrg.bsky.social to keep you up-to-date on our work on radicalisation, terrorism, and extremism. Members include @paulgillucl.bsky.social @noemiebouhana.bsky.social @zoemarchment.bsky.social @amberseaward.bsky.social @sandyschumann.bsky.social
