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CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss: Combatant Experiences in Multi-Ethnic Extremist Groups: Identity and Allegiance in Boko Haram next week with Dr. Makena Micheni.

📅 Oct 14 | ⏰ 4:00 PM | 📍 School V
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CREST @crest-research.bsky.social · 1d

🖍️ Register your interest for the NABS+ Creative workshop to explore fresh and accessible ways to share your research. Tues 25 November, 10:30 - 15:00, London. Find out more: crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/opportu...

NABS+ Creative Workshop

Drawing From Your Research: a creative half-day workshop using playful storyboarding and analogies to help you communicate your research in fresh, engaging ways.

crestresearch.ac.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 7d

This week the Society also launched the call for its First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

Eligible titles, published in 2025, should be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

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Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 5d

📢 New blog post: "The Complex Relationship Between Gender and Violent Extremism." @katrif.bsky.social & Inger Skjelsbæk explore how gender influences violent extremism and advocate for viewing prevention efforts through a gender lens. #Gender #Extremism #Prevention www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

The Complex Relationship Between Gender and Violent Extremism - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism

The authors outline the many ways in which gender has relevance for violent extremism and propose seeing prevention work through a gender lens.

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CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · 8d

We're delighted to be welcoming Prof Valentine Lomellini to St Andrews to speak on 'European Responses to International Terrorism. The case of Italy (1970s-1980s)'

🗓️ Oct 6, 2025
⏰ 17:00-18:30 BST
📍 Arts Lecture Theatre

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Ashton Kingdon @ashkingdon.bsky.social · 9d

I am Excited to be Editing a Special Journal Issue Titled Terrorism, Radicalisation and Social Order: Perspectives on Emerging Threats and Responses. If You Have Something to Say about the Future of Terrorism/Extremism Research Check Out The CFP 👇https://www.nature.com/collections/ejdcaehbha

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Ashton Kingdon @ashkingdon.bsky.social · 23d

Excited to Take Part in this @vox-pol.bsky.social Report Launch For @antoniavaughan.bsky.social Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints. Alongside @lizzypearson.bsky.social and @audreygagnon.bsky.social. #Ethics #ResearcherSafety 👇👇
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New VOX-Pol Report Online Launch - VOX - Pol

09/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - VOX-Pol is publishing a new report titled Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints by Dr Antonia Vaughan on Thursday 9 October 2...

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CREST @crest-research.bsky.social · 10d

🎉 Happy Birthday CREST!! 🎉 To mark our 10th anniversary, we’ve created a timeline highlighting just a handful of milestones. HUGE thanks to everyone involved in CREST's long-lasting success! crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/10...

10 Years of CREST

Celebrating a decade of commissioning behavioural science, collaborating across sectors, and communicating insights that have informed and shaped security practice.

crestresearch.ac.uk

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VOX-Pol @vox-pol.bsky.social · 10d

🔥 Extremists move fast - Policy often lags
Colleagues at VPI are hosting a workshop that confronts the gap, incl. a simulation where every call has intended & unintended consequences
📍 Munich, 8-9 Oct
🔗 Further info & register by 3 Oct: lnkd.in/efmKBNb9
👥 Discount if bringing a colleague - email VPI

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CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · 11d

📣 Join us for a historical perspective on lone assassinations with CSTPV's Dr Tim Wilson

'A Thing Unparalleled'? Reflections on Recent Lone Assassination Attempts in Historical Perspective

🗓️ Oct 2, 2025
⏰ 17:00-18:30 BST
📍 Online
📧 Register: [email protected]
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Dr William Allchorn @willallchorn.bsky.social · 11d

smallwarsjournal.com/2025/09/29/f...

Five Key Considerations on Terrorism and Political Violence | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University

Discover 5 key considerations shaping terrorism and political violence: AI, drones, tech misuse, OSINT, and counternarcotics links.

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 11d

This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.

Call For Applications: Toynbee First Book Workshop Competition 2025-26 | Toynbee Prize Foundation

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CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · 18d

New occasional paper out now! 🎉
We've just published our brilliant student, Petra Nesr's, paper "Consociationalism in Mid-Life Crisis? The Ageing of the Dayton and Good Friday Agreements."

Check it out: cstpv.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/23/c...

CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · 24d

It was wonderful to kick off our semester's programme of events with a packed house to hear @maurolubrano.bsky.social speak about his new book Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism. It's fascinating research, well worth seeking out. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · 29d

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Prof Conor Gearty KC. A brilliant scholar and true pioneer in the many fields he spoke to. The Centre benefitted greatly from his friendship and support. His generosity, wit, and deep intellect will be profoundly missed.

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CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · Jun 17

Congratulations to @cstpv.bsky.social's @nicoloscremin.bsky.social on his fellowship at The Belfer Center!

Nicolò Scremin @nicoloscremin.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the @belfercenter.bsky.social at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social as a Research Fellow for the 2025–2026 academic year.

As part of the International Security Program, I’ll be working on the final stretch of my PhD project.

Excited to begin this next chapter!

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CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · Jun 13

And we are off! @socterres.bsky.social 9th PGR conference is underway

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VOX-Pol @vox-pol.bsky.social · Jun 11

You're invited to a VOX-Pol webinar, in conjunction with UNICRI, on Wednesday, 18 June, at 3-4pm (UK time) on "Right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa and Asia." Register by emailing [email protected]. More info.: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRT

VOX-Pol Webinar: Right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa and Asia - VOX - Pol

18/06/2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - You are invited to a VOX-Pol webinar taking place on Wednesday 18 June 2025, starting at 15:00 (UK time). This webinar accompanies the recently published United Nation...

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jun 4

We are still seeking reviewers for the following titles. We welcome submissions by PhD and early career researchers, as well as senior academics/practitioners. If you’d like to write a review, please reach out to @melanie.brand.bsky.social or send us a message here.

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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · Jun 4

Come and work with me!

The XRCET TIPSS project is a deep dive into future trust, identity, privacy, safety & security risks that arise through convergence of immersive tech & other emerging tech.

I am so excited about this project! If you are too, please get involved!

#AcademicSky #VR #XR #AR

SPRITE+ @spriteplus.bsky.social · May 23

🌟 We are hiring! 🌟

Research Associate/Fellow, SPRITE +, XRCET TIPSS:
📍 University of Manchester
📆 Closing date: 22/06/2025
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Research Associate or Research Fellow - NeuroCET-TIPSS - SPRITE+:
📍 University of Manchester
📆 Closing date: 22/06/2025
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Research Associate/Fellow, SPRITE +, XRCET TIPSS:Manchester

THE PROJECT

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · Jun 4

📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs!

Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:

🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

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CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · Jun 2

📣 One more day to sign up for @morrisonjf.bsky.social seminar on The Positive Role of Research Ethics in Designing and Conducting Terrorism Research
📅 June 3rd
⏰ 16.00-17.00 (BST)
📍Online
Email: [email protected] to register
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CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social · May 28

Just under a week until we welcome @morrisonjf.bsky.social to deliver an online seminar on The Positive Role of Research Ethics in Designing and Conducting Terrorism Research
📅 June 3rd
⏰ 16.00-17.00 (BST)
📍Online
Email: [email protected] to register
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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · May 26

📢Job alert! Come join us at @criminologyuom.bsky.social !

We're advertising for full-time Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) to develop innovative teaching in trust and security in a digital world. Deadline 4 June 2025.

#AcademicSky #AcademicJob

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Lecturer in Microcredentials (Teaching and Scholarship) :Manchester

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Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social · May 23

The Essex Summer School's First Session runs July 7-18, both online and in person.

Social science research methods courses in text analysis, mixed methods, survey design, panel data, discourse analysis, and more!

Learn more here:
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...

#polisky #academicsky

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