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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 5h

Tomorrow 9 October @vox-pol.bsky.social launches this excellent new report by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia.

I'm chairing, @audreygagnon.bsky.social is discussing. Do come along!

Sign up below. Webinar - 9 October - 6pm BST 🕸️

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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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VOX-Pol @vox-pol.bsky.social · 7d

🔥 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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Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to discussing how to research the far right safely in academia at the @vox-pol.bsky.social report launch. The report is by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social, with the event hosted by @lizzypearson.bsky.social

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...

voxpol.eu

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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 1d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 3d

Seven questions about political violence for the authors of “God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America” sfs.georgetown.edu/news/seven-q...

Seven questions about political violence for the authors of "God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America" | School of Foreign Service | Georgetown

Authors Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware answered seven questions to help explain the longer, larger context surrounding the Charlie Kirk assassination and the environment of political violence present in...

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Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · 5d

This time last year @lizzypearson.bsky.social and I were invited to the BBC to talk about gender and radicalisation for the Thinking Allowed podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Gender and Radicalisation

How does gender influence men and women's participation in extremist politics?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 4d

A year already! Thanks for reposting Kat! X

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Kat Osborne @katosborne5.bsky.social · 12d

Excited to share my review of Charlotte Heath-Kelly and Sadi Shanaah's new book has been published in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression.

You can find the full review at the link below:

Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · 12d

Our PhD student @katosborne5.bsky.social published a first book review! 🎉 The politics of preventing violent extremism: liberal democracy, civil society and countering radicalization, by Charlotte Heath-Kelly & Sadi Shanaah: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
cc co-supe @lizzypearson.bsky.social

The politics of preventing violent extremism: liberal democracy, civil society and countering radicalization

Published in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · 12d

Our PhD student @katosborne5.bsky.social published a first book review! 🎉 The politics of preventing violent extremism: liberal democracy, civil society and countering radicalization, by Charlotte Heath-Kelly & Sadi Shanaah: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
cc co-supe @lizzypearson.bsky.social

The politics of preventing violent extremism: liberal democracy, civil society and countering radicalization

Published in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Ashton Kingdon @ashkingdon.bsky.social · 20d

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 👇👇
voxpol.eu/events/new-v...

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...

voxpol.eu

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 21d

This from the Times of India's Nirmalya Dutta seems a pretty good take on Saturday's Unite the Far Right demo.. Well worth a read. Accurate take on UK's self-perception.. and delusions.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/fig...

Fight or Die: Why Elon Musk cannot pull a 'Trump' in the UK; even with Tommy Robinson | World News - The Times of India

UK News: Elon Musk's provocative comments on immigration and politics in the UK spark controversy, highlighting the nation's unresolved imperial past and current societal tensions.

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 22d

This shameful demo was however good at uniting different factions of the far right, across countries - based on the international speaker list.

And for inviting a foreign national billionaire to incite violence and call for dissolution of our parliament. The word for that is not ‘patriot’.

Neil Atkins @atk79.bsky.social · 22d

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 24d

Sorry your joke was wasted on me I think that’s more my fault than yours 😆

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 24d

League of extra boring gentlemen and one boring woman?!
I think being in Adrian chiles orbit brought everyone down a notch energy wise 🥲 - tho I loved him on apprentice!!

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 25d

I was only listening for Steve P and Reece S and they were very under exploited 🥲

Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 25d

I am a league of gentlemen fan & was excited about this and it’s been very boring

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 26d

I used to do this then lived abroad and got into the rinse .. suds carry dirt! Suds are wrong, fellow Brits!

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 27d

Should not have taken this long..,

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

Keir Starmer sacks Peter Mandelson as US ambassador over emails to Jeffrey Epstein

A statement says he was fired

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 27d

Of course there is revulsion. Epstein is beyond toxic. Starmer is already facing protests accusing him of not caring about women’s security. Mandelson lacks judgment and obviously needs to go.

'Widespread revulsion' in Labour over Mandelson, says MP www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Widespread revulsion' in Labour at at Mandelson's Epstein links, says MP

Sir Keir Starmer faces growing calls to sack the UK's ambassador to Washington after fresh revelations.

www.bbc.com

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · 27d

In more normal times this would have seemed an insane headline. Now however..

‘Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites’ www.bbc.com/news/article...

Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites

BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.

www.bbc.com

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 6

A political party, that's topping the polls, lauding someone who called for human beings to be burned to death should be a moment for national self-reflection.

This is not who we are nor who we should become.

Reform UK are a plague on our national humanity. We must never permit them to govern.

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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social · Sep 4

Predictable levels of misogyny in any ‘discussion’ of tax and Angela Rayner. She has never had anywhere close to respect from much of the press - or public. Despite her massive achievements.

The pixelated word is bitch.

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Stephen H. Jones @stphnhwrdjns.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's not talked about much because of NDAs, but I guarantee you all over the sector right now universities are contacting staff they made redundant about submitting their publications to REF. That raises huge questions about the viability of portability reforms, and maybe the whole exercise.

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Sep 3

It is very clear now that Research Excellence Framework 2029 cannot go ahead with all its intended changes. For a start, lots of the sector 'getting' the cash simply won't exist to spend it. In my view a pause and rethink are required. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

University crisis is forcing the REF to lower its expectations - Research Professional News

When dauntingly complex plans meet cash-strapped institutions, something’s got to give, says Anna Grey

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Stephen H. Jones @stphnhwrdjns.bsky.social · Sep 3

Someone I know wrote this on REF portability and redundancy back in 2019. It holds up well imo and raises questions about why non-portability hasn't generated anything like as much pushback this time around. medium.com/ussbriefs/po...

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · Aug 30

Normalising a new default mode of dealing with collective action that is here to stay and will be hard to reverse. It is affecting protests against the genocide in Gaza today, but tomorrow it may be climate or anti-deportation protesters who will be at the receiving end!

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