Our new study uses a nationally representative sample of the UK general population to explore how different clusters of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can be related to susceptibility to violent extremism.

We recently partnered with the Youth Endowment Fund to understand how poverty relates to children’s involvement in crime and violence youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/evid... 🔑 Key insights: 1. Poverty is a risk factor, but we did not find enough evidence to establish causality

📚 Papers Published 2021–2024 🔹 8th most cited in Journal of Computational Social Science: The temporal evolution of a far-right forum, led by Bennett Kleinberg 🔹 10th most cited in Crime Science: Systematic review and meta-analysis of risk terrain modelling (RTM), led by @zoemarchment.bsky.social

New Bluesky profile for our Counter Terrorism Research Group at UCL: @ctrg.bsky.social Follow to keep up to date with our research, and stay tuned for our website launch!

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