🧵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”.

Last week for CTRG: 🔹 EU Knowledge Hub @paulgillucl.bsky.social convened a two-day meeting for the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation on 'Enhancing Prevention.'

💡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: doi.org/10.1080/0954...

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.

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.

🚨 CTRG at the Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism 2025 🚨 Several CTRG members are presenting their research next week in Aarhus 🇩🇰, see details below👇

@amberseaward.bsky.social and I are pleased to be leading the CoI on Risk Assessment & Risk Management. Sign up to the newsletter and apply to join below 👇 mailchi.mp/eab69bede76f...

🚨 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 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

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! 👇

Some of the @ctrg.bsky.social team were at #STR2025 this week 👇🏼. Sorry not to have made it this year but thanks to @lizzypearson.bsky.social @akilnawan.bsky.social and team for organising!

The CTRG team have just returned from #STR2025, where Sara Rubini, Ance Martinsone, and @amberseaward.bsky.social presented their work. Thank you to @socterres.bsky.social for organising a particularly poignant conference, taking place on the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks in London.

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

CTRG members @amberseaward.bsky.social, Sara Rubini, and Ance Martinsone will be presenting at @socterres.bsky.social's annual conference next week - check out their presentations for updates on our research!

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!