🚨New Project Alert🚨I am Investigating the AI-Climate-Conflict Nexus With a Particular Focus on Data Centres as a Target for Terrorism and Cybercrime. If You or Someone You Know are Interested in #AISustainability #WaterWeaponisation #AIEthics #ClimateChange #Conflict Please Reach Out 👇👇

Just Registered for This Bad Boy 🎉🎉🎊🎊 Buzzing to Attend My First #BSA and First Time in #Manchester 🥂 I Will Be Presenting My Research on #UniteTheKingdom and Running a Special Event on Sociologists at Risk of Harm #Ethics #ResearcherSafety #OnlineHarms

Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎓Funded PhD Alert🎓 AMAZING #Interdisciplinary #MixedMethods Opportunity Exploring Victimhood Identities & Radicalisation in Europe. Work With Me #TerezaCapelos & #MikkoSalmela on Extremism, Hate Speech and Polarisation. #ShareWidely 👇👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Happy New Year Everyone 🎉🎉 Please See a Link to Our Latest Podcast Episode Where #LaurenStecklesYoung Discusses Her Groundbreaking #DigitalEthnography into Platforms like Reddit and Tattle Life #DigitalHarm #BodyPolitics #HateCrime 👇👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1nda...

Delighted That My Roundtable on Ethics Has Been #Accepted for the Terrorism and Social Media Conference Going to be Joined by a Bunch of Legends 💃🏆If You Are Attending This Year Don't Forget to Vote for #BarryIsland as the Day Trip Option #TASM2026 #StuartLetMeDoIt 🍻🍻

🎓Funded PhD Alert🎓 AMAZING #Interdisciplinary #MixedMethods Opportunity Exploring Victimhood Identities & Radicalisation in Europe. Work With Myself #TerezaCapelos & #MikkoSalmela on Extremism, Hate Speech and Polarisation. Please Share Widely 👇👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🚨Free Online Event Alert🚨Sign Up Below For Our Meet the Authors: Contemporary Issues in Transphobic Hate and Prejudice: Transforming the Narrative Event With #bencolliver #JaneHealy #KatieMcBride, and #GinaGwenffrewi 10 December 1-2 GMT 👇👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/bscha...

My Techno Harms Students Were Treated to an AMAZING Guest Lecture by the LEGEND That Is @maurolubrano.bsky.social Who Came In To Discuss His Book Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism 😍😍 Buy It Now People 🎊🎊🎉🎉🙌🙌

Avoid Marking Deadlines By Decorating Your Tree With Complete Symmetry and #Precision I Love Christmas So Much 😍😍🎅🎅🎅🎄🎄🎄🎁🎁🎁 #HolidaysAreComing #ItsTheMostWonderfulTimeOfTheYear #ItsBeginningToLookALotLikeChristmas

An absolute disgrace that @ox.ac.uk hosted this celebration of murdering a journalist.

The recording of last Friday's panel on 'Far-right ecologies', organised by @futureearth.bsky.social is now out (see comment)! I was happy to share the 'floor' with Viola Baldeschi, Noemi Gonda, Shehnoor Khurram and Bernhard Forchtner.

NEW from the British Society of Criminology: Hate Crime Network Podcast! 🎙️ We're exploring Hate Crime in Spain. Hosts Dr. Rachel Keighley and Simone Taghavi are joined by academic pioneer Dr. Abel González García, Director of the department of Criminology at UDIMA. 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1QVy...

Please See Below a Link To Our Next Writing Group. Mon 17 Nov 2025 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMT. If You Have a Writing Goal, Want Relaxed Feedback on Your Work, Or Just a Space to Stay Motivated as you Write 💪💪Join Us 😀😀👇👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/bscha...

Check Out The Latest Podcast from @revdem2020.bsky.social Which Features Myself and the Wonderful @lubardab.bsky.social Talking About Our Work On When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge and When Environmentalism Becomes a Battleground of Competing Ideologies 👇👇 revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/07/r...

Some people will tell you sociologists and criminologists are broadly the same. I submit to you these images, one hangs in my office, the other next door in my colleague @ashkingdon.bsky.social's office. Match the flag to the person in the comments!

I Have Always Admired @lubardab.bsky.social and His Work So It Was Such a Pleasure and Joy To Work Him Him on This Project 😍😍Here We Are Talking About Our Upcoming Article Co-Optation Without Ownership: The Idea of Resistance in Multimodal Radical Right and Left Ecological Argumentation 👇👇

🎙️ In our new podcast, @ashkingdon.bsky.social and @lubardab.bsky.social discuss how both the far-right and the far-left mobilize ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a

Ideological promiscuity, so-called "NVE", "salad-bar extremism", and a bazillion related new terms. If you're in or near the University of St. Andrews later this month, I'll be there to talk about all this stuff and what it means. Come say hi. events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/prof-...

Terrorist Groups are Weaponising Climate Change —Outperforming States in Delivering Water, Food & Disaster Relief to Win Hearts, Minds & Territory. My Latest Article Reveals How Environmental Governance Is Becoming A New Tool for Legitimacy 👇👇👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It's new article day! So excited that this piece with @luccousineau.bsky.social and @iamryanhopkins.bsky.social is out in the world. In it we work through our experiences studying the far-right & propose some ways universities can better support students. journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...

Very Exciting Moment for Me This Morning to see the First Review of My Book - The World White Web - Published. Massive Thank You to @leabrost.bsky.social For Taking the Time to Read the Book and Write Such a Wonderful and Thoughtful Review ♥️♥️#AcademicFirsts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited my book review of 'The World White Web: uncovering the hidden meanings of online far-right propaganda' by @ashkingdon.bsky.social is now available in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨New Publication Alert🚨 Thrilled My Latest Article - The Darkest Shade of Green - Is Out In Studies In Conflict & Terrorism 🎉🍾🥳I Examine the Links Between #ClimateChange and #RebelGovernance among #IslamicState #AlQaeda #Hamas & #Hezbollah 👇👇👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us on zoom tomorrow for @crexuio.bsky.social & CANSES webinar series, with @lizzypearson.bsky.social from Royal Holloway, University of London. We will discuss the challenges of using an empathetic methodology to interview far right extremists 🤓

Hate Crime is an Acute Problem in England & Wales Yet There's Still no National Plan to Tackle It. I’ve Joined Others Across Academia/ Civil Society Calling on the Government to Act Now and Deliver a New Hate Crime Action Plan. Read the Open Letter Here: tinyurl.com/kx89yxuv

Introducing #MoslemBoushehrian and his research on Hate Crime Perception 🗣🎙 🔗 To learn more about Moslem’s research, watch this short video below ⬇ youtu.be/snx2PE7tRz0 #NationalHCAW

Please see Below a Link to our Webinar with Dr #MartinGlynn ‘Black Men, Invisibility and Crime: Towards a Critical Race Theory of Desistance' Wed 22 Oct 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BST 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/bscha...

Introducing Dr #BenColliver and his research on ‘everyday’ expressions of hate against sexuality and gender 🗣🎙 🔗 To learn more about Ben’s research, watch this short video below ⬇ youtu.be/0dvU4w21_Hk #NationalHCAW

Introducing #DrAmyClarke and her research on new migrant and marginalised communities 🗣🎙 🔗 To learn more about Amy’s research, watch this short video below ⬇ youtube.com/shorts/p2SVo... #NationalHCAW

Introducing @drdavidwilkin.bsky.social and his research on hate and hostility against disabled people 🗣🎙 🔗 To learn more about David’s research, watch this short video below ⬇ youtu.be/1fJkxwVOWQY #NationalHCAW

COMING SOON: My Latest Article on the Terrorism-Climate-Conflict Nexus - The Darkest Shade of Green. Examining How ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah Weaponize Climate Disasters to Out-Govern Failing/Fragile States and Build Territorial Control 💃💃💃💃💃

Introducing Professor @jongarland.bsky.social and his two decades worth of research into hate-based victimisation 🗣🎙 🔗 From researching racism in football to undertaking large scale projects, watch Jon’s short video below to learn more about his research ⬇ youtu.be/wsr4EvuaJgA #NationalHCAW

Introducing Dr #LaurenStecklesYoung and her research on disablist hate crime, ‘everyday’ hostility and online abuse 🗣🎙 🔗 To learn more about Lauren’s research, watch this short video below ⬇ youtube.com/shorts/pJR8c... #NationalHCAW

Introducing Dr @rachelkeighley.bsky.social and her work on LGBTQ+ hate, online hate and research as activism 🗣🎙 Rachel’s research spans several important areas relating to hate crime.. 🔗 To learn more about Rachel’s research, watch this video ⬇ youtu.be/QZy-foFHUus #NationalHCAW

Introducing Dr @Mikahil Azad and his research on Islamophobia and mosque safety 🗣🎙 🔗 To learn more about Mikahil’s research, watch this short video below ⬇ youtu.be/AcknUnx_MN0 #NationalHCAW

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

1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

On Route to Prague to Deliver a Keynote at the @vox-pol.bsky.social Next Generation Conference, Really Looking Forward to Discussing My Book and What is Next For Future Research Directions For Online Extremism, and Hearing All the New and AMAZING Research 🍺🍺🍻🍻🍻🍻 💃💃💃

📢 New publication! Really pleased to share part 2 of Childhood Innocence Project with @hannahbrose.bsky.social: "Firm Convictions?: Unpicking Framings of Child #Terrorism Offenders" published in new @terpolv.bsky.social special issue on terrorist motivations /1 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

All thanks to you @ginavale.bsky.social for your *phenomenal* contribution with Hannah Rose on the framings of child terrorism offenders. This essential paper is available #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The entire special issue on terrorist motivation has just been published, with several pieces #openaccess. Check it out. www.tandfonline.com/toc/ftpv20/3...

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...

Delighted to Have Co-Written This Blog with the Wonderful #NicolaMathieson and @audreygagnon.bsky.social Based on the Joint @crexuio.bsky.social @vox-pol.bsky.social Summer School Visits to Memorial Sites for the July 22 Attacks. Was Such an AMAZING Teaching Moment 👇👇 voxpol.eu/importance-o...

Excited to Share The Latest in Our #PGR #ECR Events, This Talk is By the Amazing Dr Simona Mihaiu (University of Bucharest) On Hate Crimes in Romania: Comparative Analysis of the Roma Minority and General Population Wednesday 26 November 2-3 GMT 👇👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/bscha...

Another AMAZING Talk Coming Up Soon for Our #PGR #ECR Discussion Group. Paula María Núñez Guerra Will Discuss Terrorism and Violent Extremism as Key Players in the Removal of Illegal Content from the Web Friday 17 October 10-11 BST 👇👇👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/bscha...

The CFP For the Best Conference in the World is Out 🎉🎉🎊🎊🍾🍾 As If #TASM2026 Couldn't Get Any More Elite The Excursion Option is Only To Barry Freakin Island, Get Your Abstracts In People 💃💃 #WhatsOccuring #Tidy #ItMeansHillInWelsh www.tasmconf.com

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 👇👇 www.nature.com/collections/...

Really Looking Forward To Today's Event Political Witchcraft: Magic and the Politics of Representation and Talking about My Fave Ever Topic the Nazi Supernatural 🔮🔮👻👻👽👽

Pleased to have had the opportunity to contribute to this research with Human Digital and @vox-pol.bsky.social. The ongoing proliferation of illegal content on gore sites is undermining broader efforts to counter terrorism and other harms online. Among the key findings of the research:

Buy my book! It's not for 99% of people (according to one review), but it might just be for you ;-)