📢 New Blog Post! 🚨 Just a month before the Dutch elections, Iris Beau Segers and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social highlight the troubling normalization of far-right ideologies, the democratic erosion, and the recent violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

📢 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...

📢 Subscribe to our new mailing list for the RightNow! blog! by clicking this link: shorturl.at/Frz6a. Get insights from C-REX researchers and other experts on contemporary far-right politics, including party dynamics, cultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Don’t miss this event on how to research the far right safely with former C-REX postdoc @audreygagnon.bsky.social👇

📚 New edited volume "(Un)Silencing Academia in Times of Epistemic Conflicts: Navigating Online Violence"! Featuring contributions from former and current C-REX scholars, including @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social, & Iris Segers. www.routledge.com/UnSilencing-...

Norske mediers normalisering av ytre høyre de siste tre (!) dagene: Lørdag: TV2 rapporterer fra minnemarkering foran Stortinget i regi av høyreekstrem organisasjon uten å nevne ett ord om arrangørens ideologi.

The murder of Tamima Nibras Juhar on Aug 24 is part of a long series of severe far-right & racist attacks in Norway in recent years, writes the RTV team at C-REX in a new blog post. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

"In the era of ‘new’ and subtle forms of racism, it is important to remember that people’s lives increasingly take place online where racism remains overt." Check out this new blog post written for C-REX by Marjan Nadim from the Institute for Social Research. #Racism www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products

📢 New article 🌟 👥 Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social and Tamta Gelashvili @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social (ISV) 🔎 How can institutions better support researchers? The case of extremism and terrorism research 📗 Open access in Qualitative Research doi.org/10.1177/1468...

🌍 What can a small country do in the face of authoritarianism and democratic setbacks? Join PM Jonas Gahr Støre at C-REX/UiO on Aug 25, 2025, to discuss how Norway can address these challenges amidst rising extremism. #DemocracyUnderPressure #Norway #Academia www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...

🌍 Join us for a series of breakfast meetings this Fall on rising extremism and pressuring democracies! 📍25 Aug: PM Jonas Gahr Støre on what Norway can do📍 24 Sep: Normalization of the Extreme 📍 23 Oct: Democracy's Resilience 📍 19 Nov: Academia Under Attack. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...

Read more about the HITS project, a collaborative effort between Iris Segers (University of Oslo), @audreygagnon.bsky.social (University of Ottawa), @sldelange.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam), and @arjupskas.bsky.social (University of Oslo), here: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

🚨 The first publication from the HITS project is now out: "Institutional Responses to Threats and Harassment of Academics: Evidence From a Survey Among Political Scientists in Norway" by @arjupskas.bsky.social, Iris B. Segers, & @audreygagnon.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 New edited volume "The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Violent Extremism," edited by former C-REX postdoc Milan Obaidi & C-REX affiliate Jonas Kunst! Featuring contributions from our scholars like Tore Bjørgo, Katrine Fangen, and Inger Skjelsbæk. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

New publication by former C-REX guest researcher, Martin Hamre👇

When they tell you academia is a woke bubble just remember where we came from

New blog post for the C-REX blog RightNow! by @mathiesonnicola.bsky.social and @audreygagnon.bsky.social 👇

In a challenging field, supporting the next generation of scholars is essential! 🌱 Check out @mathiesonnicola.bsky.social and @audreygagnon.bsky.social's reflections on hosting the 2nd edition of the 2025 Summer School on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism. #Extremism www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

The Sociology of Famine 😭 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Stay updated on far-right politics and right-wing extremism! Check out our blog, RightNow! 🌍📰 With hundreds of posts from recent years and a new search function, you can easily find what you're looking for. #RightNowBlog #FarRightPolitics www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Don’t miss this important forthcoming volume on trans panic and anti gender mobilization, edited by a brilliant team of current and former @crexuio.bsky.social scholars👇

Nicola Mathieson and I had the privilege of hosting the @crexuio.bsky.social & @vox-pol.bsky.social PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism! We were incredibly impressed by the brilliant students who joined us in Oslo! Their thoughtful engagement made it a truly inspiring week🤩

Today marks three years since the terror attack on the LGBTQ+ community at Oslo Pride. In this op-ed, @bphaanshuus.bsky.social and Øyvind Solheim discuss the lasting negative impact, with many now feeling Norwegian society is less inclusive. #OsloPride #LGBTQ+ klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...

New blog post! “To cope with terrorist attacks, we look for signs that the perpetrators are somehow abnormal or monstrous. Often, they are more similar to the rest of us than we are willing to accept,” writes C-REX guest researcher Inger Storm Sandboe www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

🚨 New blog post: "Why Anti-LGBTQI Hate Crimes Are Not Reported to the Police" by Kristina Os, Rune Ellefsen, and Mona Hovland Jakobsen, based on findings from the HATECYCLE project. Check it out! #LGBTQI #HateCrimes #HATECYCLE www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Last week we celebrated the achievements and (soon to be) 10th anniversary of @crexuio.bsky.social in beautiful Rome. I'm happy and proud to have been part of such a cool and inspiring research community from the very beginning. Fingers crossed for a bright future!

📢 New research by Alexandre Morin-Chassé reveals that supporters of far-right parties in Scandinavia are more likely to believe genetics play a significant role in social outcomes compared to other party supporters. Read more about the findings on our blog RightNow! www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Check out this very important work by two C-REX affiliates, @audreygagnon.bsky.social and @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social 👇

🌟 New blog post! Jan Christoffer Andersen shares insights from interviews with incels, uncovering the diverse ideologies and forms of subcultural involvement within this group. Check it out! #Incels #Subculture #ResearchInsights www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Check out the new blog post by @sveinungsandberg.bsky.social and colleagues! They explore how sociological and criminological theories can help us understand the complex interplay between violent street subcultures and jihadi extremism. #Research #Violence #Extremism www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

The Right-wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) Trend Report 2024 has been published! Key findings can be found in the thread below. The updated dataset is also available on our website. Be sure to check it out!

Did you know about our RTV Map Tool developed by @crexuio.bsky.social, which helps you geo-track right-wing terrorism and violence across 19 West European countries? Freely available here (best on larger screens): www.sv.c-rex.uio.no/RTVMapTool/

New blog post about #BTW25 #GermanElection by Sabine Volk, research associate at the Chair of Political Science and Comparative Government at the University of Passau, Germany: "Far Right Skyrockets, Left Consolidates" www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Far-right politicians around the world have mastered the art of epistemic warfare, posing a serious threat to academic freedom. @crexuio.bsky.social scholar Iris B. Segers reflects on the challenges of feminist resistance to a bizarre political reality rife with lies. theloop.ecpr.eu/lies-damned-...

Apply to be an editor for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity! ASA’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities is looking for editor applications from individuals and teams. Applications due March 28. Read the call here: https://bit.ly/4jsHxZN #ASA #journals #sociology #research #editor

- "The shocking murder of the anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic provocateur, Salwan Momika, shows how Quran burnings are part of a global theater of injustice." New blog post by C-REX affiliate Iselin Frydenlund. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

What’s at stake in public panics about (in)fertility? Register for the International Women's Day seminar on reproduction issues, exploring gender, sexuality, race, and class influences. Presentation by C-REX affiliate @evianeleidig.com, among others. www.uio.no/english/abou...

Another trigger warning: more #Science, this time #Sociology research that identifies #RightWingExtremism as the main source of disinformation in our world. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New blog post! In light of the recent U.S. election, Tina Askanius highlights that gender and misogyny have taken centre stage in the world of politics and conservative thinking, and discusses what this might imply for scholars of extremism. #Genderstudies #Sociology #Extremism

Sociologist Vânia Penha-Lopes did a comparative analysis of how race, religion, and ideas of nation shaped the rise of far right figures in Brazil and the US. Interesting explanations for how nonwhite voters come to support white supremacist politicians. rowman.com/ISBN/9781793...

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, set to join President-elect Donald Trump's administration as an outside adviser, waded into Germany's election campaign on Friday, calling the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) the country's saviour.

Christina Archetti and Banafsheh Ranji argue that in Norway, racist discourse is produced and reproduced by journalists and ordinary citizens who would not regard themselves as racist. @crexuio.bsky.social #Sociology #Mediastudies Read the latest Right-Now blog post: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Our newsletter for December is out! Sign up here if you want to receive the latest news and information!: pub.dialogapi.no/s/MjIyOTk6ZW...

We're counting down to the end of 2024 by highlighting key C-REX events from throughout the year. No 19: The RTV dataset was significantly improved due to backlogging and the 2023 update. A new trend report will be out in 2025. Download the existing dataset for here: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

We're counting down to the end of 2024 by highlighting key C-REX events from throughout the year. No 18: We organized a conference together w/ @zif-bielefeld.bsky.social and @wi-rex.bsky.social among others. A special thanks to @manesweisskircher.bsky.social & @katrif.bsky.social for great keynotes!

@crexuio.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social & CASEI Webinar series 'Researching the Far Right: Ethics and Method' is taking a break for the vacations, but we will be back on Jan 16 to discuss care and safety when researching the far right! Don't miss this 👀

Over 45.000 Palestinians killed in Gaza.

We're counting down to the end of 2024 by highlighting key C-REX events from throughout the year. No. 13: Our researcher Christopher Fardan was awarded the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre Doctoral Thesis Prize for his PhD on extreme nationalism in Norway. research.manchester.ac.uk/en/studentTh...

We're counting down to the end of 2024 by highlighting key C-REX events from throughout the year. No. 14: We published a WP by Tina Askanius, entitled "Gender, Misogyny, and Far-Right Extremism," based on her keynote at the Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism 2024. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...