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VOX-Pol The VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (NoE) is a European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7)-funded academic research network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and impacts of Violent Online Political Extremism and responses to it. VOX-POL NEWSLETTER 8(2) JUNE 2021 The article, Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines, by Maura Conway, VOX-Pol Coordinator, is now open access and can be read in full for free.It is part of the March 2021 Ethics and Terrorism special issue of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. The article reflects on two core issues that occur as RESEARCHER RESOURCES Researcher Resources is a directory of tools, datasets, events and other useful links, which are collected and grouped by topic. This resource is for researchers working in online extremism and terrorism. THE ALT-RIGHT IN EUROPE Read in Dutch Read in French Read in German Earlier this month, VOX-Pol published The Alt-Right Twitter Census, an analysis of the online activities of the right-wing umbrella movement. The report examined almost 30,000 followers of Twitter accounts that self-identified as alt-right in their user names or profile information. The report painted a picture of THE FAR RIGHT ONLINE: AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT STUDIES By Reem Ahmed and Daniela Pisoiu Social media is attractive to the far right in the same way as it is to other extremist groups. It offers a more direct, personal communication channel with potential audiences (Ernst et al. 2017: 1357). Moreover, in the absence of traditional media ‘gatekeepers’, the far right are able to WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN COMPUTER GAMING AND HATE-BASED The online gaming platform Steam, run by Valve Corporation, until recently, hosted a group that also called itself Atomwaffen Division. The themes of the Steam-based group included the swastika icon, the “racial displacement of the white race” by “Jewish oligarchies and globalist bankers,” and the need for National Socialism. IS ISIS DEAD OR ALIVE? By Moign Khawaja It has been almost two years since the Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, lost its final stronghold in eastern Syria and four months since its leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed in a US military raid. Have these two game-changing events led to the

demise of the group

THE EU COMMISSION ON VOLUNTARY MONITORING: GOOD SAMARITAN By Aleksandra Kuczerawy The European Commission is encouraging Internet intermediaries to take up more proactive stance in fighting illegal content online. Voluntary measures may lead, however, to the loss of a liability exemption offered by the E-Commerce Directive. The Commission attempts to convince the intermediaries that this would not be the case, and discusses the COUNTERING LONE WOLF TERRORISM: WEAK SIGNALS AND ONLINE This post is part of the chapter “Countering Lone Wolf Terrorism: Weak Signals and Online Activities” in the book Understanding Lone Actor Terrorism – Past Experience, Future Outlook, and Response Strategies edited by Michael Fredholm. Edan Landau,”And Inspire the Believers”, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, IDC REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA? IT’S A BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN By Sara Solmone Free speech is a key aspect of the internet, but it has become increasingly obvious that many online will push that freedom to extremes, leaving website comment sections, Twitter feeds and Facebook groups awash with racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise unpalatable opinions and vitriolic views, and obscene or shocking

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VOX-Pol The VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (NoE) is a European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7)-funded academic research network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and impacts of Violent Online Political Extremism and responses to it. VOX-POL PUBLICATIONS Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines. Publication Year. 2021. Authors. Conway, M. View. Read Abstract. This article reflects on two core issues of human subjects’ research ethics and how they play out for online extremism and terrorism researchers. VOX-POL NEWSLETTER 8(2) JUNE 2021 The article, Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines, by Maura Conway, VOX-Pol Coordinator, is now open access and can be read in full for free.It is part of the March 2021 Ethics and Terrorism special issue of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. The article reflects on two core issues that occur as THE ALT-RIGHT IN EUROPE Read in Dutch Read in French Read in German Earlier this month, VOX-Pol published The Alt-Right Twitter Census, an analysis of the online activities of the right-wing umbrella movement. The report examined almost 30,000 followers of Twitter accounts that self-identified as alt-right in their user names or profile information. The report painted a picture of THE FAR RIGHT ONLINE: AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT STUDIES By Reem Ahmed and Daniela Pisoiu Social media is attractive to the far right in the same way as it is to other extremist groups. It offers a more direct, personal communication channel with potential audiences (Ernst et al. 2017: 1357). Moreover, in the absence of traditional media ‘gatekeepers’, the far right are able to IS ISIS DEAD OR ALIVE? By Moign Khawaja It has been almost two years since the Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, lost its final stronghold in eastern Syria and four months since its leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed in a US military raid. Have these two game-changing events led to the

demise of the group

WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN COMPUTER GAMING AND HATE-BASED The online gaming platform Steam, run by Valve Corporation, until recently, hosted a group that also called itself Atomwaffen Division. The themes of the Steam-based group included the swastika icon, the “racial displacement of the white race” by “Jewish oligarchies and globalist bankers,” and the need for National Socialism. THE EU COMMISSION ON VOLUNTARY MONITORING: GOOD SAMARITAN By Aleksandra Kuczerawy The European Commission is encouraging Internet intermediaries to take up more proactive stance in fighting illegal content online. Voluntary measures may lead, however, to the loss of a liability exemption offered by the E-Commerce Directive. The Commission attempts to convince the intermediaries that this would not be the case, and discusses the REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA? IT’S A BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN By Sara Solmone Free speech is a key aspect of the internet, but it has become increasingly obvious that many online will push that freedom to extremes, leaving website comment sections, Twitter feeds and Facebook groups awash with racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise unpalatable opinions and vitriolic views, and obscene or shocking

images or videos.

COUNTERING LONE WOLF TERRORISM: WEAK SIGNALS AND ONLINE This post is part of the chapter “Countering Lone Wolf Terrorism: Weak Signals and Online Activities” in the book Understanding Lone Actor Terrorism – Past Experience, Future Outlook, and Response Strategies edited by Michael Fredholm. Edan Landau,”And Inspire the Believers”, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, IDC VOX-POL NEWSLETTER 8(2) JUNE 2021 The article, Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines, by Maura Conway, VOX-Pol Coordinator, is now open access and can be read in full for free.It is part of the March 2021 Ethics and Terrorism special issue of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. The article reflects on two core issues that occur as VOX-POL PUBLICATIONS Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines. Publication Year. 2021. Authors. Conway, M. View. Read Abstract. This article reflects on two core issues of human subjects’ research ethics and how they play out for online extremism and terrorism researchers. ABOUT US - VOX - POL The aim of the VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (NoE) is the comprehensive exploration of the many varieties of Violent Online Political Extremism, its societal impacts, and responses to it. To this end, project partners combine complementary expertise from a range of disciplines (e.g. Communications, Computer Science,

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RESEARCHER RESOURCES Researcher Resources is a directory of tools, datasets, events and other useful links, which are collected and grouped by topic. This resource is for researchers working in online extremism and terrorism. HOW DO VIOLENT EXTREMISTS USE DIGITAL MEDIA? AN ANALYSIS By Saimum Parvez Bangladesh is an often overlooked country in violent extremism research. At least 40 pro-secular writers and activists, foreign nationals, and members of minority religious groups were murdered in Bangladesh by violent extremists between 2013 and 2017. On July 1, 2016, Islamic State-affiliated violent extremists stabbed to death 20 hostages, including Indian, Italian, VOX-POL NEWSLETTER 8(1) MARCH 2021 THE VOX-Pol BLOG. Our VOX-Pol Blog posts continue to get great traction. Within a few days of the events at the US capitol on 6 Jan., for example, the post Gab.com: the Pro-Trump Alternative to Social Media by Jordan McSwiney and Greta Jasser–originally published in the October 2020 edition of e-Extreme, the newsletter of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group LONE ACTORS IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS Alexander Ritzmann is a Senior Advisor to RAN and the Counter Extremism Project.On Twitter @alexRitzmann.. This article is republished with permission from the April 2021 edition of Spotlight magazine, ‘Digital Challenges‘. Spotlight is a publication from the European Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network for RAN’s network of practitioners. COMPARING THE ONLINE POSTING BEHAVIORS OF VIOLENT AND NON This article summarises a recent study published in Terrorism and Political Violence. By Ryan Scrivens, Thomas W. Wojciechowski, Joshua D. Freilich, Steven M. Chermak, and Richard Frank Despite the ongoing need for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to identify and assess the online activities of violent extremists prior to their engagement in violence offline, little is THE ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN FACILITATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM This article is the first of a two-part series. It summarizes a recent study published in Terrorism and Political Violence.Part II is HERE.. By Tiana Gaudette, Ryan Scrivens, and Vivek Venkatesh. In the past five years, it has become increasingly common for practitioners and policymakers in the western world to draw from the insights of former extremists to generate knowledge on the prevalence HOW MEMES ARE BECOMING THE NEW FRONTIER OF INFORMATION The memes it’s producing focus on ‘the aviation and defence industries, and target key decision-makers involved in the awarding of major government defence contracts’. The memeing, it has transpired, was political. Those memes were a form of information warfare, or what would have been thought of in the past as a psychological operation. VOX – POLABOUTBACKGROUNDEVENTSRESEARCHER RESOURCESNEWS &

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VOX-Pol The VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (NoE) is a European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7)-funded academic research network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and impacts of Violent Online Political Extremism and responses to it. VOX-POL NEWSLETTER 8(2) JUNE 2021 The article, Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines, by Maura Conway, VOX-Pol Coordinator, is now open access and can be read in full for free.It is part of the March 2021 Ethics and Terrorism special issue of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. The article reflects on two core issues that occur as RESEARCHER RESOURCES Researcher Resources is a directory of tools, datasets, events and other useful links, which are collected and grouped by topic. This resource is for researchers working in online extremism and terrorism. THE ALT-RIGHT IN EUROPE Read in Dutch Read in French Read in German Earlier this month, VOX-Pol published The Alt-Right Twitter Census, an analysis of the online activities of the right-wing umbrella movement. The report examined almost 30,000 followers of Twitter accounts that self-identified as alt-right in their user names or profile information. The report painted a picture of THE FAR RIGHT ONLINE: AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT STUDIES By Reem Ahmed and Daniela Pisoiu Social media is attractive to the far right in the same way as it is to other extremist groups. It offers a more direct, personal communication channel with potential audiences (Ernst et al. 2017: 1357). Moreover, in the absence of traditional media ‘gatekeepers’, the far right are able to WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN COMPUTER GAMING AND HATE-BASED The online gaming platform Steam, run by Valve Corporation, until recently, hosted a group that also called itself Atomwaffen Division. The themes of the Steam-based group included the swastika icon, the “racial displacement of the white race” by “Jewish oligarchies and globalist bankers,” and the need for National Socialism. IS ISIS DEAD OR ALIVE? By Moign Khawaja It has been almost two years since the Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, lost its final stronghold in eastern Syria and four months since its leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed in a US military raid. Have these two game-changing events led to the

demise of the group

THE EU COMMISSION ON VOLUNTARY MONITORING: GOOD SAMARITAN By Aleksandra Kuczerawy The European Commission is encouraging Internet intermediaries to take up more proactive stance in fighting illegal content online. Voluntary measures may lead, however, to the loss of a liability exemption offered by the E-Commerce Directive. The Commission attempts to convince the intermediaries that this would not be the case, and discusses the COUNTERING LONE WOLF TERRORISM: WEAK SIGNALS AND ONLINE This post is part of the chapter “Countering Lone Wolf Terrorism: Weak Signals and Online Activities” in the book Understanding Lone Actor Terrorism – Past Experience, Future Outlook, and Response Strategies edited by Michael Fredholm. Edan Landau,”And Inspire the Believers”, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, IDC REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA? IT’S A BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN By Sara Solmone Free speech is a key aspect of the internet, but it has become increasingly obvious that many online will push that freedom to extremes, leaving website comment sections, Twitter feeds and Facebook groups awash with racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise unpalatable opinions and vitriolic views, and obscene or shocking

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VOX-Pol The VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (NoE) is a European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7)-funded academic research network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and impacts of Violent Online Political Extremism and responses to it. VOX-POL NEWSLETTER 8(2) JUNE 2021 The article, Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines, by Maura Conway, VOX-Pol Coordinator, is now open access and can be read in full for free.It is part of the March 2021 Ethics and Terrorism special issue of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. The article reflects on two core issues that occur as RESEARCHER RESOURCES Researcher Resources is a directory of tools, datasets, events and other useful links, which are collected and grouped by topic. This resource is for researchers working in online extremism and terrorism. THE ALT-RIGHT IN EUROPE Read in Dutch Read in French Read in German Earlier this month, VOX-Pol published The Alt-Right Twitter Census, an analysis of the online activities of the right-wing umbrella movement. The report examined almost 30,000 followers of Twitter accounts that self-identified as alt-right in their user names or profile information. The report painted a picture of THE FAR RIGHT ONLINE: AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT STUDIES By Reem Ahmed and Daniela Pisoiu Social media is attractive to the far right in the same way as it is to other extremist groups. It offers a more direct, personal communication channel with potential audiences (Ernst et al. 2017: 1357). Moreover, in the absence of traditional media ‘gatekeepers’, the far right are able to WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN COMPUTER GAMING AND HATE-BASED The online gaming platform Steam, run by Valve Corporation, until recently, hosted a group that also called itself Atomwaffen Division. The themes of the Steam-based group included the swastika icon, the “racial displacement of the white race” by “Jewish oligarchies and globalist bankers,” and the need for National Socialism. IS ISIS DEAD OR ALIVE? By Moign Khawaja It has been almost two years since the Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, lost its final stronghold in eastern Syria and four months since its leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed in a US military raid. Have these two game-changing events led to the

demise of the group

THE EU COMMISSION ON VOLUNTARY MONITORING: GOOD SAMARITAN By Aleksandra Kuczerawy The European Commission is encouraging Internet intermediaries to take up more proactive stance in fighting illegal content online. Voluntary measures may lead, however, to the loss of a liability exemption offered by the E-Commerce Directive. The Commission attempts to convince the intermediaries that this would not be the case, and discusses the COUNTERING LONE WOLF TERRORISM: WEAK SIGNALS AND ONLINE This post is part of the chapter “Countering Lone Wolf Terrorism: Weak Signals and Online Activities” in the book Understanding Lone Actor Terrorism – Past Experience, Future Outlook, and Response Strategies edited by Michael Fredholm. Edan Landau,”And Inspire the Believers”, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, IDC REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA? IT’S A BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN By Sara Solmone Free speech is a key aspect of the internet, but it has become increasingly obvious that many online will push that freedom to extremes, leaving website comment sections, Twitter feeds and Facebook groups awash with racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise unpalatable opinions and vitriolic views, and obscene or shocking

images or videos.

VOX-POL NEWSLETTER 8(2) JUNE 2021 The article, Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines, by Maura Conway, VOX-Pol Coordinator, is now open access and can be read in full for free.It is part of the March 2021 Ethics and Terrorism special issue of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. The article reflects on two core issues that occur as VOX-POL PUBLICATIONS Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines. Publication Year. 2021. Authors. Conway, M. View. Read Abstract. This article reflects on two core issues of human subjects’ research ethics and how they play out for online extremism and terrorism researchers. ABOUT US - VOX - POL The aim of the VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (NoE) is the comprehensive exploration of the many varieties of Violent Online Political Extremism, its societal impacts, and responses to it. To this end, project partners combine complementary expertise from a range of disciplines (e.g. Communications, Computer Science,

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RESEARCHER RESOURCES Researcher Resources is a directory of tools, datasets, events and other useful links, which are collected and grouped by topic. This resource is for researchers working in online extremism and terrorism. HOW DO VIOLENT EXTREMISTS USE DIGITAL MEDIA? AN ANALYSIS By Saimum Parvez Bangladesh is an often overlooked country in violent extremism research. At least 40 pro-secular writers and activists, foreign nationals, and members of minority religious groups were murdered in Bangladesh by violent extremists between 2013 and 2017. On July 1, 2016, Islamic State-affiliated violent extremists stabbed to death 20 hostages, including Indian, Italian, VOX-POL NEWSLETTER 8(1) MARCH 2021 THE VOX-Pol BLOG. Our VOX-Pol Blog posts continue to get great traction. Within a few days of the events at the US capitol on 6 Jan., for example, the post Gab.com: the Pro-Trump Alternative to Social Media by Jordan McSwiney and Greta Jasser–originally published in the October 2020 edition of e-Extreme, the newsletter of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group LONE ACTORS IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS Alexander Ritzmann is a Senior Advisor to RAN and the Counter Extremism Project.On Twitter @alexRitzmann.. This article is republished with permission from the April 2021 edition of Spotlight magazine, ‘Digital Challenges‘. Spotlight is a publication from the European Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network for RAN’s network of practitioners. COMPARING THE ONLINE POSTING BEHAVIORS OF VIOLENT AND NON This article summarises a recent study published in Terrorism and Political Violence. By Ryan Scrivens, Thomas W. Wojciechowski, Joshua D. Freilich, Steven M. Chermak, and Richard Frank Despite the ongoing need for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to identify and assess the online activities of violent extremists prior to their engagement in violence offline, little is THE ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN FACILITATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM This article is the first of a two-part series. It summarizes a recent study published in Terrorism and Political Violence.Part II is HERE.. By Tiana Gaudette, Ryan Scrivens, and Vivek Venkatesh. In the past five years, it has become increasingly common for practitioners and policymakers in the western world to draw from the insights of former extremists to generate knowledge on the prevalence HOW MEMES ARE BECOMING THE NEW FRONTIER OF INFORMATION The memes it’s producing focus on ‘the aviation and defence industries, and target key decision-makers involved in the awarding of major government defence contracts’. The memeing, it has transpired, was political. Those memes were a form of information warfare, or what would have been thought of in the past as a psychological operation.

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MOBILIZING EXTREMISM ONLINE: COMPARING AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST GROUPS ON FACEBOOK

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Hutchinson, J., Amarasingam, A., Scrivens, R. and Ballsun-Stanton, B. Right-wing extremist groups harness popular social media platforms to accrue and mobilize followers. In recent years, researchers have examined the various themes and narratives espoused by extremist groups in the United States and Europe, and how these themes and narratives are employed to mobil...

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IDENTIFYING KEY PLAYERS IN VIOLENT EXTREMIST NETWORKS: USING SOCIO-SEMANTIC NETWORK ANALYSIS AS PART OF A PROGRAM OF CONTENT

MODERATION

2021

Bérubé, M., Beaulieu, L.A., Mongeau, P. and Saint-Charles, J. Some moderation strategies of online content have targeted the individuals believed to be the most influential in the diffusion of such material, while others have focused on censorship of the content itself. Few approaches consider these two aspects simultaneously. The present study addresses th...

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MAPPING GLOBAL CYBERTERROR NETWORKS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF AL-QAEDA AND ISIS CYBERTERRORISM EVENTS

2021

Lee, C.S., Choi, K.S., Shandler, R. and Kayser, C., This study explores the internal dynamics and networks of terrorist groups in cyberspace—in particular, Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Using a “Global Cyberterrorism Dataset” that features data on cyberterror attacks between 2011 and 2016, this research analyzes these ...

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MOBILIZING EXTREMISM ONLINE: COMPARING AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST GROUPS ON FACEBOOK

2021

Hutchinson, J., Amarasingam, A., Scrivens, R. and Ballsun-Stanton, B. Right-wing extremist groups harness popular social media platforms to accrue and mobilize followers. In recent years, researchers have examined the various themes and narratives espoused by extremist groups in the United States and Europe, and how these themes and narratives are employed to mobil...

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IDENTIFYING KEY PLAYERS IN VIOLENT EXTREMIST NETWORKS: USING SOCIO-SEMANTIC NETWORK ANALYSIS AS PART OF A PROGRAM OF CONTENT

MODERATION

2021

Bérubé, M., Beaulieu, L.A., Mongeau, P. and Saint-Charles, J. Some moderation strategies of online content have targeted the individuals believed to be the most influential in the diffusion of such material, while others have focused on censorship of the content itself. Few approaches consider these two aspects simultaneously. The present study addresses th...

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ICSR’s mission is to bring together knowledge and leadership. Producing first class, rigorous research, our aim is to educate the public and help policymakers and practitioners find more intelligent solutions in dealing with radicalisation and political violence. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD The University of Oxford is one of the world’s leading universities. It teaches and conducts research across the natural, medical, and social sciences and humanities. The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a department in the University’s Social Science Division. Research in the Institute is arranged into four themes: governance and democracy, everyday life, the social shaping of technology, and science and learning. The Institute has 18 full-time academic staff, including political scientists, sociologists, economists, geographers and anthropologists. It also teaches c.20 doctoral students and 20+ MSc students. The OII is the only major department in a top-ranked international university to offer multi-disciplinary social science degree programmes focusing on the Internet. The Institute’s research projects are grounded in a determination to measure, understand and explain the Internet’s multi-faceted interactions. OXFORD – OXFORD INTERNET INSTITUTE OII research focuses on individual, collective and institutional behaviour on the internet. Now that digital connections are embedded in almost every aspect of everyday life, such research is crucial to understand the social, economic and political world. NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (TNO) (NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK

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It is currently running a series of research projects in the area of terrorism and political violence, among which are TERAS-INDEX (Terrorism and Radicalisation – Indicators for the Impact of External Factors); Modeling Islamist and Right-wing Radicalisation in Europe; Subjecting Freedom: Analysing Arguments in Favour of Restricting Human and Civil Rights Under the Pretext of Combating Terrorism in the USA, EU, and Russia; and Piracy and Maritime Terrorism as a Challenge for Maritime Trade Security. CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY Budapest’s Central European University (CEU), established in 1991, has more than 1500 students from 100 countries and 300 faculty members from more than 30 countries. CEU’s Centre for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) is a hub for media and communication policy and research with a mission to advance media and communication scholarship in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. The CMDS was initiated in 2004 through the joint efforts of CEU and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. CMDS produces scholarly and practice-oriented research addressing academic, policy, and civil society needs. CMDS research promotes pluralism, participation and the democratic potential of the media, and investigates the complexities of media and communication in transition. CMDS research specifically focuses on media and communication policy, online free expression, responses to hate speech, communicative rights, privacy, and civil society. CEU – CENTRE FOR MEDIA, DATA AND SOCIETY The Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) at the School of Public Policy of CEU is a research center for the study of media, communication, and information policy and its impact on society and practice. CMDS produces scholarly and practice-oriented research addressing academic, policy and civil society needs, provides trainings and organizes workshops, lectures and conferences on current developments in the field, and CMDS researchers offer courses at CEU. UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM The University of Amsterdam (UvA), established in 1632, is the third oldest university in the Netherlands. It is also the Netherland’s largest university by enrollment, and is one of the largest research universities in Europe with 29,783 students, 4,629 staff, and an endowment of €613.5 million. UvA’s Intelligent Systems Lab (ISLA) performs fundamental, applied and spin-off research. ISLA defines intelligence as observing and learning; observing the world by video, still pictures, signals and text and abstracting knowledge or decisions to act from these observations. Comprising of three research groups, ISLA has around 20 permanent staff members, a similar number of post-docs and engineers, and around 40 PhD students doing research on the theory, practice and implementation of multimedia information analysis. Their research portfolios include image and text search engines, learning from sensory data and indexing of large repositories. For text and visual media the Lab consistently achieves top-ranking performance in international benchmark competitions. INDRAPRASTHA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IIITD) The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD) was created as a State University by an act of Delhi Government (The IIIT Delhi Act, 2007) empowering it to do research and development and to grant degrees. The mission of IIITD is to be a global centre of excellence in Information Technology education, training, and research. Its twin aims are: to carry out advanced research and development in information and software technologies in specific domain areas and to train and educate, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, engineers of outstanding ability who can become innovators and new product creators. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (UCL) University College London (UCL) was established in 1826 to open up education in England for the first time to students of all races, classes and religions. Today, UCL is the top-rated university in the UK for research strength and won the largest funding allocation from the UK research councils in 2013. The university also attracts the third highest number of academic citations per faculty in the UK, demonstrating the relevance and standards of its research. UCL’s Department of Security and Crime Science is the first university department in the world devoted specifically to reducing crime and other risks to personal and national security. It does this through teaching, research, public policy analysis and by the dissemination of evidence-based information on crime reduction and security enhancement. The department plays a pivotal role in bringing together politicians, scientists, designers and practitioners to examine patterns in crime and security threats and to find practical methods to disrupt these patterns. The department is widely recognised for its knowledge transfer and exploitation activities, and the impact that its research has had on real world crime problems. UCL – DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY AND CRIME SCIENCE From the start we have had a clear mission and a distinctive approach – crime science – to achieving that mission. Our goal is no less than to change the way that academics, policy makers and practitioners think about and respond to crime and security issues. 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The School is a contributor to DCU’s Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction (IICRR), which works with key civil society partners and government to make its research more accessible to scholars and practitioners alike.

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 312827

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