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Ayse (Aisha) Lokman @aysed.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Humbled and honored to be a part of this cohort!!

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Alexandra Phelan @alexphelan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

🚨It’s out! Our new article (co-authored with soon-to-be Dr. Christina Schmid) examines how shifts in gender relations advanced the PYD’s broader politico-military strategy during three phases of insurgent control (2011–2018). It’s open access below!👇🏼 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Emily Hoge @emilyehoge.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

As a historian of masculinities, I can confirm that life truly is mostly about Buffalo Wild Wings

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Imogen Richards @imogenrichards.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Excited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! 📚 shorturl.at/LaKw7 'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia. A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S

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(PDF) Introduction: Media, democracy, and the global rise of the far right

PDF | This introductory chapter establishes a theoretical and conceptual foundation for analysing far-right media representations across the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resea...

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Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Interested in doing a postdoc with me & @dgrand.bsky.social? Consider applying to Cornell's Klarman Fellowship: as.cornell.edu/research/kla... It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline

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Klarman Fellowships

The Klarman Fellowships in the College of Arts & Sciences provide postdoctoral opportunities to early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise. Among the most selective of its kin...

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Ayse (Aisha) Lokman @aysed.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🚨New in Communication Methods & Measures with @drorwalter.bsky.social !!!🚨 Our article Topic Modeling of Video and Image Data: A Visual Semantic Unsupervised Approach introduces VisTopics, a Python package for analyzing large-scale visual datasets: lnkd.in/d8BgjTJ4 and Package: lnkd.in/dvvRbRZC

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Ayse (Aisha) Lokman @aysed.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

New article out in New Media & Society: Dror Walter @drorwalter.bsky.social, Yotam Ophir @ophiryotam.bsky.social , Edu Fabregas, and I examine how the Wayfair conspiracy theory moved across platforms. We find Twitter and Reddit played very different roles. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/KUIFU...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

My newest paper, led by @smithmarisaa.bsky.social, is now out! In "The Black Pill," we find Black conservative YouTubers both echo traditional Black conservatism & shift to concerns about "anti-white racism." In the broader conservative network, their voices may legitimize white identity politics

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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🚨Thrilled to share our new research note: "In the Trenches: A Hands-on Approach to Teaching Data Collection in Terrorism Studies." Co-authored w/ Dr. Sarah Carthy & based on a course that trained 400+ grad students at Leiden in open source data collection. pt.icct.nl/article/tren...

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In the Trenches: A Hands-on Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Data Collection Skills in Terrorism Studies | Perspectives on Terrorism

The burgeoning availability of open-source information on individuals who have been radicalised offers new opportunities to build, expand, and disaggregate rich databases on the characteristics of the...

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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I’m not going to lie. These are scary times. But we CAN do something about it. At the Researcher Support Consortium, we’ve compiled resources for researchers, funders, and institutions—with a toolkit for universities—to help guide next steps. 10/ researchersupport.org

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Researcher Support Consortium

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Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

How has the “Big Lie”, the claim that Donald Trump had the 2020 election stolen from him, impacted voter’s trust of other elections? Matthew Levendusky, Shawn Patterson, Jr., Michele Margolis, @ophiryotam.bsky.social, @drorwalter.bsky.social, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson explore this in a new article.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/10/2024

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

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Nobel Economics prize awarded for studies of how institutions affect prosperity

The award went to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for their “innovative research about what affects countries’ economic prosperity,” the Nobel committee said.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Fantastic recommendations for researchers who anticipate (or are even just mildly concerns about) backlash / harassment for their public facing work.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/06/2024

Truly fantastic article from Renee DiResta describing how she became a central villain in the fantasies of the "bullshit industrial complex" (they wouldn't let her use that title) and explaining the ties to Jan 6, other attacks on researchers, and more. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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My Encounter With the Fantasy-Industrial Complex

Online conspiracy theorists turned me into “CIA Renee.”

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Ayse (Aisha) Lokman @aysed.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

The Special issue: The (international) politics of content takedowns: Theory, practice, ethics is out for Early View that James Fitzgerald and I co-edited in Policy & Internet 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Amazing articles and let us know what you think! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Dani Gilbert @danigilbert.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

I wrote about the hostage crisis ongoing since Hamas kidnapped scores of Israelis and foreigners on Saturday. So much is unknown, but here’s what I’ve got for now, in @goodauth.bsky.social ⤵️ polisky conflictsky intsec goodauthority.org/news/why-the...

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Why the Gaza hostage crisis is different

Security Fence at the border of the Gaza Strip courtesy of © Joyclynn, via Canva.com The Oct. 7 Hamas incursion into Israel – on the 50th anniversary of

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Researchers of online misinformation (and related topics) aren’t “buckling” to politically-motivated attacks. Our critical work to understand and address online deception and manipulation continues. But only with the support of our colleagues and institutions. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/uw-m...

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UW misinformation researchers will not buckle under political attacks | Opinion

As the 2024 election approaches, misinformation researchers at the University of Washington say they won't be deterred by those seeking to undermine their work.

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Dr. Julie Chernov @drjchernov.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

If you are interested in the processes & pathways via which Indonesian & Filipino Muslims join Islamist extremist groups; what motivates them to join; & why some go on to participate in terrorist attacks, please check out my new book: Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia.

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Ayse (Aisha) Lokman @aysed.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

So excited and grateful for our interdisciplinary team Amira J Arie P Bart K and NIJ support to us on this important subject! For my first adult-grant ever!! nij.ojp.gov/funding/awar...

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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

🚨🗞️ Today’s Insight Intellignece is out, and it’s an update on a #TerroristFinancing case we’ve been following for a while, and includes a rare financing charge in Canada! Read on to learn more: newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/terrorist-...

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Terrorist financing ring disrupted in the US & Canada

Crypto, PayPal, Western Union....and more

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Ayse (Aisha) Lokman @aysed.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

Trying to adopt small dogs in the South is really like winning the lottery…. If anyone knows of any shelters or rescue organization please send me their details!

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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Figuring this place out. In case some here may not yet have tired of my spiel: I run a Zoom writing group for students and scholars from Turkey and Syria to create community, structure, and accountability. If you fit this group or know/mentor anyone who does, please email/message me. Thanks!

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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

Oh hey, my 2022 article on anti-Black racism & the development of US counterterrorism is now also a book chapter in "The Politics of Countering Political Violence," covering all your formatting needs & wants. Tell your library to grab a copy: