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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As the new academic year begins, the CTRG are busy 👇 🔍 CTRG research is featuring in the public seminars organised as part of the UK Southport Inquiry.

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

See below resources for researcher safety and wellbeing, compiled by @amberseaward.bsky.social and colleagues at NABS+ 👇

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Amber Seaward @amberseaward.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

⚠️ Resources available for researcher safety and wellbeing ⚠️ Research in the extremism, security, and defence space can be dangerous, sensitive, and emotionally demanding. NABS+ have developed some guides to help researchers in these spaces: crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/re...

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Researcher Safety and Wellbeing Advice

The NABS+ ECR Steering Group have developed some helpful guides on researcher safety and wellbeing, synthesising advice from researchers in the fields, and direct researchers to existing resources and...

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚨 CTRG at #Eurocrim2026 🚨 Several CTRG researchers are presenting their work this week at the European Society of Criminology's annual conference in Warsaw 🇵🇱 See our panels below 👇

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

CTRG news! 🎉 👏 Huge congratulations to Prof @noemiebouhana.bsky.social on winning a €3.1m grant from the European Commission (as well as contributions from Public Safety Canada and New Zealand Police) for her project “ONLIVES” (Anticipating and Countering Fluid Criminal and Violent Extremism)

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🚨 New CTRG pre-print: Domestic Abuse & Violent Extremism 🚨

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨 New CTRG pre-print: How do children and young people become engaged with The Com? 🚨

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

💡 CTRG Researcher Spotlight #13: Ance Martinsone 💡 Ance is a PhD student in the UCL Security and Crime Science department. Her research focuses on conspiracy theories and their links to violence, and what this means for efforts to prevent and respond to violent extremism.

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Recent CTRG updates 👇 👮 @sandyschumann.bsky.social gave a talk on online radicalisation at the Cambridge Evidence-based Policing conference: www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/evide...

🚨 New CTRG paper 🚨 Airport target-hardening fails to deter attempted attacks on aircraft: A quasi-experimental study of deterrence and displacement www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #12: Valia Panagiotaropoulou 💡

🔹 MSc Countering Extremist Crime and Terrorism at UCL Security and Crime Science 🔹 Applications are still open for UCL Security and Crime Science's one-year multidisciplinary MSc Countering Extremist Crime and Terrorism*.

ICYMI: Recap of CTRG publications from Q2 2026 👇 📱 "Decoding Influence Narratives: Identifying Persuasion and Propaganda Techniques in Twitter Discourse on Violent Extremism": Shu Jia Chee with Sara Rubini, @paulgillucl.bsky.social, and Enrico Mariconti ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

💡 CTRG Researcher Spotlight #11: @sandyschumann.bsky.social 💡 Sandy is a Lecturer at the UCL Security and Crime Science Department and the programme director of the MSc Countering Extremist Crime and Terrorism.

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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Another busy week for the CTRG 👇 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @amberseaward.bsky.social and Andrea Hall presented at the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)'s annual BASS conference, discussing pathways into terrorism and the question of ideological categorisations

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

CTRG at #TASM2026 👇 CTRG have recently returned from the 2026 Terrorism and Social Media Conference, where @paulgillucl.bsky.social gave the opening keynote, and @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social, Sara Rubini, and Shu Jia Chee provided panel presentations.

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🚨 CTRG at #TASM2026 🚨 Many CTRG researchers will be presenting their work at this year’s Terrorism and Social Media conference in Swansea next week 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

💡 CTRG Researcher Spotlight #10: @paulgillucl.bsky.social 💡 Paul is Professor of Security and Crime Science at UCL. His research focuses on developing the scientific evidence base for pathways in and out of violent extremism, evaluation of CT practice, and development of measurement tools.

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Latest CTRG news 👇 🆕 We welcomed two new CTRG members who are starting their PhDs at UCL Security and Crime Science: Andrea Hall, forensic psychologist in HMPPS, and Abu Ullah, Prevent Strategy Manager at Brent Council. We look forward to collaborating and sharing more about their research!

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🚨 New CTRG publication 🚨 Decoding Influence Narratives: Identifying Persuasion and Propaganda Techniques in Twitter Discourse on Violent Extremism ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #9: Philip Doherty 💡

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🚨 CTRG at #BASS26 🚨 Many CTRG researchers will be presenting their work at the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)'s fifth international Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security conference in Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Details of our sessions below👇

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💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #8: Shu Jia Chee 💡 Shu Jia is a second-year PhD student in security and crime science, researching how online information environments are shaped by algorithmic systems and exploited by extremist actors.

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💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #7: @zoemarchment.bsky.social💡 Zoe is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Security and Crime Science at UCL.

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💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #6: Sara Rubini💡 Sara is a final‑year PhD candidate in cybersecurity, researching politically motivated hackers in times of peace and conflict. 🔎 Her work explores who these actors are, the cyberattacks they carry out, and how they justify and neutralise their actions.

💡 CTRG Researcher Spotlight #4: Leoni Heyn💡 Leoni is a visiting PhD researcher, specialising in hybrid online–offline forms of political extremism, particularly Anti-Government Extremism (AGE) and the role of digital platforms in mobilisation and radicalisation.

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💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight 3: @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social💡 Caitlin leads UCL’s secure data lab, the Jill Dando Institute Research Lab - a police-assured, ISO 27001-accredited facility enabling cutting-edge research with sensitive data. Learn more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #5: Ellie Wong💡 Ellie is a PhD student at UCL, researching the relationship between online extremist content and violence offline.

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🚨 New CTRG publication: disaggregating risk factors for different violent extremist intentions 🚨 doi.org/10.1080/0954... Key findings and implications in thread below 🧵

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

💡 CTRG researcher spotlight #2: Lujia Pei 💡 Lujia is a PhD student at UCL, who specialises in understanding youth radicalisation.

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

CTRG have had a busy start to 2026: 🔹 @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social presented her work on grievance-fuelled violence to the UK's Counter Terrorism Clinical Consultancy Service for their annual away day

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🔹 CTRG researcher spotlight series 🔹 In 2026 we’ll be highlighting regular CTRG spotlights to showcase what our researchers are up to. Stay tuned for more throughout the year! 💡CTRG researcher spotlight #1: @amberseaward.bsky.social💡

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🔹CTRG in 2025🔹 2025 has been a productive year for the CTRG. We have: 📚 Published 22 journal articles, book chapters, and reports. Another 19 are accepted or undergoing peer review.

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

CTRG have been busy recently: 🔹 @sandyschumann.bsky.social chaired a panel discussion for UCL students, in collaboration with Resilience in Unity. The panel featured a former extremist, survivor of terrorism, and a counter-radicalisation practitioner.

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

📢 Call for Papers CTRG are pleased to announce a special issue co-edited by @paulgillucl.bsky.social, @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social, and Oliver Chan - Fluid, Hybrid, and Unstable Extremes. Now accepting submissions for Behavioral Science & the Law. See below 👇🏼 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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Behavioral Sciences & the Law Call for Papers Fluid, Hybrid and Unstable Extremisms

Behavioral Sciences & the Law is a peer-reviewed journal at the interface of law and behavioral sciences, providing a broad perspective on psycho-legal topics.

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🔹 Seminar on domestic abuse and violent extremism, by Dr. @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social 🔹 On 25/11/2025, @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social is giving a seminar titled 'Public or private violence: unpacking the relationship between domestic abuse and violent extremism' at the University of St Andrews.

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

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Tomorrow is our UCL department's annual International Crime Science Conference. @sandyschumann.bsky.social will be chairing a panel on “Violence: from offline to online ... and back again” featuring panel speakers from M&C Saatchi World Services, London's Violence Reduction Unit, and Moonshot.

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Some recent updates from the CTRG - thread below👇

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🚨 CTRG at AVERT 2025 🚨 In a few weeks, CTRG will be presenting at AVERT's International Research Symposium in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 . Details of our sessions below👇

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

🧵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”.

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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.'

Zoe @zoemarchment.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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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.

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CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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.

CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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.