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Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...

This week the Society also launched the call for its First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

Eligible titles, published in 2025, should be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

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The Complex Relationship Between Gender and Violent Extremism - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism The authors outline the many ways in which gender has relevance for violent extremism and propose seeing prevention work through a gender lens.

📢 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...

We're delighted to be welcoming Prof Valentine Lomellini to St Andrews to speak on 'European Responses to International Terrorism. The case of Italy (1970s-1980s)'

🗓️ Oct 6, 2025
⏰ 17:00-18:30 BST
📍 Arts Lecture Theatre

@standrewsir.bsky.social

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

New VOX-Pol Report Online Launch - VOX - Pol 09/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - VOX-Pol is publishing a new report titled Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints by Dr Antonia Vaughan on Thursday 9 October 2...

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...

10 Years of CREST Celebrating a decade of commissioning behavioural science, collaborating across sectors, and communicating insights that have informed and shaped security practice.

🎉 Happy Birthday CREST!! 🎉 To mark our 10th anniversary, we’ve created a timeline highlighting just a handful of milestones. HUGE thanks to everyone involved in CREST's long-lasting success! crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/10...

🔥 Extremists move fast - Policy often lags
Colleagues at VPI are hosting a workshop that confronts the gap, incl. a simulation where every call has intended & unintended consequences
📍 Munich, 8-9 Oct
🔗 Further info & register by 3 Oct: lnkd.in/efmKBNb9
👥 Discount if bringing a colleague - email VPI

📣 Join us for a historical perspective on lone assassinations with CSTPV's Dr Tim Wilson

'A Thing Unparalleled'? Reflections on Recent Lone Assassination Attempts in Historical Perspective

🗓️ Oct 2, 2025
⏰ 17:00-18:30 BST
📍 Online
📧 Register: irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk
@standrewsir.bsky.social

Five Key Considerations on Terrorism and Political Violence | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University Discover 5 key considerations shaping terrorism and political violence: AI, drones, tech misuse, OSINT, and counternarcotics links.

smallwarsjournal.com/2025/09/29/f...

This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.

New occasional paper out now! 🎉
We've just published our brilliant student, Petra Nesr's, paper "Consociationalism in Mid-Life Crisis? The Ageing of the Dayton and Good Friday Agreements."

Check it out: cstpv.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/23/c...

It was wonderful to kick off our semester's programme of events with a packed house to hear @maurolubrano.bsky.social speak about his new book Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism. It's fascinating research, well worth seeking out. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Prof Conor Gearty KC. A brilliant scholar and true pioneer in the many fields he spoke to. The Centre benefitted greatly from his friendship and support. His generosity, wit, and deep intellect will be profoundly missed.

Congratulations to @cstpv.bsky.social's @nicoloscremin.bsky.social on his fellowship at The Belfer Center!

And we are off! @socterres.bsky.social 9th PGR conference is underway

VOX-Pol Webinar: Right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa and Asia - VOX - Pol 18/06/2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - You are invited to a VOX-Pol webinar taking place on Wednesday 18 June 2025, starting at 15:00 (UK time). This webinar accompanies the recently published United Nation...

You're invited to a VOX-Pol webinar, in conjunction with UNICRI, on Wednesday, 18 June, at 3-4pm (UK time) on "Right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa and Asia." Register by emailing info@voxpol.eu. More info.: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRT

We are still seeking reviewers for the following titles. We welcome submissions by PhD and early career researchers, as well as senior academics/practitioners. If you’d like to write a review, please reach out to @melanie.brand.bsky.social or send us a message here.

Come and work with me!

The XRCET TIPSS project is a deep dive into future trust, identity, privacy, safety & security risks that arise through convergence of immersive tech & other emerging tech.

I am so excited about this project! If you are too, please get involved!

#AcademicSky #VR #XR #AR

📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs!

Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:

🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

📣 One more day to sign up for @morrisonjf.bsky.social seminar on The Positive Role of Research Ethics in Designing and Conducting Terrorism Research
📅 June 3rd
⏰ 16.00-17.00 (BST)
📍Online
Email: irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk to register
@standrewsir.bsky.social

Just under a week until we welcome @morrisonjf.bsky.social to deliver an online seminar on The Positive Role of Research Ethics in Designing and Conducting Terrorism Research
📅 June 3rd
⏰ 16.00-17.00 (BST)
📍Online
Email: irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk to register
@standrewsir.bsky.social

Lecturer in Microcredentials (Teaching and Scholarship) :Manchester

📢Job alert! Come join us at @criminologyuom.bsky.social !

We're advertising for full-time Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) to develop innovative teaching in trust and security in a digital world. Deadline 4 June 2025.

#AcademicSky #AcademicJob

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

The Essex Summer School's First Session runs July 7-18, both online and in person.

Social science research methods courses in text analysis, mixed methods, survey design, panel data, discourse analysis, and more!

Learn more here:
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...

#polisky #academicsky

Looking forward to hearing @cstpv.bsky.social alum @maurolubrano.bsky.social's visit later in the year to talk about his new book Stop the Machines. Congratulations on publication day!

We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance.

More info: edu.nl/9admd
Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)

Join us May 28 for the Fifth Annual GNET Conference in London or online!

🎙GIFCT leadership to present and chair panels on extremism, tech risks, & resources for P/CVE.

Don’t miss this chance to learn from experts!

Info & registration: gnet-research.org/event/the-fi...

#GIFCT #GNET

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Assistant Professor of Political Science Assistant Professor of Political ScienceThe Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University is currently looking for at least two (2) assistant professors in Poli...

We're hiring!

Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.

Sharing = 🙏❤️

www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

How can institutions better support researchers? The case of extremism and terrorism research - Audrey Gagnon, Tamta Gelashvili, 2025 Research in certain fields of study may carry emotional and safety-related risks. For example, scholars in the field of extremism and terrorism often navigate p...

Excited to share this new article co-authored with the amazing @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social on how institutions can foster safe organizational cultures and support researchers working on extremism & terrorism through safety tools and protocols doi.org/10.1177/1468...