CTRG @ UCL

Caitlin Clemmow gave a seminar titled 'Public or private violence: unpacking the relationship between domestic abuse and violent extremism' at the University of St Andrews 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ance Martinsone and Lujia Pei presented work from their PhD theses at AVERT 2025 in Melbourne, Australia to a diverse audience of academics and practitioners 🇦🇺

@sandyschumann.bsky.social and @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social have been selected to lead a new project funded by NABS+, titled: Identifying Paths of Engagement with The Com: A Mixed Methods Study. See more details of their and other projects here: lnkd.in/e2qpMrWV

Students engaged in a thought-provoking and poignant discussion. Student feedback was excellent - one attendee mentioned “this was the best panel discussion I ever went to". Thank you to Sandy, Resilience in Unity, and all speakers.

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.

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.

📢 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 👇🏼

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She will discuss what is currently known about this relationship, the mechanisms that might be behind it, and the implications for risk assessment, safeguarding and prevention.

Details can be found here: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/publi...

🔹 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.

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.

🔹 Last week, through her role at the Violence Prevention Network, Emily Mayrand attended Hedayah's international research conference in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪 .

More from the CTRG:

🔹 Next week is AVERT's International Research Symposium in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 where Ance Martinsone & Lujia Pei will be presenting work from their PhD theses on grievance-fuelled violence and youth radicalisation: lnkd.in/dHAu7NWx

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.

🔹 Our latest paper was published in Psychology, Crime & Law, in collaboration with FTAC. This was led by @amberseaward.bsky.social and focuses on unmet mental health needs and the public health approach to threat assessment. Open access here: lnkd.in/epvRgn5M

🔹 CTRG had their quarterly research meeting with the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, where we discussed future research directions and data sharing plans.

🔹 @amberseaward.bsky.social was in Budapest for a regional workshop on high-risk behaviours concerning nuclear security and insider threats. Amber shared best practices of threat assessment in other fields, and insights concerning unmet mental health needs.

🔹 As part of her role with the Violence Prevention Network, Emily Mayrand attended Public Safety Canada's conference. She engaged in discussions about the evolving field, with a focus on nihilistic violent extremism, and the nexus between gender-based violence and violent extremism.

Some recent updates from the CTRG - thread below👇

If you're going to AVERT, please do reach out to connect with our team.

📍 Wednesday 26th Nov., 3:15-4:30 - Ance Martinsone will be presenting in the panel "Movement at the Station: Online Conspiracy Discourse and Mobilisation to Extremist Violent Action". She will discuss her work on the role of grievances, conspiracies, and digital radicalisation in political violence.

📍 Tuesday 25th November, 11:00-12:15 - Lujia Pei will be presenting in the panel "The Youthiverse: Digital Dynamics for Young People Radicalising to Extremist Violence". She will be discussing her systematic review of the theoretical processes and online dynamics in youth radicalisation.

🚨 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👇

🔹 Another new paper by @sandyschumann.bsky.social & Hazem Zohny explores how attitude importance moderates the effect of person-first language, based on an experiment with nearly 700 participants.
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...

🔹 @sandyschumann.bsky.social & colleagues released a pre-print on online harms poly-victimisation, using a 3-wave longitudinal dataset across several European countries.
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...

New publications from CTRG members 📚👇
🔹 Emily Traynor Mayrand & Jillian Hunchak have a chapter in Routledge’s Contemporary Far-Right Culture analysing 12 “tradwife” YouTube accounts - finding overlaps between tradwife spaces and extremist online culture.
📖 routledge.pub/Contemporary...

NABS+ ECR Steering Group Representing the wider ECR community, the NABS+ ECR Steering Group shape the activities of the NABS+ ECR program.

🔹 @amberseaward.bsky.social has joined the NABS+ Early Career Researcher Steering Group ( @crest-research.bsky.social and @ncite.bsky.social ).
Learn more about the initiative here:
🌐 crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/early-c...
Feel free to reach out to Amber with questions or suggestions!

Sara joins the Digital Violence: Extremism and Ideological Radicalisation panel, presenting:
💻 “We Protect our Motherland in the IT Sphere” – How Patriotic Hackers Neutralise their Crimes.

🔹 Sara Rubini will present on 15 Oct at “Reimagining the Digital Society: Well-being and Risk in Times of Social Media and AI” - organised by Universidad Casa Grande, with support from the ESRC Digital Good Network and Oxford Internet Institute.

Other highlights from the week 👇
🔹 A paper by @paulgillucl.bsky.social, @zoemarchment.bsky.social & @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social was presented to the Council of Europe, focusing on the drivers of violent extremism.

Dr Barry-Walsh explored how the labels we use for similar offences shape public perception, policy, and outcomes in counterterrorism and criminal justice.

A fascinating discussion on language, law, and the social impact of terminology.

🧵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”.