Jonathan Collins

Delighted to be working with an awesome team which includes Jade Hutchinson (PI), Suraj Lakhani, Brenna Helm, Emilia Lounela, Kledian Myftari, and Kristian Foldes.

More info to come about potential opportunities for students at Charles University and our institute.

🎊 I am very excited to announce our successful grant bid at Charles University for the project Research in Societal Extremism
From Jan 2026 - Dec 2029 and worth close to €600k, we will unpack the systemic dimensions influencing extremist movements and the relationship between mainstream and extreme.

I am pleased to share that @isabellevdv.bsky.social, @ryanscrivens.bsky.social and I have just signed a contract with @uclpress.bsky.social to co-edit an open-access book that will discuss ‘Methods for Studying Extremism and Terrorism Online’.
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🚨 One day left to apply for the @vox-pol.bsky.social next gen conference happening in Prague on the 25-26th of September. We are bringing together ECRs to build a proper community researching (violent) online extremism.

Submit your proposal: lnkd.in/esikzmnK
Full CfP and details: shorturl.at/3YIKk

@joncollins.bsky.social’s paper presented the concept of “decentralised sociality” as a tool for understanding far-right community-building on alt-tech platforms. These space, he argued, offer not just ideological reinforcement but rather social environments shaped by dynamics of decentralisation.

The Gift of Gab: A Netnographic Examination of the Community Building Mechanisms in Far-Right Online Space Major social media platforms have recently taken a more proactive stand against harmful far-right content and pandemic-related disinformation on their sites. However, these actions have catalysed t...

My article in Terrorism and Political Violence has now received its volume and issue number! Check out my open access work on the community building dynamics on Gab Social (far-right alt-tech).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@vox-pol.bsky.social has found a new home here! Definitely worth a follow for anyone interested in online extremism research.

📣 Register for The Past Present & Future of Terrorism Studies Roundtable: Next Generation Perspectives with
@brennahelm.bsky.social
@joncollins.bsky.social
Callie Vitro & Chloe Squires
📅 13 Feb
⏰16.00-17.30 (UTC)
📍Online
@standrewsir.bsky.social @ncite.bsky.social @crest-research.bsky.social

Call for applications: PhD summer School Studying Online Extremism - C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism Studying Online Extremism: Ethics, Methods and Personal Safety (2nd edition)

Call for applications: PhD summer School Studying Online Extremism. Confirmed lecturers include Dr. @galwaygrrl.bsky.social, Dr. @ashkingdon.bsky.social, and Dr. Cathrine Thorleifsson. Deadline to apply: 14 March 2025. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

CSTPV: Past Present & Future of Terrorism Studies: Next Generation Perspectives Roundtable
Register now for what will be a great session with
@brennahelm.bsky.social @joncollins.bsky.social Chloe Squires &Callie Vitro
📅 13 Feb
⏰16.00-17.30 (UTC)
📩 irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk
@standrewsir.bsky.social

Incredibly excited to be a part of this event! Come check out everything to do with ECR networks in the space of political violence and extremism. @VOX_Pol is represented by Brenna and myself with the next gen network.

Emotions and Violence Legitimation in Conspiracy Narratives - VOX - Pol By Darja Wischerath This blog post is a condensed version of a recently published article in New Media + Society. To read the full article click here. The mainstreaming of conspiracy theories has coin...

🎊 Starting the new year off right on the VOX-Pol blog with a month dedicated to early career researchers’ works! This week we have @darja.bsky.social and her recent (fantastic) publication. Tune in each Wednesday of this month for an ECR piece as part of our NextGen Network
voxpol.eu/emotions-and...

I've put together a starter pack of those researching/working in the area of online extremism/terrorism. If you work on this issue and want to be included, drop me a DM.

#onlineextremism #onlineterrorism #terrorism #extremism

go.bsky.app/GwxRmef

📣We are hiring!🔥I'm looking for a PhD & Postdoc.
🔍Research focus on far-right parties, movements & ideologies in int'l perspective, with emphasis on the ways in which the far right is embedded in everyday culture.
(2 further positions available, please share!) uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

🚨🚨🚨 ECRs working in the online extremism space, please see the fantastic opportunity below to get your work there via a VOX-Pol blog!

I sent you a DM, not sure if you caught it or not 😊

🔔 It’s a bit difficult to keep up with everyone following me, but if you are in the business of far-right/online extremism/alternative tech/radicalization research and want to connect send me a message or like this post! Also happy to provide the invite to our VOX-Pol discord server for ECRs.

📢 Are you an early career researcher examining online extremism (in its many forms) and want your work featured in a @VOX_Pol blog? Feel free to get in touch! We are dedicating a full month of the blog to your work!