Heidi Maiberg

Thank you for all your support, Lizz! Couldn't have done this without you!

Done. Thank you, @lizzypearson.bsky.social , Anthony Richards, @morrisonjf.bsky.social , and all the other kind souls from family, friends and the academic community, for your support and for sharing the journey.
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It's amazing to see my research in the Journal for Deradicalization. How do tertiary prevention intervention providers measure the progress or regression of participants and impact of programmes? Here are the results - jd.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/jd... @cvtrc.bsky.social

Laitaoikeiston viikkokatsaus #52 Viikolla 8-15.03.2025 Suomessa tuomittiin ulkomaalainen uusnatsi elinkautiseen sotarikoksista Ukrainan maaperällä, perussuomainen flirttaili koronadenialismilla ja Totuuspuolueen puheenjohtaja anoo tu...

Uusi laitaoikeiston viikkokatsaus julki! Suomessa tuomittiin ulkomaalainen uusnatsi sotarikoksista, laitaoikeistopuolueen puheenjohtaja hakee turvapaikkaa USA:sta ja perussuomalainen flirttailee koronadenialismilla. Linkki uutiskirjeeseen 👇
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We shouldn't take anything off the table before the negotiations have even started.

It is clear that any deal behind our backs will not work.
You need the Europeans, you need the Ukrainians.

Extracts from my doorstep ahead of NATO Defence Ministers meeting ↓

Looking forward to seeing terrorism scholars in Egham for the Society for Terrorism Research 17th Annual International Conference on July 7-8, 2025. Great work, @lizzypearson.bsky.social @cvtrc.bsky.social :)

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I'm extremely grateful to my loved ones, extraordinary interviewees, and amazing supervisors @lizzypearson.bsky.social , Anthony Richards, John Morrison at Royal Holloway, University of London @cvtrc.bsky.social

I argue that instead of evaluating interventions' “success”, more attention should be placed on assessing participant progress and creating a standardised progress measuring tool. Due to tertiary prevention processes being non-linear, relapse should be considered an inevitable part of programmes.

More importantly, there are several tensions between recommendations of researchers-policy makers and practitioners why the latter do not measure impact of their work with standardised tools. Some recommendations are difficult or close to impossible to practice in reality.

Why impact assessment is not practised? There are several reasons, including lack of trust in standardised tools and methods, and tendency to work based on professional intuition.

Programme development is tracked through monitoring or evaluation conducted by an outside evaluator or funder.

The result show that only 50% of interviewed exit workers measure participant progress with standardised tools or set criteria. To measure participant progress, practitioners employ screening, needs assessment, indicators of change, and standardised tools.

My thesis seeks answers to three questions: how do tertiary prevention intervention providers measure the progress or regression of participants; how do tertiary prevention intervention providers measure the impact of programmes; and what is the reasoning for not practising impact assessment.

Corrections confirmed, thesis uploaded. 4,5 years, 12 (+8) interviews, 3 research questions. Time for the world to explore. And for me to write, adjust, and publish articles. pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/publicati...