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Congratulations from everyone at C-REX!

Don’t miss this event on how to research the far right safely with former C-REX postdoc @audreygagnon.bsky.social👇

RightNow! - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Welcome to RightNow! Explore insights from C-REX researchers and other experts on contemporary far-right politics, including party dynamics, cultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism.

📢 Subscribe to our new mailing list for the RightNow! blog! by clicking this link: shorturl.at/Frz6a. Get insights from C-REX researchers and other experts on contemporary far-right politics, including party dynamics, cultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

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...

Far-Right Normalization and Democratic Erosion: A Pre-Election Update from the Netherlands - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Just a month ahead of the Dutch elections, Léonie de Jonge and Iris B. Segers raise concerns about the growing normalization of extreme-right ideologies and actions, highlighted by the unprecedented v...

📢 New Blog Post! 🚨 Just a month before the Dutch elections, Iris Beau Segers and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social highlight the troubling normalization of far-right ideologies, the democratic erosion, and the recent violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Foreign Fighters and the Extreme Right | Tracking Far-Right Volunteers Foreign Fighters and the Extreme Right is the first comprehensive academic study taking an in-depth look at white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other right-wing

📢 Publication alert! C-REX scholar @grahammacklin.bsky.social & former postdoc Kacper Rekawek have contributed to the new book "Foreign Fighters and the Extreme Right," exploring the dynamics of far-right volunteers beyond the Ukraine War. A must-read! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

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📢 Exciting news! Check out the new publication by C-REX director @arjupskas.bsky.social and affiliate @jacravn.bsky.social: "Extremism and Counter-Extremism in Norway" featured in The Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics! #NorwegianPolitics #Extremism global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Normaliseringen av det ekstreme - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning Når og hvordan oppstår aksept for det autoritære og bruk av vold? Innledninger ved førsteamanuensis og sosialantropolog Cathrine Thorleifsson, og professor og statsviter Tore Wig.

Join us this Wednesday from 08:30 to 10:00 for the second breakfast meeting in the series 'Extremism on the Rise and Democracies Under Pressure', hosted by C-REX and CIR, UiO. Featuring insights from Associate Prof. Cathrine Thorleifsson & Prof. Tore Wig, among others. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...

C-REX & VOX-Pol PhD Summer School: The Importance of Visiting Memorial Sites for Researchers - VOX - Pol Participants visited the 22 July memorial sites, honoring victims of the Oslo and Utøya attacks by a far-right extremist radicalized online.

Delighted to Have Co-Written This Blog with the Wonderful
#NicolaMathieson and @audreygagnon.bsky.social
Based on the Joint @crexuio.bsky.social @vox-pol.bsky.social Summer School Visits to Memorial
Sites for the July 22 Attacks. Was Such an AMAZING Teaching Moment 👇👇
voxpol.eu/importance-o...

🚨 Don’t miss our webinar later today on security clearance, data access, & ethics in extremism research! Gain valuable insights and join the conversation. See you there! 👇 #Webinar #ExtremismResearch #Ethics

Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) Dataset - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism The RTV Dataset documents right-wing terrorism and violence in Western Europe since 1990. On this website you can download the dataset, use the RTV Map Tool, and read RTV Trend Reports.

Some of the data comes from the Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) dataset — read more about it and download for free here: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge.

This post presents a re-worked version of an op-ed originally published in Aftenposten 10.09.2025, which can be read here (Norwegian). www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

The Murder of Tamima Nibras Juhar and Far-Right Violence in Norway - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism The murder of Tamima Nibras Juhar on August 24 is part of a long series of severe far-right and racist attacks in Norway in recent years. To prevent such attacks in the future, it may help to understa...

The murder of Tamima Nibras Juhar on Aug 24 is part of a long series of severe far-right & racist attacks in Norway in recent years, writes the RTV team at C-REX in a new blog post. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Exploring Security Clearance, Data Access, and Ethical Considerations in Violent Extremism Research - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism with Sara Thompson, Toronto Metropolitan University

🌐 Join us on Sep. 18, 7:30–8:30 PM (CET) for the 1st C-REX/CANSES webinar featuring Sara Thompson from Toronto Metropolitan University! We'll discuss Security Clearance, Data Access, & Ethics in Extremism Research. Moderated by the one and only @audreygagnon.bsky.social www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge.

- Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge, skriver C-REX-forskerne @arjupskas.bsky.social, @jacravn.bsky.social, Madeleine Thorstensen og Charlotte Tandberg i @aftenposten.no i lys av drapet på Tamima Nibras Juhar for tre uker siden www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

Don’t miss this semester’s first webinar on ethics and methods next week! 👇

Contemporary Far-Right Culture: The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism Contemporary Far-Right Culture offers a comprehensive overview of the varied manifestations of today’s far-right culture. It examines how far-right extremists operate in the spaces they inhabit, explo...

New edited volume "Contemporary Far Right Culture" with chapters by C-REX scholar @grahammacklin.bsky.social and affiliate @evianeleidig.com. Check it out! www.routledge.com/Contemporary...

My monograph "Fascists of the World, Unite? A History of Fascist Internationalism in the 1930s" has been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social this summer!
If you are curious, please order the book here or ask your favorite library to purchase it for you

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Congratulations!

Ekstremisme på fremmarsj og demokratier under press - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning Ekstremisme er på fremmarsj, og demokratiene står under press. Akademia blir angrepet. Hvordan skal vi forstå denne utviklingen? Hva kan gjøres for å beskytte demokratiene og bevare akademias autonomi...

Tomorrow at C-REX: Public seminar with Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre — Extremism on the Rise and Democracies Under Pressure: What Can a Small Country Do? www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...

Young Muslims' Understanding of Online Racism - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism In the era of ‘new’ and subtle forms of racism, it is important to remember that people’s lives increasingly take place online where racism remains overt. Fully comprehending the nature of contemporar...

"In the era of ‘new’ and subtle forms of racism, it is important to remember that people’s lives increasingly take place online where racism remains overt." Check out this new blog post written for C-REX by Marjan Nadim from the Institute for Social Research. #Racism www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Weaponized humor and militarized masculinity: the role of memes in far-right discourse on the Russo-Ukrainian war This study examines 4chan’s politically incorrect (/pol) board, focusing on memes and discussions on two key topics, one backing Ukraine and the other supporting Russia in the ongoing war. We explo...

📢 Excited to share our latest publication by Hanna Fossberg and @katrif.bsky.social! "Weaponized Humor and Militarized Masculinity" in Journal of Gender Studies explores how memes shape far-right discourse on the Russo-Ukrainian war. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New publication by former C-REX guest researcher, Martin Hamre👇

The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Violent Extremism | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

🚨 New edited volume "The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Violent Extremism," edited by former C-REX postdoc Milan Obaidi & C-REX affiliate Jonas Kunst! Featuring contributions from our scholars like Tore Bjørgo, Katrine Fangen, and Inger Skjelsbæk. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Harassment, Intimidation and Threats in the Sciences - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism This project seeks to map the scope and nature of threats, intimidation, and harassment that political scientists working at European universities receive in relation to their research focus and outpu...

Read more about the HITS project, a collaborative effort between Iris Segers (University of Oslo), @audreygagnon.bsky.social (University of Ottawa), @sldelange.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam), and @arjupskas.bsky.social (University of Oslo), here: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Institutional Responses to Threats and Harassment of Academics: Evidence From a Survey Among Political Scientists in Norway In an era marked by increasing polarization, academics face growing risks of harassment and threats, particularly when engaging in politically sensitive research or public discourse. This study inves...

🚨 The first publication from the HITS project is now out: "Institutional Responses to Threats and Harassment of Academics: Evidence From a Survey Among Political Scientists in Norway" by @arjupskas.bsky.social, Iris B. Segers, & @audreygagnon.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ekstremisme på fremmarsj og demokratier under press - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning Ekstremisme er på fremmarsj, og demokratiene står under press. Akademia blir angrepet. Hvordan skal vi forstå denne utviklingen? Hva kan gjøres for å beskytte demokratiene og bevare akademias autonomi...

🌍 Join us for a series of breakfast meetings this Fall on rising extremism and pressuring democracies! 📍25 Aug: PM Jonas Gahr Støre on what Norway can do📍 24 Sep: Normalization of the Extreme 📍 23 Oct: Democracy's Resilience 📍 19 Nov: Academia Under Attack. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...

Hva kan et lite land gjøre i møte med autoritære strømninger og demokratisk tilbakeslag? - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning Ekstremisme er på fremmarsj, og demokratiene står under press. Statsminister og statsviter Jonas Gahr Støre besøker UiO for å snakke om hva Norge kan gjøre.

🌍 What can a small country do in the face of authoritarianism and democratic setbacks? Join PM Jonas Gahr Støre at C-REX/UiO on Aug 25, 2025, to discuss how Norway can address these challenges amidst rising extremism. #DemocracyUnderPressure #Norway #Academia www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...

📢 New article 🌟
👥 Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social and Tamta Gelashvili @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social (ISV)
🔎 How can institutions better support researchers? The case of extremism and terrorism research
📗 Open access in Qualitative Research
doi.org/10.1177/1468...