💡 CTRG Researcher Spotlight #11: @sandyschumann.bsky.social 💡 Sandy is a Lecturer at the UCL Security and Crime Science Department and the programme director of the MSc Countering Extremist Crime and Terrorism.
Amber Seaward
@amberseaward.bsky.social
Research Fellow & Consultant @ UCL, researching threat assessment of terrorism & targeted violence
ICYMI: Recap of CTRG publications from Q2 2026 👇 📱 "Decoding Influence Narratives: Identifying Persuasion and Propaganda Techniques in Twitter Discourse on Violent Extremism": Shu Jia Chee with Sara Rubini, @paulgillucl.bsky.social, and Enrico Mariconti ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
🔹 MSc Countering Extremist Crime and Terrorism at UCL Security and Crime Science 🔹 Applications are still open for UCL Security and Crime Science's one-year multidisciplinary MSc Countering Extremist Crime and Terrorism*.
🚨 New CTRG paper 🚨 Airport target-hardening fails to deter attempted attacks on aircraft: A quasi-experimental study of deterrence and displacement www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Another busy week for the CTRG 👇 🏴 @amberseaward.bsky.social and Andrea Hall presented at the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)'s annual BASS conference, discussing pathways into terrorism and the question of ideological categorisations
📍 Wednesday 24th June, 09:00-10:30 - @amberseaward.bsky.social: Unclear or Lacking Ideologies in Recent UK P/CVE Data @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social will also be chairing the panel on neurodivergence on Tuesday 23rd June, 15:30-17:00
🚨 CTRG at #BASS26 🚨 Many CTRG researchers will be presenting their work at the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)'s fifth international Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security conference in Cardiff 🏴 Details of our sessions below👇
🚨Event Alert - The Only Way is Ethics: Next Gen Networks Unite 🚨 Please Join Us on Mon 27 April, 5-6.30 BST For a Session Connecting #ECRs #PHDs With the Leading Networks Helping Navigate Ethically Complex, Sensitive Research Sign Up 👇👇 forms.office.com/e/enPWBSWeBa
👇New study comparing violent extremist intentions👇 doi.org/10.1080/0954... Here, we disaggregate intentions for specific proxy violent extremist behaviours in a general population survey. With @zoemarchment.bsky.social & @paulgillucl.bsky.social Key findings & implications in below thread:
Really Excited to Speak at This Early Career Researcher Safety & Wellbeing Online Workshop on Wednesday 25th February 12:00-2:30pm GMT I Will be Talking All Things hashtag #Opsec and How to Keep Safe Online and Offline events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0fdd8f...
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❗ Early career researcher safety & wellbeing workshop: next week❗ Come along on 25th Feb to hear from our expert speakers (Allysa Czerwinsky, @ashkingdon.bsky.social, and Antonia Vaughan) and to share your own experiences and advice for other ECRs. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0fdd8f...
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🔹 CTRG researcher spotlight series 🔹 This year we'll be posting regular spotlights on CTRG researchers to introduce our members and highlight what we've been up to. Stay tuned and follow our @ctrg.bsky.social page for more throughout the year!
CTRG @ UCL@ctrg.bsky.social · 6mo ago🔹 CTRG researcher spotlight series 🔹 In 2026 we’ll be highlighting regular CTRG spotlights to showcase what our researchers are up to. Stay tuned for more throughout the year! 💡CTRG researcher spotlight #1: @amberseaward.bsky.social💡
🔹 CTRG researcher spotlight series 🔹 In 2026 we’ll be highlighting regular CTRG spotlights to showcase what our researchers are up to. Stay tuned for more throughout the year! 💡CTRG researcher spotlight #1: @amberseaward.bsky.social💡
🚨 ECR wellbeing workshop 🚨 Calling all early career researchers (in and outside of academia)! On 25th February 12-2:30pm NABS+ is hosting a online workshop focused on keeping ECRs safe and well when conducting potentially dangerous or harmful research.
🔹CTRG in 2025🔹 2025 has been a productive year for the CTRG. We have: 📚 Published 22 journal articles, book chapters, and reports. Another 19 are accepted or undergoing peer review.
Unmet needs: analysing the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre’s fulfilment of the public health approach, and its value for violence prevention www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Unmet needs: analysing the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre’s fulfilment of the public health approach, and its value for violence prevention
The Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC) operates with a public health approach, through catalysing mental health treatment for those with mental health needs unidentified, untreated, or sub-opt...
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🚨 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👇
See below for my latest publication on unmet mental health needs and the public health approach in targeted violence, with a focus on the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre:
CTRG @ UCL@ctrg.bsky.social · 9mo ago🔹 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
Deadline tomorrow to register for NABS+ 2 day workshop on digital profiling 👇
CREST@crest-research.bsky.social · 10mo ago📢 REGISTRATION EXTENSION (to Friday 24 Oct) for the FREE NABS+ ECR 2 Day Workshop, 'Digital Profiling and its Applications in Research and Practice'. Apply now! crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/early-c...
🧵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”.
💡New publication 💡 Out now and open access in Terrorism and Political Violence, @zoemarchment.bsky.social leads our latest paper on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and susceptibility to violent extremism, with @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social and @paulgillucl.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/0954...
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Susceptibility to Violent Extremism
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are harms that affect children directly (e.g. physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect) and indirectly through their living environment (e.g. conflict betwe...
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🔹 Aarhus 🇩🇰 CTRG presented at NCVE25. @amberseaward.bsky.social shared her work on unmet mental health needs in safeguarding. A CTRG panel explored how grievances mobilise some toward violent extremism, with @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social Ance Martinsone, Mary-Ann Cherry
It’s been a busy week for CTRG: 🔹 Prague 🇨🇿: Lujia Pei presented her PhD research at the VOX-Pol Next Generation Network Conference, sharing insights from a systematic review on how young people become involved in violent extremism, with a special focus on the role of the internet.
Also happening this week, CTRG member Lujia Pei will be presenting at the @vox-pol.bsky.social Next Generation Network Conference, on 25th September, held at Charles University in Prague.
Looking forward to presenting my research on unmet needs at NCVE in Aarhus next week, along with my CTRG colleagues👇
CTRG @ UCL@ctrg.bsky.social · 11mo ago🚨 CTRG at the Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism 2025 🚨 Several CTRG members are presenting their research next week in Aarhus 🇩🇰, see details below👇
🚨 CTRG at the Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism 2025 🚨 Several CTRG members are presenting their research next week in Aarhus 🇩🇰, see details below👇
Please see below for information on a new IAPPS Communities of Interest (CoI) on Risk Assessment & Risk Management of terrorism and targeted violence, led by Caitlin Clemmow and I! lnkd.in/dmTATKRG
CREST@crest-research.bsky.social · 11mo ago📢 Introducing our THREE new Communities of Interest (CoIs) - bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers around shared themes in targeted violence and terrorism prevention. Explore them here 👉 crestresearch.ac.uk/iapss/coi/
📢 Introducing our THREE new Communities of Interest (CoIs) - bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers around shared themes in targeted violence and terrorism prevention. Explore them here 👉 crestresearch.ac.uk/iapss/coi/
Communities of Interest
This initiative brings researchers and practitioners together around shared topics in targeted violence and terrorism prevention.
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