💡 CTRG Researcher Spotlight #13: Ance Martinsone 💡 Ance is a PhD student in the UCL Security and Crime Science department. Her research focuses on conspiracy theories and their links to violence, and what this means for efforts to prevent and respond to violent extremism.

Recent CTRG updates 👇 👮 @sandyschumann.bsky.social gave a talk on online radicalisation at the Cambridge Evidence-based Policing conference: www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/evide...

🚨 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....

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #12: Valia Panagiotaropoulou 💡

🔹 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*.

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...

💡 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.

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

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

CTRG at #TASM2026 👇 CTRG have recently returned from the 2026 Terrorism and Social Media Conference, where @paulgillucl.bsky.social gave the opening keynote, and @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social, Sara Rubini, and Shu Jia Chee provided panel presentations.

🚨 CTRG at #TASM2026 🚨 Many CTRG researchers will be presenting their work at this year’s Terrorism and Social Media conference in Swansea next week 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

💡 CTRG Researcher Spotlight #10: @paulgillucl.bsky.social 💡 Paul is Professor of Security and Crime Science at UCL. His research focuses on developing the scientific evidence base for pathways in and out of violent extremism, evaluation of CT practice, and development of measurement tools.

Latest CTRG news 👇 🆕 We welcomed two new CTRG members who are starting their PhDs at UCL Security and Crime Science: Andrea Hall, forensic psychologist in HMPPS, and Abu Ullah, Prevent Strategy Manager at Brent Council. We look forward to collaborating and sharing more about their research!

🚨 New CTRG publication 🚨 Decoding Influence Narratives: Identifying Persuasion and Propaganda Techniques in Twitter Discourse on Violent Extremism ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #9: Philip Doherty 💡

🚨 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👇

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #8: Shu Jia Chee 💡 Shu Jia is a second-year PhD student in security and crime science, researching how online information environments are shaped by algorithmic systems and exploited by extremist actors.

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #7: @zoemarchment.bsky.social💡 Zoe is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Security and Crime Science at UCL.

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #6: Sara Rubini💡 Sara is a final‑year PhD candidate in cybersecurity, researching politically motivated hackers in times of peace and conflict. 🔎 Her work explores who these actors are, the cyberattacks they carry out, and how they justify and neutralise their actions.

💡 CTRG Researcher Spotlight #4: Leoni Heyn💡 Leoni is a visiting PhD researcher, specialising in hybrid online–offline forms of political extremism, particularly Anti-Government Extremism (AGE) and the role of digital platforms in mobilisation and radicalisation.

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight 3: @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social💡 Caitlin leads UCL’s secure data lab, the Jill Dando Institute Research Lab - a police-assured, ISO 27001-accredited facility enabling cutting-edge research with sensitive data. Learn more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...

💡CTRG Researcher Spotlight #5: Ellie Wong💡 Ellie is a PhD student at UCL, researching the relationship between online extremist content and violence offline.

🚨 New CTRG publication: disaggregating risk factors for different violent extremist intentions 🚨 doi.org/10.1080/0954... Key findings and implications in thread below 🧵

💡 CTRG researcher spotlight #2: Lujia Pei 💡 Lujia is a PhD student at UCL, who specialises in understanding youth radicalisation.

CTRG have had a busy start to 2026: 🔹 @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social presented her work on grievance-fuelled violence to the UK's Counter Terrorism Clinical Consultancy Service for their annual away day

🔹 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 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.

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.

📢 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 👇🏼 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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.

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🔹 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.