This article from @ginavale.bsky.social is a stark reminder of how poorly our current frameworks cope with the realities of children’s lives online. 🔗 tinyurl.com/5abeufcj 🧵👇 #counterterrorism #extremismstudies #youthradicalisation

Online Terrorist Exploitation: Responding to Children as Victims and Perpetrators - VOX - Pol

By Gina Vale In December 2021, terrorism charges against a 14-year-old British girl were dropped—not due to lack of engagement with extremist networks, but on account of the power dynamics of her digi...

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🗣️ New year, new publication! ✍ I'm delighted to share my new article, "Exploited for the Cause?: The Potential for a Cross-Harm Approach to Children's Online Engagement in Terrorism," published #openaccess in the British Journal of Criminology: doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...

Exploited for the Cause?: The Potential for a Cross-Harm Approach to Children’s Online Engagement in Terrorism

Abstract. The traditional intersection of exploitation and terrorism lies within armed conflict, whereby individuals are subjected to physical abuses for f

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🚨 Call for Papers! @alexphelan.bsky.social and I are excited to announce the call for papers for our upcoming special issue on "Learning from Insurgent-Run Education" for Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, please share widely. Proposal deadline is 8 January 2026, and full details below 👇

🚨 Call for Papers! @alexphelan.bsky.social and I are excited to announce the call for papers for our upcoming special issue on "Learning from Insurgent-Run Education" for Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, please share widely. Proposal deadline is 8 January 2026, and full details below 👇

A must-read article by my fab-u-lous colleague @ashkingdon.bsky.social examining the mechanisms and implications of #environmental #governance competition of non-state actors from 2010-2025! 🥳🤓👇

Ashton Kingdon@ashkingdon.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨New Publication Alert🚨 Thrilled My Latest Article - The Darkest Shade of Green - Is Out In Studies In Conflict & Terrorism 🎉🍾🥳I Examine the Links Between #ClimateChange and #RebelGovernance among #IslamicState #AlQaeda #Hamas & #Hezbollah 👇👇👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I was delighted to join Miranda Melcher of the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my book 'The Unforgotten Women of the #IslamicState'. We talked all things intra-gendered governance and local civilian women's acts of survival & resistance 💪 Have a listen 👇 newbooksnetwork.com/the-unforgot...

All thanks to you @ginavale.bsky.social for your *phenomenal* contribution with Hannah Rose on the framings of child terrorism offenders. This essential paper is available #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Firm Convictions?: Unpicking Framings of Child Terrorism Offenders

No longer confined to conflict theatres nor the periphery of adult-led organisations, recent years have seen a sharp rise in domestic cases of independent teenage attack-plotters, self-initiated tr...

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Gina Vale@ginavale.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Huge thanks owed to @johnhorgan.bsky.social & Max Taylor for including our work in the special issue, and to James Forest in the publication process. Highly recommend checking out the whole special issue, it's a fantastic line-up, so grateful to be part of it! www.tandfonline.com/toc/ftpv20/3...

The entire special issue on terrorist motivation has just been published, with several pieces #openaccess. Check it out. www.tandfonline.com/toc/ftpv20/3...

Terrorism and Political Violence

Revisiting Terrorist Motivation, Guest Edited by John Horgan and Max Taylor. Volume 37, Issue 7 of Terrorism and Political Violence

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📢 New publication! Really pleased to share part 2 of Childhood Innocence Project with @hannahbrose.bsky.social: "Firm Convictions?: Unpicking Framings of Child #Terrorism Offenders" published in new @terpolv.bsky.social special issue on terrorist motivations /1 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Already another update to the Childhood Innocence project dataset with @hannahbrose.bsky.social. Now 57 #children convicted of #terrorism offences in England & Wales since 2016. Latest case is an Islamist boy who plotted a gun #attack & planned travel to #Somalia. icsr.info/childhood-in...

Breaking my social media hiatus to share update of Childhood Innocence Project w. @hannahbrose.bsky.social. Now 56 #children convicted of #terrorism offences in England & Wales since 2016. Latest case is #Southport copy-cat who planned a "Rudakubana-style attack" /1 t.co/o6lqAMJTs3

L'article de Gina Vale (@ginavale.bsky.social) porte sur la place des femmes présente dans l'État islamique, mais aussi dans la société civile afin de mettre en avant la domination qu’elles subissent. ▶️ lerubicon.org/diviser-pour...

Diviser pour mieux régner : la stratégie et l’héritage durable de la gouvernance des femmes civiles par l’État islamique

Plus de dix ans se sont écoulés depuis l’établissement du soi-disant « califat » par le groupe État islamique (EI/Daech) en Irak et en Syrie. À son apogée, l’EI gouvernait une population de plus de 11...

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How did the #IS use #gendered oppression to secure power? @ginavale.bsky.social’s analysis dives into how IS #governance divided local #women, stratifying rights and roles to serve their #ideology. Read more ➡️ buff.ly/o37bBcX

Divide and Conquer: The Strategy and Enduring Legacy of Islamic State’s Governance of Civilian Women

This article includes excerpts from The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State, published by Oxford University Press in September 2024.

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Sharing Childhood Innocence Project here for first time. @hannahbrose.bsky.social and I tracked, compiled & analysed cases of #children (u-18s) convicted of #terrorism offences in England & Wales since 2016. Our live update reaches total 55 cases & includes a second girl 👇 icsr.info/childhood-in...

Due to be sentenced today - Farishta Jami convicted of 2 counts of preparing acts of #terrorism for planned travel for herself and children to join #IslamicState KP in #Afghanistan. Interestingly, she had researched weaponry incl. (dis/)assembly of AK47 www.counterterrorism.police.uk/warwickshire...

Warwickshire woman guilty of terrorism offences | Counter Terrorism Policing

A Warwickshire woman has today been found guilty of terrorism offences after she planned to travel to join Daesh in Afghanistan.   Farishta Jami, aged 36 from Stratford-upon-Avon, was convicted of two...

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Great opportunity for the PhD summer school in Oslo 9-13 June 2025 with @crexuio.bsky.social and VOX-Pol - led by the amazing @audreygagnon.bsky.social and Nicola Mathieson. Details below! 👇

C-REX@crexuio.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 Call for applications 📣 @audreygagnon.bsky.social & Nicola Mathieson are collaborating with @crexuio.bsky.social and VOX-Pol to organize a PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism, to be held in Oslo from 9-13 June 2025! For more info: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Institute expert @azelin.bsky.social wrote the book on HTS. Check it out: www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

The Syria-based group now functions more like a government than a nonstate actor, portending a reorientation for the larger jihadist movement.

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Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme request received for Axel Rudakubana #SouthportAttack. I'm curious to know the grounds for petition. Horrific case, but the fact that the offender was a minor (even if only 9 days short of 18th bday) automatically negates whole-life tariff www.gov.uk/government/n...

Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme request received for Axel Rudakubana

The Law Officers have received a request to consider the sentence of Axel Rudakubana under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

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The answer isn’t to broaden what terrorism is - it’s to refer people capable of violence to the right services. Prevent wasn’t the right service in this case.

Finally moved to BlueSky, what a day to have chosen... Axel Rudakubana sentenced to life with minimum 52 years for #Southport attack. So many unanswered questions regarding motivation, role of #terrorist material in planning, and missed opportunities for intervention www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Southport murders: Axel Rudakubana jailed for at least 52 years

Axel Rudakubana is handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years for the dance class attack.

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