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Just one week left to apply for this Postdoctoral research position in: Radicalisation measurement and prevention (1.0 FTE)! universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024…

New JournalofGlobSecStud article with @DrJackHolland on COVID-19 and critical security studies. What can the pandemic tell us about securitization theory? What can it tell us about cosmopolitan approaches to security? Available - open access - here: academic.oup.com/jogss/article/…

Interested in the 661 publications cited in our article "Five Decades of Research on #Women and #Terrorism"? Well, we have decided to make this full dataset public! Download it from Joana Cook's website: joanacook.com/publications/ For original article see: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New study! We analyze how the Christchurch mass shooter & his copycats differ from non-violent video game players. Also, unexpected discovery: these attackers loved video games & online extremism for a while, but ultimately were not satiated--which is why they attacked.

Clare Allely Thanks to Suraj Lakhani, Dr. Rachel Kowert, Graham Macklin, Cathrine Thorleifsson, Extremism and Gaming Research Network, Ryan Broderick and many others for inspiring and informing our work!

The 25th ESC Conference will take place in Athens, Greece, from September 3 to 6, 2025. eurocrim2025.com

It's Beginning to Feel Real 💃 My Book is COMING SOON Based on My 4 Years Undercover Online Researching #Racism #Extremism #Propaganda #Technology Huge THANK YOU to the AMAZING Andrew Silke @ProfJohnHorgan Stuart Macdonald Suraj Lakhani Anita Lavorgna for their Endorsements 😍😍😍

Had such an amazing week guest lecturing in the Department for Security Studies Charles University. The students are fantastic, all engaged and so bright. It was a pleasure teaching them! Massive thanks to Jon Collins for facilitating this.

What an absolute pleasure it was to have Suraj come and teach our students about the intersection between extremism and gaming. IPS FSV CUNI Fakulta sociálních věd UK

I am thrilled to inform you that I have completed my #PhD on #CVE policy from the University of Leeds. I thank my supervisors Gordon Clubb and Neil Winn ; and two brilliant examiners Suraj Lakhani and Edward Newman for making my journey memorable.

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Really honoured to have contributed a chapter for this important edited collection. It's out now and open access!

I am delighted to inform you that Oxford University Press has published my first book, Former Extremists: Preventing and Countering Violence, coedited with Gordon Clubb and ⁦Ryan Scrivens⁩ . Thanks to the brilliant authors for their contributions to this book.

The most telling thing about this budget is how somber the opposition bench looks. They know what they did. We know what they did. #Budget2024

Really enjoyed moderating the gaming and violent extremism panel on day three of the Hedayah conference. Really interesting presentations and audience questions.

Highlights of the International Research Conference and the Communications Expo’s crossover day underscored critical discussions on the extremist exploitation of gaming, implementing AI-powered tools for moderating terrorist content, and the application of insights from cognitive

Last week, we were thrilled to partner with Hedayah's International Research Conference & Communications Expo. GNET sponsored the panel 'Game On: Tackling Extremist Use of Gaming and Gaming-Adjacent Platforms, and Potential Responses.'

We thank our panellists Suraj Lakhani, Dr William Allchorn, Lars Wiegold and Constantin Winkler from PRIF, as well as Elisa Orofino in absentia. It was a highly informative panel looking at trends seen across gaming and gaming-adjacent platforms.

We proudly announce UNICRI's partnership with VOX-Pol to counter violent extremism online. Focusing on South America, Africa, and Asia, our upcoming report will uncover critical insights into extremist tactics and strengthen global security efforts. Stay tuned for updates!

Moved over to bluesky - you can find me Suraj Lakhani.bsky.social. See you there.