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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 19h

New publication by C-REX affiliate @manesweisskircher.bsky.social and colleague on far-right climate obstruction. Check it out!

Manès Weisskircher @manesweisskircher.bsky.social · 23h

New publication for everyone interested in climate politics, far-right climate obstruction, and the role of elite cues! 📚

"Climate action versus environmental protection?" now out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social (with Matthias Diermeier).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (open access!) (1/5)

Climate action versus environmental protection? How far-right and environmentalist messengers shape public attitudes towards renewable energy infrastructure in forests

This article examines how political messengers, and not the message, influence attitudes toward renewable energy infrastructure amid an increasingly polarized climate change debate. Focusing on win...

www.tandfonline.com

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 1d

Is it okay to engage with extremists? Join our webinar with @lizzypearson.bsky.social from Royal Holloway, University of London, on Oct. 16, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, online. Moderated, as always, by the one and only @audreygagnon.bsky.social! www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Is it ok to talk to extremists? Navigating gender and avoiding legitimisation in ethnography with the far right - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism

with Elizabeth Pearson, Royal Holloway, University of London

www.sv.uio.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 5d

Our October Newsletter is out! 🎉 Subscribe now by clicking this link (tinyurl.com/mrx77k7k) and stay updated on our latest publications, blog posts, available vacancies, and other activities. Don't miss out! 📬

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 6d

📚 New edited volume "(Un)Silencing Academia in Times of Epistemic Conflicts: Navigating Online Violence"! Featuring contributions from former and current C-REX scholars, including @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social, & Iris Segers. www.routledge.com/UnSilencing-...

(Un)Silencing Academia in Times of Epistemic Conflicts: Navigating Online Violence

This volume tackles the pressing issue of online violence against academics, considering the diverse forms that cyberbullying and harassment can take, as well as their likely targets. Offering both th...

www.routledge.com

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations from everyone at C-REX!

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 7d

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

Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social · 7d

Looking forward to discussing how to research the far right safely in academia at the @vox-pol.bsky.social report launch. The report is by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social, with the event hosted by @lizzypearson.bsky.social

New VOX-Pol Report Online Launch - VOX - Pol

09/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - VOX-Pol is publishing a new report titled Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints by Dr Antonia Vaughan on Thursday 9 October 2...

voxpol.eu

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 7d

📢 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...

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.

www.sv.uio.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 8d

📢 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...

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.

www.sv.uio.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 14d

📢 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...

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...

www.sv.uio.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 19d

📢 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...

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

www.taylorfrancis.com

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 21d

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 22d

📢 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...

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 24d

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...

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.

www.sv.uio.no

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Ashton Kingdon @ashkingdon.bsky.social · 26d

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...

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.

voxpol.eu

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 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

C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 29d

🌐 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...

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

www.sv.uio.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 27d

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...

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.

www.sv.uio.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 27d

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...

Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge

Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge.

www.aftenposten.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 27d

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...

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...

www.sv.uio.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 29d

🌐 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...

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

www.sv.uio.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · Sep 14

- 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...

Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge

Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge.

www.aftenposten.no

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social · Sep 10

The webinar series on Researching the Far Right: Methods and Ethics is back for another academic year! 🤩 For this new edition, @crexuio.bsky.social has the great privilege of collaborating with the Canadian Network for Research on Security, Extremism and Society!

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · Sep 2

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...

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...

www.routledge.com

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Martin Hamre @hamremar.bsky.social · Sep 1

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...

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congratulations!

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · Aug 31

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...

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...

www.sv.uio.no

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