Jacob Aasland Ravndal
@jacravn.bsky.social
Professor @politihogskolen.bsky.social & Affiliate Reseacher @crexuio.bsky.social. I study the nature and policing of terrorism, political violence and extremism in liberal democracies. Check out my research at https://tinyurl.com/3hesd4un
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1/12: Very pleased to announce the release by @crexuio.bsky.social of the most comprehensive dataset ever made (n=2646) on Right-wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) across 19 West European countries between 1990 and 2023. Key findings are highlighted in our latest RTV Trend Report: shorturl.at/dr5dX
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Join us tomorrow at @uio.no for the 3rd C-REX/CIR meeting on Democracy and Extremism. Presentations by @chknutsen.bsky.social & @jacravn.bsky.social, followed by comments from parliamentary leader T. Brenna (Labour Party) & H. Nordby Lunde (former Conservative MP). www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
Demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme
- C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning
Hvordan designe et robust demokrati og beskytte det mot voldelig ekstremisme? Innledninger ved professor og statsviter Carl Henrik Knutsen og professor og statsviter Jacob Aasland Ravndal. Kommentarer...
www.sv.uio.no
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Join us tomorrow at @uio.no for the 3rd C-REX/CIR meeting on Democracy and Extremism. Presentations by @chknutsen.bsky.social & @jacravn.bsky.social, followed by comments from parliamentary leader T. Brenna (Labour Party) & H. Nordby Lunde (former Conservative MP). www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
Ser frem til å innlede til dette frokostmøtet sammem med @chknutsen.bsky.social om demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme i regi av @crexuio.bsky.social og CIR forskergruppen ved @statsvitenskap.bsky.social
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
Demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning
Hvordan designe et robust demokrati og beskytte det mot voldelig ekstremisme? Innledninger ved professor og statsviter Carl Henrik Knutsen og professor og statsviter Jacob Aasland Ravndal.
www.sv.uio.no
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Ser frem til å innlede til dette frokostmøtet sammem med @chknutsen.bsky.social om demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme i regi av @crexuio.bsky.social og CIR forskergruppen ved @statsvitenskap.bsky.social
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
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📢 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...
September 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢 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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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
September 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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...
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- 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
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
- 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...
Jeg er beæret over å få anledning til å snakke om noen grunnleggende spørsmål i samfunnsvitenskapen ifm Institutt for samfunnsforsknings 75-års jubileumskonferanse. Påmelding her: www.samfunnsforskning.no/aktuelt/arra...
ISF jubileumskonferanse 15. oktober
- Institutt for samfunnsforskning
Institutt for samfunnsforskning fyller 75 år og inviterer samfunnsvitere på tvers av institusjoner og disipliner for å diskutere noen av de store spørsmålene i fagene våre.
www.samfunnsforskning.no
September 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Jeg er beæret over å få anledning til å snakke om noen grunnleggende spørsmål i samfunnsvitenskapen ifm Institutt for samfunnsforsknings 75-års jubileumskonferanse. Påmelding her: www.samfunnsforskning.no/aktuelt/arra...
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Blown away by this erudite book by @valentimvicente.bsky.social 🤯 An exceptional combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical breadth and depth.
His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.
His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.
March 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Blown away by this erudite book by @valentimvicente.bsky.social 🤯 An exceptional combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical breadth and depth.
His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.
His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.
Highly welcome original theorizing about extremism!
March 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Highly welcome original theorizing about extremism!
Wishful thinking? Interesting prediction of MAGA's fall by the sometimes controversial Republican Daniel Pipes: www.danielpipes.org/22511/angry-...
Angry Conservatives, Explained
The fiasco Friday, with President Trump bullying and insulting Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, is one of the worst diplomatic incidents in U.S. history. It mortifies me as an American and a cons...
www.danielpipes.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Wishful thinking? Interesting prediction of MAGA's fall by the sometimes controversial Republican Daniel Pipes: www.danielpipes.org/22511/angry-...
Did you know about our RTV Map Tool developed by @crexuio.bsky.social, which helps you geo-track right-wing terrorism and violence across 19 West European countries? Freely available here (best on larger screens): www.sv.c-rex.uio.no/RTVMapTool/
RTV Map Tool
www.sv.c-rex.uio.no
March 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Did you know about our RTV Map Tool developed by @crexuio.bsky.social, which helps you geo-track right-wing terrorism and violence across 19 West European countries? Freely available here (best on larger screens): www.sv.c-rex.uio.no/RTVMapTool/
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“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT
The Real Reason Trump Berated Zelensky
He simply likes Vladimir Putin better.
theatln.tc
March 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT
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After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
February 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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One day earlier, Zelensky’s Oval Office ambush was predicted by State Duma member Oleg Morozov on 60 Minutes, a state TV show. Morozov said that the meeting would be a lesson in humiliation.
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social in The @dailybeast.bsky.social
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social in The @dailybeast.bsky.social
Russian Lawmaker Predicted the Trump-Vance Ambush of Zelensky
On Thursday, State Duma member Oleg Morozov guessed that “Daddy” Trump would “flog” Zelensky at the White House.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
One day earlier, Zelensky’s Oval Office ambush was predicted by State Duma member Oleg Morozov on 60 Minutes, a state TV show. Morozov said that the meeting would be a lesson in humiliation.
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social in The @dailybeast.bsky.social
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social in The @dailybeast.bsky.social
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Politiutdanningen har søknadsfrist 1. mars. www.tv2.no/mening_og_an...
Rekrutteringen er viktigere enn noen gang
I en verden preget av stadig mer kaos, trenger vi politi som sørger for orden.
www.tv2.no
February 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Politiutdanningen har søknadsfrist 1. mars. www.tv2.no/mening_og_an...
1/12: Very pleased to announce the release by @crexuio.bsky.social of the most comprehensive dataset ever made (n=2646) on Right-wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) across 19 West European countries between 1990 and 2023. Key findings are highlighted in our latest RTV Trend Report: shorturl.at/dr5dX
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February 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1/12: Very pleased to announce the release by @crexuio.bsky.social of the most comprehensive dataset ever made (n=2646) on Right-wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) across 19 West European countries between 1990 and 2023. Key findings are highlighted in our latest RTV Trend Report: shorturl.at/dr5dX
Timely comment by Francis Fukuyama on the USA's unwitting authoritarian turn: www.persuasion.community/p/the-ultima...
The Ultimate Betrayal
America just switched sides in the Ukraine war.
www.persuasion.community
February 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Timely comment by Francis Fukuyama on the USA's unwitting authoritarian turn: www.persuasion.community/p/the-ultima...
Coming soon. Please follow this account and @crexuio.bsky.social to stay tuned.
February 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Coming soon. Please follow this account and @crexuio.bsky.social to stay tuned.