- Aug112022
The Spectre of Neuroscience in Security Studies
Read moreBy Nafees Hamid What can neuroscience tell us about violent extremism? As a cognitive scientist who was part of…
ICSR Team - Aug032022
Stories as Research: How Community Narratives Inform Conflict Research
Read moreBy Pauline Zerla Communities in the Central African Republic have experienced war for over a decade. Yet we rarely hear…
ICSR Team - Jul252022
Do No (Self) Harm: Acknowledging Researcher Vulnerability in Research Ethics
Read moreBy Gina Vale Social media has become an indispensable aspect of everyday life. Platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, Tumblr,…
ICSR Team - Jul222022
The Importance of Prisons to Terrorist Groups and Movements
Read moreBy Rajan Basra Throughout the history of terrorism, few locations have impacted the evolution of terrorist campaigns as the jail…
ICSR Team - Jul212022
The Role of Trauma and Mental Health in Violent Extremism
Read moreThe full Briefing Note can be accessed here. Please read on for the Key Findings. Traumatic experiences can be linked…
ICSR Team - Jul212022
Mass Media and Persuasion: Evidence-based Lessons for Strategic Communications in CVE
Read moreThe full Briefing Note can be accessed here. Please read on for the Key Findings. Mass media persuasion by itself…
ICSR Team - Jul152022
Prison-based Interventions Targeting Violent Extremist Detainees
Read moreThe full Review of Evidence can be accessed here. Please read on for the Summary. Background Despite the importance of…
ICSR Team - Jun222022
Sleeping with the Enemy: Sex, Sexuality and Antisemitism in the Extreme Right
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
ICSR Team - May042022
Bringing Loyalist and Opposition Factions Together: The Prospects for Reconciliation in New Syria
Read moreBy Rahaf Aldoughli When Syria’s Bashar al-Assad was running for re-election in 2021, scenes of patriotic regime loyalists piercing their…
ICSR Team - May032022
Resolving the Detainee Dilemma: What Next for the Men, Women & Children of Islamic State
Read moreResolving the Detainee Dilemma I: What Next for the Men, Women & Children of Islamic State Where: King’s College London…
ICSR Team - Apr272022
ICSR Event – The Insurgent’s Dilemma: A Struggle to Prevail (Book Launch), May 10th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Tuesday May 10th, 5.30pm BST ICSR invites you to attend a book launch for David Ucko’s new…
ICSR Team - Apr212022
GNET Event – Second Annual GNET Conference, May 18th-19th
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that ICSR will be hosting the Second Annual GNET Conference, taking place online and in-person…
ICSR Team - Mar092022
Conflict Trauma and Violence: How Can We Promote Peace?
Read moreBy Ted Barker, Shiraz Maher & Craig Larkin The past two decades have seen a slew of programmatic efforts aimed…
ICSR Team - Feb152022
The Iraqi Politics of Memory and Victimhood
Read moreBy Ela Khaled and Inna Rudolf After nearly three months of backroom deal attempts and horse-trading, Iraq’s newly appointed legislators…
ICSR Team - Jan262022
“One Struggle”: Examining Narrative Syncretism between Accelerationists and Salafi‑Jihadists
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
ICSR Team - Jan052022
GNET Report Launch – Manipulating Access to Communication Technology: Government Repression or Counterterrorism?, January 17th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Monday January 17th, 5pm GMT / 12pm EST The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) invites…
ICSR Team - Dec202021
Violent Extremist Innovation: A Cross‑Ideological Analysis
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
ICSR Team - Dec142021
“We are Generation Terror!”: Youth‑on‑youth Radicalisation in Extreme‑right Youth Groups
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
ICSR Team - Dec032021
ICSR & CST Report Launch – “We are Generation Terror!”: Youth-on-youth Radicalisation in Extreme-right Youth Groups, December 14th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Tuesday December 14th, 5pm GMT / 12pm EST With the increasing number of teenage terror convicts, this report takes…
ICSR Team - Dec012021
GNET Report Launch – A Comparative Analysis of Three Online Reactionary Meme Subcultures, December 13th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Monday December 13th, 5pm GMT / 12pm EST The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) invites you to…
ICSR Team - Nov252021
ICSR Event – ISIS and the Crime-Terror Nexus in America: A Counterpoint to Europe, December 7th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Tuesday December 7th, 5.30pm GMT / 12.30pm EST This event explores the nexus between crime and ISIS terrorism in…
ICSR Team - Nov092021
GNET Report Launch – Countering Extremist Mis/Disinformation After Terror Attacks, November 22nd
Read moreWhere: Online When: Monday November 22nd, 5pm GMT / 12pm EST The Global Networks on Extremism and Technology (GNET) invites you to…
ICSR Team - Nov012021
“The Arc of Jihad”: The Ecosystem of Militancy in East, Central and Southern Africa
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
ICSR Team - Sep102021
ICSR Event – How Should We Assess The War On Terror 20 Years After 9/11?, September 22nd
Read moreWhere: Online When: Wednesday September 22nd, 6.30pm BST / 1.30pm EST The events of September 11th 2001 changed the world forever, inciting…
ICSR Team - Aug092021
Counterterrorism in North Africa: From Police State to Militia Rule and the Quagmire of “CVE”
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
ICSR Team - May102021
GNET Event – First Annual GNET Conference, May 26th
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that ICSR will be hosting the First Annual GNET Conference, taking place online on Wednesday…
ICSR Team - May052021
ICSR Event – Countering Violent Extremism: Making Gender Matter (Book Launch), May 17th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Monday May 17th, 5pm BST / 12pm EST ICSR invites you to attend an online book launch for Elizabeth…
ICSR Team - Apr302021
Far From Gone: The Evolution of Extremism in the First 100 Days of the Biden Administration
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
ICSR Team - Apr212021
“Today it’s Chauvin, Tomorrow it’ll be Another White Man”: Far-Right Reactions to the Conviction of Derek Chauvin
Read moreBy Research Fellows Hannah Rose and Blyth Crawford You can also find the full text here. Content warning: this piece…
ICSR Team - Mar232021
Literature Review: Innovation, Creativity and the Interplay Between Far‑right and Islamist Extremism
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. Please read on for the Introduction. As intercommunal violence has intensified in many…
ICSR Team - Mar012021
ICSR Event – Margaret Coker Book Launch, March 15th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Monday March 15th, 5pm GMT / 1pm EDT ICSR invites you to attend an online book launch for Margaret…
ICSR Team - Feb092021
ICSR & RESOLVE Network Event – Islamic State: A View from Within with Nicolas Hénin, March 9th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Tuesday March 9th, 5.30pm GMT / 12.30pm ET Today, thousands of Islamic State (IS) fighters are still held in…
ICSR Team - Jan212021
ICSR Event – Sagit Yehoshua Book Launch, February 1st
Read moreWhere: Online When: Monday February 1st, 5.30pm GMT / 12.30pm ET ICSR invites you to attend an online book launch for Sagit…
ICSR Team - Jan192021
Understanding Salafi‑Jihadist Attitudes Towards Innovation
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. Please read on for the Executive Summary. Introduction One of the most notable…
ICSR Team - Jan132021
How Telegram Disruption Impacts Jihadist Platform Migration
Read moreThis report was first published by the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST). The full report can…
ICSR Team - Jan122021
ICSR Report Launch – Memetic Irony and the Promotion of Violence Within Chan Cultures, January 26th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Tuesday January 26th, 5.30pm GMT / 12.30pm ET This event will launch a report co-authored by ICSR…
ICSR Team