For a reflection by @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social and me on how online harm to researchers can be prevented and mitigated, see this new chapter ๐
For a reflection by @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social and me on how online harm to researchers can be prevented and mitigated, see this new chapter ๐
Danke an @simonhammann.bsky.social, der die Bluesky-Debatte mit seinem Post ausgelรถst hat, sowie an @bpaassen.bsky.social & @benniangerer.bsky.social: Ihr kommt auch im Newsletter vor! Und @jmwiarda.bsky.social selbstverstรคndlich ebenfalls, sein gestriger Beitrag zum Thema findet sich hier:
โโฆfar-right groups have seized on cultural production โ from clothing brands to top 40 music โ to normalise their ideas, in a process that researchers say has hit new heights in the age of social mediaโ
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Check out this great article by @ashifakassam.bsky.social, featuring yours truly and the fab @gretajasser.bsky.social!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
My brilliant sister @gretajasser.bsky.social said some very clever things here โจ
Read about the "Radical Norm" project lead by @drkondor.bsky.social in this piece from The Guardian.
๐ฃCall for panels & papers for the 2026 ECPR GC! Join the E&Dโendorsed section โExtremism in Extreme Times: Moving Beyond the Mainstream,โ coโchaired by C-REX scholar @drkondor.bsky.social and former C-REX guest researchers @gretajasser.bsky.social & Ryan Switzer. Submit now! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@drkondor.bsky.social
Image of the words Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age
Itโs here: the absolute coolest thing I have done all year, and that is saying something!
โMan Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Ageโ is an original podcast produced by Long Story Short Media featuring leading extremism expert Cynthia 1/
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Thanks to all contributors inc: @k8ebrown.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social Luca Manucci, Joรฃo Bernardo Narciso @kurtsengul.bsky.social Jordan McSwiney, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social @aysed.bsky.social @philofwrite.bsky.social Chris Wilson, @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social & @gretajasser.bsky.social
Interested in the far right and the media? @imogenrichards.bsky.social edited a new book on it (with a chapter from yours, truly on the reporting on incels in the German media)
Excited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! ๐ shorturl.at/LaKw7
'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia.
A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S
Whether you work in journalism, civil society, or academia:
If you have a project pitch that touches on how digitalization is transforming society and want to come work with us for a bit, consider applying to this highly flexible fellowship.
Lmk if you have any Qs.
Vortragstipp "Feindbild Forschung"๐ : Am 15.07. spricht @gretajasser.bsky.social (IfDem, FoDEx FB Rechtsradikalismus) รผber die Beforschung rechter und misogyner Akteure & รผber Einschรผchterungen v. Wissenschaftler:innen. Organisiert v. Fachschaft Sowi & der Geschlechterforschung der @uni-goettingen.de
We did it! Just submitted the manuscript for the edited volume 'Trans Panic, Anti-Gender Mobilisations, and the Far Right', forthcoming with Routledge, ETA 2026. Edited by Iris B. Segers, @audreygagnon.bsky.social @drkondor.bsky.social @gretajasser.bsky.social and myself.
Join us for the ECPR Extremism & Democracy conference where Iโll be discussant for the brilliant panel on food and the far right ๐ฅ๐ฅฉ๐ฅ with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @drkondor.bsky.social @manesweisskircher.bsky.social @gretajasser.bsky.social @celestinekunkeler.bsky.social
Much as the court warns against reading this as a victory of one group over another, that is exactly what will happen now, as a victory of the 'gender-critical' movement over trans women. Regardless of the potentially complex legal ramifications, this narrative will embolden anti-trans mobilisation.
'By rooting misogyny in womenโs "shared biology", rather than our shared oppression under patriarchy, the Supreme Court relies on incredibly conservative ideas about gender as a naturalised phenomenon.'
Indeed an incredible case of the naturalisation of cisness and the sex/gender order.
โผ๏ธIf you haven't seen the call already, this is your reminderโผ๏ธ
3-year postdoc in computational social science at Aarhus University to study societal norms about political power ๐ซ
I'll be @comptext.bsky.social in Vienna (April 24-26) if you want to meet up and hear more about the position โ๐ฃ๏ธ
Wenn die Antrรคge der CDU/CSU morgen angenommen werden, wird sich mein Rechtsstatus und der vieler Menschen in diesem Land รคndern. Meine deutsche Staatszugehรถrigkeit wird dann effektiv weniger wert sein, weil ich nicht ethnisch deutsch bin. Ich bin dann rechtlich nicht mehr gleichgestellt. WTF.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE ๐ โจ๏ธ ๐๐ My Book Is Officially Out ๐ฅ๐๐๐AND The Best Part Is It's #OpenAccess Can't Believe I am Starting 2025 as a Published Author ๐ค๐ค 6 Years of Hard Work has Officially Paid Off ๐พ๐พ๐พ
Yaay! Congratulations Ashton! Can't wait to read it ๐๐
Why we need to pay attention to far-right humour?
Post by me and Jordan McSwiney
We're counting down to the end of 2024 by highlighting key C-REX events from throughout the year. No. 11: @celestinekunkeler.bsky.social and Iris B. Segers organized a workshop on a forthcoming edited volume, โTrans panic and anti-gender mobilisation on the far rightโ www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
I wrote for @us.theconversation.com about how I see Bluesky's recent growth in the context of research on social media migration!
I don't think folks here necessarily WANT a "new Twitter," but that Bluesky has the potential to recapture some of what people liked. theconversation.com/bluesky-isnt...
5. Simply said, most popular โsolutionsโ to the far right either underestimate the far right (by externalizing it from the โmainstreamโ) or are logically at odds with the analysis of the strength of the far right (eg asking the far right controlled state to oppose the far right).
Have I just created a Starter Pack? Yes I have.
I am sure I am missing LOTS of people. Please lmk if youโd want me to add you!
go.bsky.app/DWpfaZX
Check out our blog RightNow! if youโre interested commentary, analysis and reflection on topics related to the contemporary far right, including party politics, subcultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
๐ฃCfA: Professorship in Digital Communication!
The DDC, in collaboration with the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), is calling for a Full Professor & DIAS Chair position on Digital Communication & its impact on democracy & society.
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I created a starter pack of phenomenal scholars who are also super kind people. Necessarily incompleteโ
Please nominate someone for me to add!
go.bsky.app/Hv3iMGV