The role and influence of the internet and social media in the radicalisation process and ways to intervene.

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest relevant to the Home Office GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Predicting online radicalisation

    RESEARCH CONTEXT An estimated 25,000 foreign fighters have been recruited to Islamic State (IS) from over 100 counties around the world. While shocking in itself, this reflects only the militant end-product of the radic...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Bath

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to investigate the role and influence of the internet and social media in the radicalisation process, and has the necessary expertise in psychology, computer science, and social media data analysis.

  • Real-Time Detection of Violence and Extremism from Social Media

    The explosive use of social media tools in recent years has turned them into a double-edged sword. On one hand, social media is viewed as a positive factor in Middle East revolutions. On the other hand, violence events s...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: Aston University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on real-time detection of violence and extremism from social media, which is related to the influence of social media in the radicalisation process. The authors have expertise in Bayesian modeling and processing large-scale social media data.

  • Gaming Ecosystem as a Multilayered Security Threat (GEMS)

    There is widespread agreement across police authorities, policy makers and the academic community that the video gaming ecosystem plays a substantial role in the process of radicalization. However as yet there is no comp...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on the role of the gaming ecosystem in radicalization and proposes interventions to prevent it.

  • Constructing the illiberal citizen? Radicalisation prevention, counter-terrorism, and the media in the UK

    Counter-terrorism and radicalisation prevention policies are not peripheral discourses and practices that affect only certain individuals and spheres, but should be understood as instruments that have serious implication...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Loughborough University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores the impact of counter-terrorism and radicalisation prevention policies on the media and the wider population, which is relevant to understanding the influence of social media in the radicalisation process. The authors have expertise in counter-terrorism, media analysis, and gender studies.

  • 'The Crime-Terror Nexus: Investigating the overlap between criminal and extremist practices, narratives and networks in Tripoli, Lebanon

    THE RELEVANCE OF OUR RESEARCH Tripoli, Lebanon's second city, has over the past eight years witnessed a significant increase in levels of violence. This mainly stems from the progressive merger of criminal and terrorist...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Bristol

  • Social Media narratives: addressing extremism in middle age

    Conspiracy theories, misinformation and extremism online is a growing concern to governments. Extreme political narratives have been rising across Europe and these narratives influence mainstream political discourses and...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

  • Raven: to Locate and Identify Online Extremist Multimedia

    Exploitation of online social networks by terrorists and hate groups for propaganda, recruiting, and fund raising is a widely recognised national security problem. We propose an automated intelligent web crawling system ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON

  • Communities as defeating and/or endorsing extreme violence: how do communities support and/or defeat extreme violence over time?

    Communities, their connections and associated complexities, have been the subject of considerable conversation and debate in the UK, particularly since the terrorist attacks of 7 July 2005 and the English riots of 2011. ...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham

  • Reframing Muslim 'Radicalism'

    This study aims to assess Western policy responses to the threat of global jihadi ideology, and to develop a suitable methodology for making them more effective. Since 9/11, the ideological threat from global jihadism...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Oxford

  • 'Extremism and Its Support: Developing More Effective Policy Responses'

    Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in extremism, though mainly al-Qaeda or 'AQ'-inspired terrorism. This emphasis on preventing violent extremism (PVE), and countering processes of radicalization within Musl...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Nottingham

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project directly addresses the role of extremism, including right-wing extremism, in the radicalization process and proposes policy responses.

Similar ARIs from other organisations

Risk management What are the drivers of extremism and what works to reduce radicalisation? How effective are de-radicalisation interventions? What factors have a strong influence on the de-radicalisation of individuals? Ministry of Justice, 2020
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Focus on what matters most to Londoners Effectively safeguarding those vulnerable to radicalisation Metropolitan Police, 2019
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