EMAN Network

The EMAN Network is a resource on faith-based and ideological extremism, whose mission is to build and curate an online database which tracks extremists and hate-preachers of all faiths and backgrounds. EMAN, also the Arabic word for ‘faith’ or ‘belief’, believes that extremism should be tackled at its roots by exposing these radical individuals. Click here to watch an interview featuring EMAN’s founder Mohamed Hineidi with CoJiT’s Editorial Director Anthony Richards.

VOX-Pol

VOX-Pol is an EU-funded academic research network designed to explore online violent extremist politics, its societal impact and the responses to it. VOX-Pol recognises the role of the Internet in online radicalisation leading to terrorism and seeks to provide resources and research into this area. Their website hosts a huge pool of “researcher resources” as well as a constantly-updated blog with articles from researchers across the globe. Watch a discussion between VOX-Pol’s Professor Maura Conway and CoJiT’s Dr Anthony Richards here.

Global Network on Extremism & Technology

The Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET) is the academic research arm of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and aims to better understand the ways in which terrorists use technology. GNET specifically highlights violent extremist behaviours, and not ‘extremism’ in general to produce actionable outcomes based on evidence-based research. Its research agenda is focussed on the question of how online violent extremist behaviours relate to offline, real-world harms. CoJiT’s discussion with Raffaello Pantucci, an Associate Fellow at GNET, is available here.

Western Jihadism Project

The Western Jihadism Project is a database designed to study Al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist offenders in The West. Data is gathered from publicly available, open-sources including government reports and press releases; there is a broad range of the types of data gathered: from videos  to sermons to magazines. The Western Jihadism Project was started by Jytte Klausen, to see her speak on the Combating Jihadist Terror podcast please click here.

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation

The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) is an academic research centre based in the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London. Researchers at the ICSR utilise empirical research methods to identify emerging patterns in international security and terrorism studies. Their research not only maintains strong academic rigour, but also ensures it retains a policy-focus, allowing practitioners to better understand how such research can be implemented in the real world. In the first series of CoJiT’s podcast, Anthony Richards talked to two senior members of the ICSR team: Amarnath Amarasingam, a Senior Research Fellow, as well as Peter Neumann, a Senior Fellow.

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) is an independent think-tank  which provides policy advice and implementation support on three areas of counter-terrorism: the rule of law, prevention and threat assessment. The ICCT focusses on themes that lie between the CVE and criminal justice spheres as well as human rights related aspects of counter-terrorism.  Three members of the ICCT’s editorial board have been featured on the Combating Jihadist Terror podcast: Tahir Abbas, Andrew Silke and Lorenzo Vidino.

RUSI

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in a British-based, but internationally focussed, defence think tank. Its members consist of policymakers, academics, diplomats, and military officers giving its research a military insight that more predominantly-civilian organisations lack. RUSI also publishes the RUSI Journal, which has been in print since 1857, which contains articles looking at defence and global security. CoJiT maintains a close relationship with many RUSI fellows and has featured several of them on the podcast series including Michael Clarke, Rafaello Pantucci and Peter Neumann.

Humanities for Resilience

The Humanities for Resilience project seeks to explore how the arts and humanities can contribute to understandings and practices of ‘resilience’ in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries. The project involves workshops held in the UK, Zambia, Pakistan, and Lebanon to examine the effect that resilience has, and can have, in these places. The Humanities for Resilience project was co-founded by Katherine Brown.

Commission for Countering Extremism

The Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) was created by Theresa May in response to the 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing to advise the government on new policies to deal with extremism. Dame Sara Khan was named as the first Commissioner of the CCE and, along with Sir Mark Rowley, published a review of the adequacy of anti-extremism legislation in the UK called Operating with Impunity – Hateful extremism: The need for a legal framework. Sarah Khan discusses this review, as well as her new role as the government’s Independent Adviser for Social Cohesion and Resilience, in her appearance on the Combating Jihadist Terror Podcast.

The George Washington University Program on Extremism

The Program on Extremism out of George Washington University began in 2015 and aims to lead innovative and thoughtful academic inquiry, produce empirical work, and develop pragmatic policy solutions that resonate with policymakers, civic leaders, and the general public. They have a broad focus ranging from domestic or homegrown terrorism to global jihadist terrorism. One of their most interesting research topics has been The ISIS Files: an undertaking to digitise, translate and analyse over 15,000 pages of documents detailing the Islamic State’s bureaucratic processes. The program on extremism’s Director is Lorenzo Vidino, who spoke on the Combating Jihadist Terror podcast, as did the Director of Strategic Initiatives Devorah Margolin.

Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (known as FFI) was established in 1946 as a research and development unit of the Norwegian Armed Forces to provide advice to political and military defence leaders. The research undertaken by FFI ranges from looking into specific terrorist incidents, like their work investigating the 2004 Madrid bombings, to pioneering weapons or technology developments, for example the ground-penetrating radar installed on the Perseverance Mars Rover. CoJiT spoke with Petter Nesser, a senior researcher at FFI, on the Combating Jihadist Terror podcast available here.

Counter Terrorism Global

Counter Terrorism Global is an independent consultancy based in the UK and specialising in counter-terrorism and counter-extremism. Their work involves translating the skills, experience and understanding learned through working on the front-lines of CT/CE into practical solutions and guidance for their clients. This means understanding not only the impacts that a terror attack may have on an event or a business, but also the underlying causes of terrorism and extremism to better help prevent it. Counter Terrorism Global was founded by Richard Walton, previously the Metropolitan Police’s Head of Counter Terrorism Command, who spoke on the Combating Jihadist Terror Podcast.

The Grievance Project

The Grievance Project is a research programme at the Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London. It’s main research aim is to increase understanding about extremist violence against non-combatants, with the ambition that this will in turn reduce the risk of any such violence occurring. Rather than looking at the individual qualities of the terrorists who commit such acts of violence, the so-far unproductive method previously used, the Grievance Project takes into consideration the situational qualities of their actions. The project has published over 25 articles from their research, and our discussion with Paul Gill, a Principal Investigator, can be found here.