Hi All, Just a reminder that the deadline for receipt of abstracts for our below conference is this Friday, 4 March. Best, Maura PS: Have a new paper forthcoming that argues, amongst other things, that if we want to progress research on violent online extremism we need to draw much more from Internet research than at present. Gated version of paper, for those interested and with access at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1157408, drop me a line if you don't have access and I'll send you a copy by return. M ********** *CfP VOX-POL MID-PROJECT CONFERENCE: TAKING STOCK OF RESEARCH ON VIOLENT ONLINE POLITICAL EXTREMISM* *LOCATION: *Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland *DATES: *23 – 24 June 2016 (pre-conf workshops 22 June) *BACKGROUND* The VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (voxpol.eu) is an EU-funded academic research network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and impacts of violent online political extremism and responses to it. For more info., visit http://www.voxpol.eu or follow us on Twitter at @VOX_Pol. *CALL FOR PAPERS* We are seeking panels and papers describing and discussing in-depth and cutting-edge research on violent political extremism and terrorism and the Internet. Perspectives from all academic (sub-)disciplines are welcome, particularly communications, computer science, cultural studies, ethnography, fan studies, information science, international relations, internet studies, law, media studies, philosophy, politics, psychology, sociology, translation studies, and terrorism studies. The following topics are of particular interest: - History and evolution of violent online extremism; - Online radicalisation; - The Internet and recruitment into violent political extremist and terrorist groups; - Methodologies, including mixed methods approaches, for violent political extremism and terrorism-related Internet research; - Children/youth, violent political extremism, and online content; - Women/gender, violent political extremism, and online content; - Case studies of particular (sub-)groups’ cross-platform use of the Internet and social media; - Case studies of the use of the Internet by violent extremists and/or terrorists in particular countries or regions; - Case studies of the manifestation(s) and workings of violent political extremism on specific online platforms, particularly less-studied platforms (e.g. JustPaste.It, Tumblr, VKontakte); - Case studies of particular online mediums or Internet-related technologies (e.g. video, mobile telephones, etc.) and their roles in violent online extremism; - The role of online crowdsourcing in violent political extremism and terrorism; - Audience reception of violent online political extremist content; - Policy/legislative and other responses to violent online political extremism, including online CVE activity; - The role of the Darkweb in contemporary violent extremism and/or terrorism; - Ethical issues surrounding online extremism-related research; - Evaluative or ‘taking stock’ analyses. We welcome papers or panel proposals in these and all relevant areas, particularly empirically grounded research and papers reporting significant new results. Papers that are methodologically innovative are also especially welcome. *ABSTRACT SUBMISSION* Authors of individual papers should submit a 300-word abstract via our *proposal submission page <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=voxpol2016>* by 5pm GMT on Friday, 4 March 2016. Panel proposals should include a 200-word abstract and confirmed list of minimum 3 panelists. *FURTHER INFORMATION* For information on pre-conference workshops, keynote speakers, registration fees, travel funding, visas, etc. Please visit the conference page on our website <http://voxpol.eu/events/vox-pol-mid-project-conference-taking-stock-of-research-on-violent-online-political-extremism/> . *Dr. Maura Conway* *Senior Lecturer in International Security *School of Law and Government Dublin City University Glasnevin Dublin 9 Ireland Tel. +353 1 700 6472 E-Mail. maura.conway@dcu.ie Skype. galwaygrrl Twitter: @galwaygrrl Website: http://doras.dcu.ie/view/people/Conway,_Maura.html ********** VOX-Pol Project on Violent Online Political Extremism Website: http://www.voxpol.eu Twitter: @VOX_Pol -- *Email Disclaimer"This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. 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