2025

Lara Helmke explores an obscure threat to German democracy posed by 'blood and soil' inspired groups who withdraw from the democratic system and form ethnically homogenous parallel communities.

Jessie Grainger writes about differences in Scandinavian populist radical right parties’ strategic support for LGBT rights to further the exclusion of “intolerant” immigrants and Muslims.

Recent developments suggest a deepening and more systematic convergence between school shooter culture and extreme right ideologies. These developments risk a broadening of the demographic profile, motivations, and strategies of potential perpetrators, writes Daniel Nikolaj Madsen.

The authors outline the many ways in which gender has relevance for violent extremism and propose seeing prevention work through a gender lens.

Just a month ahead of the Dutch elections, Léonie de Jonge and Iris B. Segers raise concerns about the growing normalization of extreme-right ideologies and actions, highlighted by the unprecedented violence that erupted during a recent anti-immigration demonstration in the Hague.

The murder of Tamima Nibras Juhar on August 24 is part of a long series of severe far-right and racist attacks in Norway in recent years. To prevent such attacks in the future, it may help to understand what Norwegian far-right violence looks like, who the perpetrators are, and what drives them.

In the era of ‘new’ and subtle forms of racism, it is important to remember that people’s lives increasingly take place online where racism remains overt. Fully comprehending the nature of contemporary racism requires improved knowledge of minorities’ experiences with online racism, its specificities and impact on victims, writes Marjan Nadim.

The organizers of the C-REX and VOX-Pol PhD summer school present key takeaways on the topics of methods, personal safety, ethics, community building for early-career researchers, and the importance of commemoration.

To cope with terrorist attacks, we look for signs that the perpetrators are somehow abnormal or monstrous. Often, they are more similar to the rest of us than we are willing to accept, writes Inger Storm Sandboe.

What prevents LGBTQI individuals from reporting hate crimes, and what are the experiences of those who do report? A new study uncovers why anti-LGBTI hate crimes are frequently left unreported in Norway.

Having interviewed incels, Jan Christoffer Andersen highlights variations in their ideologies and forms of subcultural involvement. 

Is intelligence determined by genetic predisposition? What about gender identity, musical skills, violence, or political orientation? New research finds that supporters of far-right parties in Norway and Sweden tend to believe genetics strongly influences social outcomes, more so than supporters of other parties. This is troubling, as genetic essentialism predicts support for eugenic policies, argues guest writer Alexandre Morin-Chassé.

The authors reframe the crime-terror nexus to gain a deeper understanding of recent trends in which jihadi organisations recruit from street culture and criminal environments.

The Right-wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) dataset tracks severe right-wing attacks in Western Europe since 1990. The latest report shows a significant decrease in such violence since 2010, though it remains a challenge in Greece, Germany, Italy, the UK, and recently France.

Far-right politicians around the world have mastered the art of epistemic warfare, posing a serious threat to academic freedom. Iris B. Segers reflects on the challenges of feminist resistance to a bizarre political reality rife with lies.

Even as the second strongest force in the new German Parliament, the far-right will most likely be excluded from the government. Still, political institutions and processes will be impacted by the stronger presence of far-right actors and issues, argues Sabine Volk.

Nike Døving and Katherine Kondor shed light on the presence of intellectualism in the midst of far-right health and strength culture. 

The shocking murder of the anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic provocateur shows how Quran burnings are part of a global theater of injustice.

Guest writer Joachim R. von der Heydt argues that more attention should be dedicated to inheritable biological component – the genetic code – of right-wing extremism.

In the wake of Trump’s inauguration, we need to pay close attention to the ways in which media coverage of his politics may (inadvertently) contribute to normalizing racism, misogyny, transphobia and anti-democratic views.