Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism 2024

Welcome to the 6th Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism, organized by Center for Research on Extremism, University of Oslo, June 17-19, 2024.

An abstract painting of a person walking in a tunnel.

Photo made by Shane David Colvin for the 6th Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism.

 

Keynote speakers 

  • Prof. Tina Askanius, Malmö University: Gender, Misogyny and Far-Right Extremism
  • Prof. Lasse Lindekilde, Aarhus University: Scattered Attacks: The Collective Dynamics of Lone-Actor Terrorism
  • Dr. Anders Ravik Jupskås, University of Oslo: Interpreting Terrorism: The Case of the 22 July Attacks in Norway

Registration

Registration is now closed. 

Conference programme

See the conference programme and a detailed overview of the panels in the menu on the left. 

Excursion to Utøya

The conference starts with an excursion to Utøya on June 17. This excursion is for paper presenters only. Utøya is one of the sites of the terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011, where sixty-nine (mostly) youths were killed and many more wounded by a lone right-wing terrorist.

The excursion to Utøya includes a keynote by C-REX deputy director Anders Ravik Jupskås on the public perceptions of the terrorist attack on 22 July 2011, as well as a guided tour.

Questions

If you have questions regarding the conference, please contact Birgitte Haanshuus at b.p.haanshuus@c-rex.uio.no or Anastasija Kuznecova at anastasija.kuznecova@c-rex.uio.no.

Published Nov. 7, 2023 10:51 AM - Last modified June 16, 2024 1:24 PM