2023

There is a growing industry of far-right comedy. What role does humour play in the mainstreaming and normalisation of the far right?

Incel forums are online spaces with little to no moderation against violent and harmful speech. Yet, despite the almost non-existent community guidelines, users aim to debate, break or circumvent them, as transgression and violent talk are central to the community that formed in these spaces.

Far-right parties have become increasingly concerned with education as a policy field - what is their ideological content, where does it fit into party strategy, and what lessons can be learned from this shift in political debate?

This piece examines how far-right online communities on the social media platform Gab Social are built through identity-building narratives.

Studying extremist side-switching offers a great opportunity to better understand why people change their beliefs, especially in the context of de-radicalization.

In the aftermath of the landslide electoral victory of the far-right Party for Freedom, Postdoctoral fellow Iris B. Segers argues that Geert Wilders’s electoral gains are the product of long-term democratic erosion, as well as a volatile and fragmented political situation in the immediate run-up to the elections.

A current incident in Germany illustrates how localist politics can serve as bridge from green to brown.

The recent rise of extreme-right “mommy influencers” on social media sparks questions about the children they raise. Will they follow in the ideological footsteps of their parents?

The start of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war intensified the domestic expressions of different forms of Russian nationalism, from extremist circles and nationalist intellectuals to policy, public debates, and media spaces.

Sunday's general elections in Finland have pushed out the Social Democrats, and put the National Coalition Party and the far-right Finns Party in first and second place respectively. But what is the overall trend, and what does it mean for the Finnish far right beyond the Finns Party?

As the upcoming Greek legislative election looms, it is important to look at the state of the Greek far-right in the aftermath of Golden Dawn's fall, and to scrutinize new contenders who have entered the political arena.

This report shares key findings from a joint Nordic study on multiagency collaboration, showing how teams from Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden cooperated to prevent violent extremism (PVE) across institutional barriers.

In her recent book, The Women of the Far Right, Eviane Leidig looks at how far-right women on social media mainstream far-right ideas and radicalise a large audience. This interview explores some of the key themes in her book.

A look deep inside the AfD in Saxony sheds light on how radical right politics hinges on resourceful organisation on the ground.

Following the arrest of several radical Islamist groups in Belgium on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks, security experts warn of a ‘new generation of very-rapidly-radicalising individuals’. Are authorities attuned to what the process of (violent) extremism looks like from an insider perspective?

How was the far right able to foreclose Sweden's NATO entry? How the transnational nature of the Nordic far right allows the Sweden Democrats to serve as a hub of non-parliamentary right-wing organizing — even from their insider position.

Far-right populists are frequently referred to as 'Fascist' in politics today. But was Italian Fascism originally populist?

A recent PhD training workshop hosted by C-REX and GNET has explored ways of improving the wellbeing of researchers interacting with extremist content on the internet.