Background
Madeleine Thorstensen PhD candidate at Center for Research on Extremism. Her PhD is part of the Investigating Contested Theories on Extreme-Right Terrorism (INCONTEXT) project led by Jacob Aasland Ravndal, in collaboration with The Norwegian Police University College. Her PhD investigates the effects of repression on right-wing terrorism and violence. She is the former team leader of the Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) Dataset and has worked two years as a research assistant at C-REX. She holds a MPhil degree in Peace and Conflict Studies and a BA degree in International Studies from the University of Oslo.