Spanish Progressive Gamble: Sánchez Against the Far-Right - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism As far-right politics reshape European democracies, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has taken a strikingly different path - doubling down on “NO” to the wars in Gaza and Iran, and progressive, un...

As far-right politics reshape Europe, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez doubles down on opposing the wars in Gaza and Iran and on progressive, universalist policies. Will it cost him power?

New blog post by C-REX guest researcher Alejandro Ayala-Wold. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Masculinity, masculinist politics, and political extremism Published in Journal of Gender Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New Special Issue on "Masculinity, masculinist politics, and political extremism" in Journal of Gender Studies, edited by C-REX theme leader @katrif.bsky.social and colleagues. Check it out! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Researching far-right mothers as a mom - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism with Catherine Tebaldi, University of Luxembourg

C-REX / CANSES methods and ethics webinar this week: "Researching far-right mothers as a mom" w/ @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social, University of Luxembourg Time and place: Apr. 16, 2026 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (CET), ONLINE. Moderated by @audreygagnon.bsky.social. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Europe’s security landscape is shifting fast.

Join C-REX & ISGA in The Hague (late May) for the 3-day course “Extremism, Disinformation and Hostile States” for practitioners & policy-makers.

🔗 Learn more & apply: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education... #disinformation #extremism #security

The Effects of Banning Far-Right Groups: Evidence from France - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Using novel data of organisations and their members in France, Michael C. Zeller shows how organisational bans impact far-right organising more broadly. A short network analysis reveals how bans produ...

New on RightNow! Using new data on organizations and their members, Michael C. Zeller shows how bans can fragment far-right networks - yet also trigger adaptation and reorganization. #farright #France www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

The 'Community Impact' of Terrorism: Consequences of the 2022 Oslo Pride Terrorist Attack - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Based on a unique survey of the Norwegian LGBTIQ+ population following the Oslo Pride terrorist attack, Birgitte P. Haanshuus and Øyvind Bugge Solheim examine the consequences for those directly affec...

In this blogpost for the C-REX Right Now! blog, I summarize the findings from our recently published study on the consequences of the 2022 Oslo Pride terrorist attack for the LGBTIQ+ community in Norway www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

@oyvindbs.bsky.social @crexuio.bsky.social

The 'Community Impact' of Terrorism: Consequences of the 2022 Oslo Pride Terrorist Attack - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Based on a unique survey of the Norwegian LGBTIQ+ population following the Oslo Pride terrorist attack, Birgitte P. Haanshuus and Øyvind Bugge Solheim examine the consequences for those directly affec...

New on RightNow! 🏳️‍🌈 “The ‘Community Impact’ of Terrorism: Consequences of the 2022 Oslo Pride Terrorist Attack” by @bphaanshuus.bsky.social, based on a unique survey of Norway’s LGBTIQ+ community (with @oyvindbs.bsky.social). www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

(+) Undergangsfortellingene om innvandring er dumme, triste og farlige De som vil lese videre, får forberede seg på noen klynk fra innvandringsdebattens venstreliberale taperhjørne, skriver Bjarne Riiser Gundersen.

De som vil lese, får forberede seg på noen klynk fra innvandringsdebattens venstreliberale taperhjørne, skriver Bjarne Riiser Gundersen.

Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts

Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January

Masculinity and Militant Traditions: The Shaping of a Home-Grown Irish Far-Right - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Joshua Farrell-Molloy elucidates how masculinity helps explain performances of militant republican aesthetics by Irish far-right actors, who bind a revolutionary past to contemporary opposition to imm...

New blog post! Joshua Farrell-Molloy explains how Irish #far-right groups use #masculinity and republican symbols to frame themselves as defenders of #Ireland. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

This study investigates how Norwegian Muslims make meaning of ascriptions by mainstream society, exploring how Muslims derive understanding from ascriptions made by others and how this process influences their self-formation.

#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Vinterseminaret 2026: Nominer kandidater til priser - Sosiologen Norsk sosiologforening deler ut hedersprisen, formidlingsprisen og priser til beste artikler når Vinterseminaret går av stabelen i 2026.

Nok et år har gått, nok en haug med fantastisk norsk sosiologi har blitt publisert. Men hva var best? Norsk sosiologforeningen kårer beste norsk- og engelskspråklige artikkelen publisert av en Norgesbasert sosiolog for 2025. Nominer artikler til meg, first 15 desember. sosiologen.no/foreningen/v...

Thank you, Celestine!

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#Sociology #NarrativeSociology #Racialisation #Muslims #Islamophobia

I am glad to see my article 'We Hear About it All the Time: Norwegian Muslims' Merging Stories of Racialisation and Recognition' published in @bjsociology.bsky.social
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Akademia under angrep - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning Hvordan undergraves akademisk frihet, og hva kan gjøres for å motvirke dette? Innledning ved statsviter og C-REX-leder Anders Ravik Jupskås, professor og statsviter Sirianne Dahlum og professor og sta...

Tomorrow at @uio.no: C-REX/CIR breakfast meeting - C-REX director Anders R. Jupskås presents findings from the HITS project on threats & harassment of scientists. Comments from Minister of Research and Higher Education Sigrun Aasland & Pro‑Rector at UiO Bjørn Jamtveit. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...

Weaponised Tolerance in Scandinavia: LGBT Rights and the Far Right - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism 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.

New blog post by former guest researcher Jesse Grainger: "Weaponised Tolerance in Scandinavia: LGBT Rights and the Far Right." Read it now - and sign up to subscribe to the C‑REX blog on right‑extremism and far‑right politics: sympa.uio.no/c-rex.uio.no... www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Far-Right Normalization and Democratic Erosion: A Pre-Election Update from the Netherlands - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism 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 v...

📢 New Blog Post! 🚨 Just a month before the Dutch elections, Iris Beau Segers and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social highlight the troubling normalization of far-right ideologies, the democratic erosion, and the recent violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

The Complex Relationship Between Gender and Violent Extremism - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism The authors outline the many ways in which gender has relevance for violent extremism and propose seeing prevention work through a gender lens.

📢 New blog post: "The Complex Relationship Between Gender and Violent Extremism." @katrif.bsky.social & Inger Skjelsbæk explore how gender influences violent extremism and advocate for viewing prevention efforts through a gender lens. #Gender #Extremism #Prevention www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

RightNow! - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Welcome to RightNow! Explore insights from C-REX researchers and other experts on contemporary far-right politics, including party dynamics, cultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism.

📢 Subscribe to our new mailing list for the RightNow! blog! by clicking this link: shorturl.at/Frz6a. Get insights from C-REX researchers and other experts on contemporary far-right politics, including party dynamics, cultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Don’t miss this event on how to research the far right safely with former C-REX postdoc @audreygagnon.bsky.social👇

(Un)Silencing Academia in Times of Epistemic Conflicts: Navigating Online Violence This volume tackles the pressing issue of online violence against academics, considering the diverse forms that cyberbullying and harassment can take, as well as their likely targets. Offering both th...

📚 New edited volume "(Un)Silencing Academia in Times of Epistemic Conflicts: Navigating Online Violence"! Featuring contributions from former and current C-REX scholars, including @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social, & Iris Segers. www.routledge.com/UnSilencing-...

Norske mediers normalisering av ytre høyre de siste tre (!) dagene:

Lørdag: TV2 rapporterer fra minnemarkering foran Stortinget i regi av høyreekstrem organisasjon uten å nevne ett ord om arrangørens ideologi.

The Murder of Tamima Nibras Juhar and Far-Right Violence in Norway - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism 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 understa...

The murder of Tamima Nibras Juhar on Aug 24 is part of a long series of severe far-right & racist attacks in Norway in recent years, writes the RTV team at C-REX in a new blog post. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Young Muslims' Understanding of Online Racism - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism 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 contemporar...

"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." Check out this new blog post written for C-REX by Marjan Nadim from the Institute for Social Research. #Racism www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products

📢 New article 🌟
👥 Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social and Tamta Gelashvili @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social (ISV)
🔎 How can institutions better support researchers? The case of extremism and terrorism research
📗 Open access in Qualitative Research
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Hva kan et lite land gjøre i møte med autoritære strømninger og demokratisk tilbakeslag? - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning Ekstremisme er på fremmarsj, og demokratiene står under press. Statsminister og statsviter Jonas Gahr Støre besøker UiO for å snakke om hva Norge kan gjøre.

🌍 What can a small country do in the face of authoritarianism and democratic setbacks? Join PM Jonas Gahr Støre at C-REX/UiO on Aug 25, 2025, to discuss how Norway can address these challenges amidst rising extremism. #DemocracyUnderPressure #Norway #Academia www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...

Ekstremisme på fremmarsj og demokratier under press - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning Ekstremisme er på fremmarsj, og demokratiene står under press. Akademia blir angrepet. Hvordan skal vi forstå denne utviklingen? Hva kan gjøres for å beskytte demokratiene og bevare akademias autonomi...

🌍 Join us for a series of breakfast meetings this Fall on rising extremism and pressuring democracies! 📍25 Aug: PM Jonas Gahr Støre on what Norway can do📍 24 Sep: Normalization of the Extreme 📍 23 Oct: Democracy's Resilience 📍 19 Nov: Academia Under Attack. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...

Harassment, Intimidation and Threats in the Sciences - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism This project seeks to map the scope and nature of threats, intimidation, and harassment that political scientists working at European universities receive in relation to their research focus and outpu...

Read more about the HITS project, a collaborative effort between Iris Segers (University of Oslo), @audreygagnon.bsky.social (University of Ottawa), @sldelange.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam), and @arjupskas.bsky.social (University of Oslo), here: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...