Paul Gill’s Tweets

Nov 4, 2021

Coming soon via OUP: Looks at clinical mental health/behavioral issues, psychometric data, linguistic analysis, historical cases, propaganda/rhetoric, geographic variables, ethical issues, legal and law enforcement perspectives, threat assessment and management & much more.

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This is horrific *watches amazing funding opportunities for collaboration with the best European and other colleagues disappear down the toilet of Brexit* [and no, there is literally no chance it will be adequately replaced]

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Times Higher Education

@timeshighered

· Jun 7

Freeman: UK ‘ready’ to walk away from Horizon Europe ‘Deeply problematic’ deadlock over Britain’s membership of European research scheme cannot continue, warns science minister ahead of ‘last round of talks’ bit.ly/3GWgXp2

Kicking off Pint of Science 2022 with

telling us about terrorist decision-making #pint22

We've used the scale preliminarily in a number of surveys to analyse how exposure relates to violent extremist intentions and attitudes. The paper is paywalled but please email for a copy if you don't have access. The scale is free to use with no permissions etc required.

Our latest

paper is out now in Psych of Viol.

@b_rottweilerUCL

bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

and I develop EXPO-12 across three studies. The instrument is designed as a tool to further research on the role of exposure in violent extremism. doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi

Very pleased to see this one published - specific focus on profiles and risk when considering radicalisation pathways of 235 convicted extremists in England and Wales doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.1

Online radicalization: Profile and risk analysis of individuals convicted of extremist offences

Purpose This study explores socio-demographic profiles and offence histories of 235 individuals convicted of extremist offences in England and Wales who have shown different levels of Internet...

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Our results indicate that along with other factors, the street network plays a role in shaping terrorist target selection. Streets that are more connected and more likely to be traversed will experience more attacks.

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ISPRS IJGI

@ISPRS_IJGI

· Mar 18

A Multi-Level Analysis of #Risky #Streets and Neighbourhoods for Dissident Republican #Violence in #Belfast By @ZoeMarchmentUCL, @MichaelJFrith, John Morrison and @paulgill_ucl

mdpi.com/1353682

Our latest - EXPO-12: Development and validation of the Exposure to Violent Extremism Scale - led by

@CaitlinClemmow

and

@b_rottweilerUCL

- psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-58 - provides a preliminarily validated psychometric measure of exposure to extremists, their settings, and materials

May 5

Our latest - EXPO-12: Development and validation of the Exposure to Violent Extremism Scale - led by

@CaitlinClemmow

and

@b_rottweilerUCL

- psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-58 - provides a preliminarily validated psychometric measure of exposure to extremists, their settings, and materials

We have a website available for the Grievance Dictionary now at grievancedictionary.net - points you to all development materials and dictionary files itself

Understanding the Role of the Internet in the Process of Radicalisation: An Analysis of Convicted...

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Isabelle

@Isabellevdv

· Mar 24, 2021

Really pleased "The Grievance Dictionary: Understanding Threatening Language Use" is now out in Behavior Research Methods rdcu.be/chmmuw/ w/ @paulgill_ucl, B Kleinberg, & M Mozes. This #opensource tool can be used to analyse language in the violence and extremism domain.

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Exciting new paper from Jens Binder (NTU),

@BeallBaker

(Bournemouth Uni) and I - Understanding the role of the Internet in the process of radicalisation - limited number of free prints available on request

tandfonline.com

(2022). Understanding the Role of the Internet in the Process of Radicalisation: An Analysis of Convicted Extremists in England and Wales. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. Ahead of Print.

Fantastic opportunity to do an

@crestresearch

PhD with a great team

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· Apr 21

PhD opportunity still open. More info and apply here jobs.ac.uk/job/COB964/phd

Great #postdoc opportunity for recent PhDs interested in #violent #extremist #disengagement & #reintegration….

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Jessica Stern

@JessicaEStern

· Apr 14

POSTDOC FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY at @HarvardChanSPH Community Safety Team working to execute a portfolio of projects related to P/CVE issues. More information here: tinyurl.com/57s97pfs. Applications rolling; first review will occur May 1.

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A Multi-Level Analysis of #Risky #Streets and Neighbourhoods for Dissident Republican #Violence in #Belfast By

, John Morrison and

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Vulnerability to radicalisation in a general population: a psychometric network approach

Mar 3

Changes in their presence may result in the most change across the entire network of risk factors. Supressing the occurrence or mitigating the impact of these risk factors, in other words, may ‘dismantle the network’.

In terms of node importance, being disrespected, psychological distress, and non-violent offending were identified as the most central nodes/risk factors.

It characterises risk factors and indicators for vulnerability to radicalisation as a complex system, where factors interact and cause each other in a network structure.

Results demonstrate (a) how risk factors ‘cluster’ or ‘co-occur’, (b) the most influential risk factors which may be important for intervention and prevention, and (c) ‘risk pathways’ which suggest potential putative risk and/or protective factors

Our latest: "Vulnerability to radicalisation in a general population: a psychometric network approach" led by

@CaitlinClemmow

with

@noemie_bouhana

@ZoeMarchmentUCL

is now out - bit.ly/3HFsWWI - & is the 1st to apply psychometric network modelling to terrorism studies

tandfonline.com

(2022). Vulnerability to radicalisation in a general population: a psychometric network approach. Psychology, Crime & Law. Ahead of Print.

See below research brief on our work on linguistic threat assessment for the

project

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CREST

@crest_research

· Mar 2

Linguistic Threat Assessment: Large-scale linguistic analysis may help security practitioners in making sense of violent and extreme communications.

By @isabellevdv, Bennett Kleinberg & @paulgill_ucl #technology #CSR13 #linguistics crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/lingui

cup.columbia.edu/book/al-qaedas

Mar 3

See below for a research brief on our evaluation of the risk assessment and management practices embedded within the Channel programme. Full papers to follow later in the year all going well.

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CREST

@crest_research

· Mar 2

A look at the Vulnerability Assessment Framework

By @ZoeMarchmentUCL @paulgill_ucl #CSR13 crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/evalua

The

documentary #11M TERROR IN MADRID is available in dozens of languages and in over 190 countries: netflix.com/es-en/title/81 Based on the book ‘Al Qaeda’s Revenge. The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings’ published by

@ColumbiaUP

@TheWilsonCenter

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The results highlight importance of (a) interactions between individual dispositions & perceptions of contextual factors (b) the conditional and cumulative effects of various risk & protective factors (c) the functional role of protective factors when risk factors are present

Conversely, several effects are lessened for those individuals high in trait forgiveness, demonstrating a strong capacity for self-control and for those who are exerting critical as well as open-minded thinking styles

These effects are much stronger for individuals who exhibit a stronger need for (a) uniqueness and (b) status and those who demonstrate higher levels of trait entitlement

Results show that stronger group-based injustices lead to increased support for and intentions to engage in violent extremism - no surprises there however…

In a UK nationally representative survey (n = 1,500), we examine the effects of group-based relative deprivation on violent extremist attitudes and violent extremist intentions, and we test whether this relationship is contingent upon several individual differences in personality

Our latest led by

: Individual Differences in Personality Moderate the Effects of Perceived Group Deprivation on Violent Extremism - bit.ly/3JTrtxU - for the

is out and open access

New paper out in Frontiers in Psychology with

. We examine the interaction effects of individual differences in personality and perceived group deprivation on violent extremism

Individual Differences in Personality Moderate the Effects of Perceived Group Deprivation on...

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Numerous studies argue that perceived group deprivation is a risk factor for radicalization and violent extremism. Yet, the vast majority of individuals, who experience such circumstances do not...

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CREST is delighted to invite submissions for its second international conference on Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security (BASS22), which will be held in Lancaster, UK, from 19th to 21st July...

CREST is inviting submissions for its conference on Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security (BASS22), in Lancaster 19-21 July 2022. The conference themes are risk and risk management; eliciting and assessing information; and deterrence and disruption.

Anyone aware of #media #literacy/counter #disinfo programming in L. America, Sub-Saharan #Africa, #India, #Macedonia, #Estonia, #Romania, #Taiwan, #Sweden or relevant experts? Not fact-checking sites, but govt/NGO efforts to train population. Don't want to miss any. Pls RT & TIA

Our paper assessing sinophobic #hatecrime during the early stages of the pandemic in the UK has been accepted at the British Journal of Criminology. Find the author-accepted version here: osf.io/u26g5 We show evidence for a temporary trigger effect.

osf.io

The COVID-19 Outbreak as a Trigger Event for Sinophobic Hate Crimes in the United Kingdom

We assessed whether the COVID-19 outbreak in the United Kingdom was associated with a rise in sinophobic hate crimes as well as the temporal distribution of victimisation rates. A victimisation...

New paper in

New Media and Society. Pretty amped about this one. With

@MrBrianHughes

@_BGoldberg

, and

@milleridriss

, we show that engagement in different kinds of online misbehaviors is related to persuadability by far-right propaganda.

journals.sagepub.com

Engagement in subversive online activity predicts susceptibility to persuasion by far-right...

Despite the widespread assumption that online misbehavior affects outcomes related to political extremism, few studies have provided empirical evidence to this ...

Coming out soon in

: I quantified the presence of extremist ideologies, personal grievances, & violent mobilization efforts found within a sample of online postings from violent right-wing extremists (RWEs), non-violent RWEs, & a comparison group from one RWE community.

JOB: Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Dawes Centre for Future Crime (fixed-term, 3 years), UCL jobs.ac.uk/job/CNA735/pri #criminology

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