Journal Abstract The dominant narrative about the right-wing terrorist attacks in Norway on July 22, 2011, suggests that they were an attack on the Norwegian democracy, that the perpetrator was[…]
Journal Abstract This article investigates the extent to which Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik has influenced the modus operandi of extreme right lone actor terrorists in the decade since his[…]
Journal Abstract This study maps and seeks to explain the evolution of far-right responses to the July 22 terrorist attacks in 2011. We identify substantial temporal and spatial variation in[…]
Journal abstract Since 9/11, 2001, a new form of religious extremism has arguably emerged, one which paradoxically portrays itself as a counter to another perceived extremism regarded as a real[…]
This briefing was one of six delivered as part of a special event ‘What have we learned about radicalisation?‘ organised by Professor Kim Knott and Dr Matthew Francis as part[…]
Journal abstract This article documents Anders Behring Breivik’s reception on the Russian far Right, with a comparative view to Western Europe. On July 22, 2011, Breivik carried out two terrorist[…]
Publisher’s description This book provides the first empirical analysis of lone-actor terrorist behaviour. Based upon a unique dataset of 111 lone actors that catalogues the life span of the individual’s[…]
Publisher’s description What drives the lone wolf terrorist to commit mass violence? What are their ideologies and motivations? How do they plan and carry out their attacks, and who do[…]
From ‘evil’ Muslim, to ‘mad’ Christian, to ‘bad’ racist – problems with public discourses on Anders Breivik. The terrible events in Norway have shifted, if perhaps only temporarily, the attention[…]
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