[Air-L] VOX-Pol Lunch Briefing Series, Brussels, Oct. & Nov.

[Maura Conway]

Hi AoIRers,


Some colleagues may be interested in the below:


VOX-Pol invites you to a series of Lunchtime Briefing Seminars, this autumn
in Brussels, each exploring a different aspect of violent online political
extremism



The series is jointly organised by the EU-funded VOX-Pol Network of
Excellence <http://www.voxpol.eu/> and the Representation of the European
Commission in Belgium <https://ec.europa.eu/belgium/>. The briefings are
aimed at an audience of policy makers, security practitioners, academics,
and graduate students.





*SCHEDULE*



October 11th – Luigi Soreca, European Commission

‘The Role of the EU in Tackling Violent Online Radicalisation Leading to
Terrorism’



October 18th – Suzette Abbasciano, University of Massachusetts – Lowell

‘Societal Reactions to the Nice Attack: Online Conversations vs.
On-the-Ground Events’



October 25th – Paul Gill, University College London

‘Lone Actors, Extremism and Understanding Online Radicalisation’



*November 1st – Half Term in Brussels – no seminar*



November 8th – Matti Pohjonen, VOX-Pol Research Fellow 2015 – 2016

‘“Rapefugees Not Welcome Here”: Online Hate Speech, the Refugee Crisis, and
Far Right Extremism’



November 15th – Elizabeth Pearson, King’s College London

‘*Wilayat* Twitter, Gender and the Downside of Suspension’



November 22nd – Maura Conway, Dublin City University

‘Disrupting ‘Islamic State’s’ Online Activity’





*LOGISTICS AND REGISTRATION*



The Lunch Briefing Series will take place close to Schuman, Brussels on
Tuesdays from 1215 to 1400.



This will include the presentation, a Q&A session, and a networking lunch.



The working language will be English; there will be no interpretation
provided.



Register by sending an email from your organisational email account to
lunchbriefingseries at voxpol.eu, to include the following details:

-       First name

-       Last Name

-       Organisation

-       Date(s) of sessions you wish to attend



Full logistical details will be provided to those registered.



Please see our Upcoming Events <http://www.voxpol.eu/events/> page for more
information or email lunchbriefingseries at voxpol.eu.


Best,
Maura

*Prof. Maura Conway*
School of Law and Government
Dublin City University
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland

Tel. +353 1 700 6472
E-Mail. maura.conway at dcu.ie
Skype. galwaygrrl

Twitter: @galwaygrrl

Website: http://doras.dcu.ie/view/people/Conway,_Maura.html

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VOX-Pol Project on Violent Online Political Extremism

Website: http://www.voxpol.eu

Twitter: @VOX_Pol

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