Research Funding and Other Opportunities
AVERT members have access to exclusive research funding opportunities. Learn more about the latest research funding calls administered by the AVERT network as well as other opportunities for research funding, fellowships, exchanges and collaborations.
2025 AVERT International Research Symposium
This year, we are pleased to collaborate with the Vox-Pol Network of Excellence and the Terrorism and Social Media (TASM) Conference to deliver this year’s Symposium. The annual AVERT Symposia offer a valuable platform for knowledge exchange, research translation, and interdisciplinary networking between academia and industry. It aims to foster meaningful dialogue and collaboration among government policymakers, practitioners, technology sector representatives, community organisations, and academic researchers, with a focus on the prevention and countering of violent extremism online
We welcome proposals that provide insights on how these changes impact our understanding of online radicalism's harms, risk assessment practices, and policy responses. Proposals that include collaborations with practitioners or industry, reflect on or offer policy and practice-based guidance, or otherwise demonstrate policy and/or practice relevance are especially
Call for Papers: VOX-Pol Next Generation Network Conference 2025
We are pleased to announce the VOX-Pol Next Generation Network Conference, a community of early-career researchers (ECRs) working on issues related to violent online extremism in its many forms. The conference will be held September 25-26th, 2025 at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
The conference will explore broadly-defined contemporary challenges in online extremism research, including the evolution of extremist narratives, platform governance, algorithmic amplification, cross-platform strategies, and any other key socio-technical dynamics.
Submission Deadline: June 25th, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: July 2nd, 2025
Registration Deadline: August 15th, 2025
Conference Dates: September 25-26th, 2025
Call for Insights: Highlighting New Voices
GNET are seeking proposals from PhD students researching the nexus of technology, violent extremism, and/or terrorism. These Insights will be commissioned as part of an upcoming series to highlight new and emerging academic voices in the field.
This series aims to highlight new and emerging academic voices in the field and is intended for those actively enrolled in PhD programs. We particularly encourage women and students from underrepresented regions to submit proposals.
Please see link below for more information.