Dr. Gerard GillMeaning Through Its Opposite: Significance Quest Theory and Nihilistic Violent Extremism
Read moreThis Insight examines groups under The Com umbrella (a catch-all name for 764 and related groups such as CVLT and…
Dr. Gerard Gill“Ladies and gentlemen, we’re all domestic terrorists”: Incels on the Bondi Attack
Read moreIntroduction This Insight examines responses to the Bondi stabbing attack of 2024 on incel forums, contributing to the current discussion…
Dr. Gerard GillShadows of Wieambilla: Millenarian Content on Australian Conspiracist Facebook
Read moreIntroduction As the inquest into Australia’s first Christian extremist terror attack continues, this Insight explores the persistent use of religious…
Dr. Gerard GillExtremist Violence Against the Trans and LGBTQI+ Community in Australia: A Review of Recent Events
Read moreIntroduction Members of the LGBTQI+ community have long been targeted by far-right actors. However, across the last 12 months, violence…
Dr. Gerard GillOnline Incitement and Small-Scale Terrorism: Violent Rhetoric from the Freedom Movement on Facebook
Read moreIntroduction Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess recently warned that the next terrorist attack in Australia is likely…
Dr. Gerard GillMillenarianism in Australia’s ‘Freedom Movement’
Read moreIntroduction In December 2022, a six-hour siege in Wieambilla, Queensland, ended with six people dead. Police had attended a property…
Dr. Gerard GillTracing the Evolution of Far-Right Movement Framing in Australia
Read moreIntroduction This Insight uses current and archived online content and social movement framing theory to trace the ideological progression of…
Dr. Gerard GillNazis, Conspiracists, and the Australian Federal Election
Read moreIn April 2022, police opened fire at a car that was accelerating towards them in the middle of Paris, killing…
Dr. Gerard GillCOVID-19 Conspiricism and the Four Ds of Stochastic Terrorism
Read moreIn the past weeks, Australian counter-terrorism officials have arrested and charged a man who encouraged anti-lockdown protesters to bring firearms…
Dr. Gerard GillThe Persistence of QAnon on Mainstream Social Media
Read moreQAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory and cultic social movement that needs little introduction. Just some of the harms it…
Author archive for Dr. Gerard Gill
GNET > Articles by: Dr. Gerard Gill
GNET’s Research Digest
Sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay updated about our work