GNET Webinar - Digital Battlegrounds: Countering Radicalisation on Gaming(-adjacent) Platforms (14 May 2024)
The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), invites you to attend our latest webinar, Digital Battlegrounds: Countering Radicalisation on Gaming(-adjacent) Platforms.
The event, which we organise in cooperation with the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), will feature a presentation from the team behind the new ‘RadiGaMe’ project, which explores radicalisation and intervention measures on gaming (-adjacent) platforms and spaces and fosters collaboration with law enforcement to identify high-risk users and illegal content.
This webinar will take the form of an interactive roundtable discussion between presenters and attendees – participation is encouraged!
Featuring
- Linda Schlegel – RadiGaMe: Key Research Questions and Initial Findings
- Dr Jessica White – Examining Radicalisation Through Socialisation in Online Gaming Spaces: Key Research Questions and Initial Findings
This webinar is ideal for:
- Representatives of gaming(-adjacent) platforms
- Gamers, parents, and educators
- Extremism researchers
- Law enforcement and community safety professionals
Panellists:
Linda Schlegel is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), where she co-leads the RadiGaMe project and researches extremist activities in digital gaming spaces. She is also a Research Fellow at modusIzad, where she explores new avenues for digital P/CVE approaches, and a founding member of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN).
Dr Jessica White co-founded and co-convenes the Extremism and Gaming Research Network. She is also a Senior Research Fellow in the Terrorism and Conflict group at the Royal United Services Institute in London, where she leads the Far-Right Extremism and Terrorism programme. Her expertise encompasses countering terrorism and violent extremism policy and programming, with a focus on gender mainstreaming strategies.
Please direct any questions to [email protected].