Maura Conway: Violent Online Political Extremism

Maura Conway is a Professor of International Security in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU) in Dublin, Ireland and Coordinator of VOX-Pol (voxpol.eu), a EU-funded project on violent online political extremism (voxpol.eu). Her principal research interests are in the area of terrorism and the Internet, including academic and media discourses on cyberterrorism, the functioning and effectiveness of violent political extremist online content, and violent online radicalisation. She is the author of over 40 articles and chapters in my specialist area(s). Maura's research has appeared in, among others, Current History, Media, War & Conflict, Parliamentary Affairs, and Social Science Computer Review. She has presented findings before the United Nations in New York, the Commission of the European Union in Brussels, the Club de Madrid, and elsewhere