Jon Collins

@JonECollins

PhD candidate at Charles & Leiden University researching and lecturing on the Far-Right. Netnography and everything digital culture. @vox_pol Next Gen Network

Prague, Czech Republic

Joined May 2013

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Jon Collins@JonECollins · Aug 29

🚨 New article out in @SocialMedia_Soc 🚨 I explore the importance of emotional belonging for the far-right, with a look at positivity as a key driver. Developing the concept of a new home, I outline the power of positive reattachment in alt-tech space. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

JonECollins's tweet card. This article challenges prevailing assumptions that fringe social media platforms predominantly serve as unmoderated hate-filled spaces for far-right communicat...

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Jon Collins@JonECollins · Aug 29

ICYMI: There are a lot of details I cannot capture in a tweet, but if you are interested in the different processes of emotional attachment (positive and negative) occurring on far-right social media then this is the article for you! Please have a read and share it 😊

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Jon Collins@JonECollins · May 30

📣 Call for Papers 📣 I am very excited to announce the first ever VOX-Pol Next Gen Conference happening at Charles University & @IPS_FSV_CUNI on September 25-26th, 2025! For all the details on applying click the link: docs.google.com/document/d/1fK…

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Jon Collins@JonECollins · Feb 3

Incredibly excited to be a part of this event! Come check out everything to do with ECR networks in the space of political violence and extremism. @VOX_Pol is represented by Brenna and myself with the next gen network.

CCSTPV@CSTPV · Feb 3

Join us for an online roundtable with @helm_brenna @chlosquires @JonECollins @callievitro 📢 CSTPV: Past Present & Future of Terrorism Studies: Next Generation Perspectives 📅 13 February 📍Online ⏰16.00-17.30 (UTC) To register email: [email protected] @StAndrewsIR

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Ashton Kingdon@AshKingdon · Jan 25

Really Looking Forward to This Joint @CrexUiO and @VOX_Pol PhD Summer School for Studying Extremism Online: Ethics, Methods and Personal Safety In Oslo. If You Are a PhD Student Studying Online Extremism Applications are Due on 14 March 👇👇👇#Retweet sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/…

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CSTPV@CSTPV · Dec 3

Join us next Monday for a @TPVNextGen event with the terrific @AshKingdon on 'Flicking the Switch’: The Ethical Implications of Researching Online Extremism. 📅 9 December ⏰ 16.00 (UTC) 📍Online To register email: [email protected] @StAndrewsIR

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IPS FSV CUNI@IPS_FSV_CUNI · Nov 28

📣 Congratulations to Dr. @foldes_kristian, for the successful defence of his doctoral thesis on the politics of the 2015 refugee crisis, titled „Identity and state action – The case of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia during the European Schengen crisis“!

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Jon Collins@JonECollins · Nov 25

And we’re live! It’s been great working with my coauthors on this piece and building it up from what was originally a qualifying exam paper during my PhD program. Check it out at the link provided below 👇

RRyan Scrivens@R_Scrivens · Nov 25

OUT NOW: @helm_brenna, @cybercrimeprof, Wally Wojciechowski, Richard Frank, and I examine user engagement and posting behaviors over time on one of the most well-known incel-moderated forums: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

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Jon Collins@JonECollins · Nov 11

📢 Are you an early career researcher examining online extremism (in its many forms) and want your work featured in a @VOX_Pol blog? Feel free to get in touch! We are dedicating a full month of the blog to your work!

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Jon Collins@JonECollins · Oct 18

What an absolute pleasure it was to have Suraj come and teach our students about the intersection between extremism and gaming. @IPS_FSV_CUNI @FSV_UK

SSuraj Lakhani@surajlakhani · Oct 18

Had such an amazing week guest lecturing in the Department for Security Studies @CharlesUniPRG. The students are fantastic, all engaged and so bright. It was a pleasure teaching them! Massive thanks to @JonECollins for facilitating this.

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Catherine Girard@catherine_gir · Sep 27

🚨Excited to share my first article, for @JD_JournalDerad, in which I conduct a discourse analysis of far-right women's podcasts to examine how they frame the J6 insurrection. I also discuss their role as influencers & implications for P/CVE efforts: bit.ly/4gRZsYO

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Jon Collins@JonECollins · Sep 12

If you want a sneak peak into my most recently published article on the far-right’s emotional belonging within alt-tech check out this condensed blog I wrote for @VOX_Pol! voxpol.eu/emotions-belon…

JonECollins's tweet card. By Jonathan Collins This blog offers a condensed version of a recently published article in Social Media + Society. To read the full version, click here. The increased participation within far-right...

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Benjamin De Cleen@BenjaminDeCleen · Aug 29

We, colleagues of @bahruz_samad have written a statement demanding his release and urging governments and representatives to do all they can. Please consider signing the letter via shorturl.at/NZf0v

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Claire Burchett@claire_burchett · Aug 15

It was a joy to present on a panel at #ecprgc24 as part of @ecpr_ed with friends from the @VOX_Pol summer school in 2022 - hopefully the first of many @JonECollins @joshmolloy101 @darjawisch @emmiloun & thank you very much to @galwaygrrl for being our discussant!

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だるみあん@StephaneBaele · Aug 12

Happy to finally see the results of our 2022 experiment testing whether AI-generated extremist content is credible! Check it out at doi.org/10.1080/095465… with @gabiloncho_katz and Elahe Naserian @ISPOLE_UCL @VOX_Pol @ExeterQStep @UoE_SPSPA 1/

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