Visible, vulnerable, (un)safe? Reflections on safety and risk when researching harmful communities online CSTPV Online Seminar with Dr Allysa Czerwinsky

Discussions of researcher safety often construct the impacts of researching harmful communities or extremist groups as universal, experienced the same way by different researchers. However, who we are influences the risks we are likely to experience in our research.

Drawing on personal experiences of researching male supremacist communities as a queer woman and ‘visible' incel researcher, this talk highlights the dynamic elements of risk and safety, inherently shaped by individual subjectivities, vulnerabilities and career stages.

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