Dr. Bettina Rottweiler
Associate Research Professor, National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE)
2026
Dr. Bettina Rottweiler is an associate research professor at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE), where she leads the research portfolio on youth mobilization to violent extremism, including nihilistic violent extremism (NVE). Her research focuses on life-course factors, mobilization indicators, and the pathways through which young people become involved in violent extremism.
She is also a research fellow on the Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood, where she uses longitudinal data to identify developmental risk and protective factors associated with support for violent extremism among children and adolescents. Her work focuses on producing scientific evidence that can directly inform policy and practice, and she collaborates closely with international countering violent extremism practitioner teams.
She has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals. Her research has been funded by the European Union, the UK Home Office, CREST, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), UK Counter Terrorism Policing, the National Crime Agency, UK Research and Innovation, and Public Safety Canada.
My network of professionals working on countering hate in all its forms grew exponentially after attending Eradicate Hate in 2021. The myriad voices represented at Eradicate Hate, from big tech companies to academic researchers to those with lived experience, reinforced to me the importance of cross-cutting and collaborative approaches to counter hate and its devastating impacts on society. I’ve been fortunate to sustain and build those networks with many of those I met at Eradicate Hate in 2021.
