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.
The Summit offers a unique opportunity to confront the corrosive influence of bigotry and hatred in our society. In order for us to address these challenges, we first must acknowledge their painful and destructive impact in our communities and in our country. I am grateful to serve as a Global Advisor to this timely and powerful initiative.
