Blyth Crawford
Research Fellow, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation; PhD Candidate, King’s College, London
2022
Blyth Crawford is a Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation where she specialises in far-right online social movements. She is also a PhD candidate at King’s College London where she studies far-right radicalisation within online forums utilising an ethnographic method. Among other topics, her broader work has focused on online identity formation and radicalisation, anti-gender and sexuality-based hatred, conspiracy theories and the efficacy of deplatforming strategies. She has published work for the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats, CTC Sentinel, and the George Washington University Programme on Extremism, and has presented to both academic and government bodies. Previously she has worked in Hostile Threat Replication. She also holds an MA in Terrorism, Security and Society from King’s College London and an undergraduate degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh.
The Summit was more than empty words – it made clear that a solution-driven approach is the only way to fight hate. That’s why the working group activities, which are results driven are going to be critical in defeating violent extremism. The Summit brought together the best minds in government, private sector, academia, and civil society. Being surrounded by these experts sparked new ideas – some of which I’ve already implemented or have written about.
