Matt Kriner
Executive Director, Institute for Countering Digital Extremism; Managing Director, Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC)
2023, 2024, 2025
Matt Kriner is the Managing Director of the Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC), as well as the Director of Strategy, Partnerships & Intelligence at the Middlebury Institute for International Security’s (MIIS) Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC). Matt specializes in researching and analyzing militant accelerationism, US domestic violent extremism, transnational far-right extremism, extremist exploitation of digital and social media technologies, and threat assessment and radicalization. Matt is a consultant for the US Department of State and the US DOJ. He regularly briefs tech companies as well as US, Canadian, New Zealand, and UK law enforcement and intelligence agencies on militant accelerationism and emerging terrorist threats. Matt also serves as an expert witness for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) on a prominent Terrorgram Collective terrorism case.
Matt Kriner’s research has been featured throughout online and written media, including NPR, NBC, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, and more. Matt also has had his research included in governmental reporting, including two written expert testimonies to the US House’s January 6th Committee and the 2024 Countering Violent Extremism report from the US Government Accountability Office.
At the Summit
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.
