Dr. Maura Conway is Professor of International Security in the School of Law and Government at DCU in Dublin, Ireland and Coordinator of VOX-Pol, an EU-funded project on violent online political extremism. Conway’s principal research interests are in the area of terrorism and the internet, including cyberterrorism, the functioning and effectiveness of violent political extremist online content, and violent online radicalization. She is the author of over 40 articles and chapters in her specialist areas. Her research has appeared in, amongst others, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Media, War & Conflict, Parliamentary Affairs, and the Social Science Computer Review. Conway has presented her findings before the United Nations in New York, the Commission of the European Union in Brussels, the UK House of Lords, and elsewhere. She is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of Europol’s Counter-terrorism Centre and a member of the Editorial Board of Terrorism and Political Violence.
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.
