Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism 2024

Welcome to the 6th Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism, organized by Center for Research on Extremism, University of Oslo, 17-19 June 2024.

An abstract painting of a person walking in a tunnel.

Photo made by Shane David Colvin for the 6th Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism.

­­­The conference will consist of keynote speeches, paper sessions and panels, and will begin with an excursion to Utøya, one of the two main sites of the terrorist atta­­­cks in Oslo on 22 July 2011.

Registration

Please fill out this form to register for the conference:

REGISTRATION

Extended registration deadline: 20 May 2024.

Keynote speakers 

  • Prof. Tina Askanius, Malmö University: Female-Fronted Misogyny and Other Forms of Gender-Based Extremism in the Digital Mainstream
  • Prof. Lasse Lindekilde, Aarhus University: Scattered Attacks: The Collective Dynamics of Lone-Actor Terrorism
  • Dr. Anders Ravik Jupskås, University of Oslo: Interpreting Terrorism: The Case of the 22 July Attacks in Norway

Conference programme

See the conference programme and a detailed overview of the panels in the menu on the left. 

Conference fee

Participation is free of charge. However, participants must be from the Nordic countries, and cover their own travel and accommodation costs.

Participation without presentation/paper

Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers can also attend the conference without presenting a paper. This form of participation is intended for Nordic policymakers and practitioners only.

Excursion to Utøya

On the first day of the conference, 17 June, the conference will be at Utøya, one of the sites of the terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011. Sixty-nine (mostly) youths were killed and many more wounded by a lone right-wing terrorist.

The excursion to Utøya includes a keynote by C-REX deputy director Anders Ravik Jupskås on the public perceptions of the terrorist attack on 22 July 2011, as well as a guided tour.

Please note that due to limited capacity, only paper presenters will be offered this option. 

Questions

If you have questions regarding the conference, please contact Birgitte Haanshuus at b.p.haanshuus@c-rex.uio.no.

If you have questions regarding your registration, please contact Anastasija Kuznecova at anastasija.kuznecova@c-rex.uio.no.

Published Nov. 7, 2023 10:51 AM - Last modified May 16, 2024 4:45 PM