Julia Ebner (born 24 July 1991) is an Austrian researcher, and author, based in London. She has written the books ''The Rage: the Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism'' and ''Going Dark: the Secret Social Lives of Extremists.''

Career

Ebner has a BA in philosophy and a BSc in international business. She holds an MSc in international history from the

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and an MSc in international relations from

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. Ebner is based in London. She has worked as a senior researcher at the counter-extremism organisation Quilliam. She is currently a resident research fellow at the counter-extremism organisation

Institute for Strategic Dialogue The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) is a think tank founded in 2006 by Sasha Havlicek and George Weidenfeld that specialises in research and policy advice on hate, extremism, and disinformation. It is headquartered in London, United Kin ...

, where she specialises in

far-right extremism Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

, reciprocal radicalisation and European terrorism prevention initiatives. She has written for ''

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'' and ''

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.'' ''Going Dark: the Secret Social Lives of Extremists'' documents Ebner's experiences over two years spent

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, infiltrating far-right networks such as

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and

Reconquista Germanica The Reconquista Germanica (RG) is an extreme-right channel running on the Discord application, which was set up to disrupt the German election of 2017. The group has over 5000 users. The goal of the group is to ‘ensure the strongest possible sho ...

, both on-line and in person.

Publications

Publications by Ebner

*''The Rage: the Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism.'' London:

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, 2017. . *''Radikalisierungsmaschinen: Wie Extremisten die neuen Technologien nutzen und uns manipulieren'' (radicalization machines: how extremists use new technology and manipulate us). Berlin: Suhrkamp Nova, 2019. . *''Going Dark: the Secret Social Lives of Extremists.'' London:

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, 2020. .

Publications with contributions by Ebner

*''Education and Extremisms: Rethinking Liberal Pedagogies in the Contemporary World.'' Edited by Farid Panjwani, Lynn Revell, Reza Gholami, and Mike Diboll. Routledge, 2017. . Routledge, 2019. . Ebner contributes a chapter.

References

External links

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Talk and Q&A on the ''Going Dark'' book
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