Call for Papers and Proposals for Breakout Sessions

Call for Papers

We are pleased to invite submissions for papers to be presented at #TASMConf 2026. Submissions on all aspects of the intersection of extremism and terrorism with the internet will be considered, including ones focusing on methodology, pedagogy and research ethics and welfare.

The first day of the conference will focus on extremist and terrorist use of online platforms. The following are illustrative examples of the topics that will be considered:

  • The latest tactics and strategies that are being used by extremists and terrorists to disseminate propaganda online.

  • Current trends in the uses of gaming platforms and visual media by extremists and terrorists online.

  • Digital culture, the fragmentation of ideology, and the evolution of extremism.

  • The flow of users and content within and between online extremist ecosystems.

  • Using online activity to conduct threat assessments of violence offline.

  • Polluted information and malign influence operations.

  • Uses (including potential uses) of new technologies (including AI, deepfakes, chatbots, Metaverse, crypto) and Web3 (including quantum computing and decentralization).

The second day will focus on responses to extremist and terrorist use of online platforms. The following are illustrative examples of the topics that will be considered:

  • Evaluations of regulatory regimes at both the transnational level (e.g., the EU’s Digital Services and AI Acts) and the national level (e.g., the UK’s Online Safety Act).

  • Multi-stakeholderism and collaborative initiatives, including geographic and sectoral representation/coverage.

  • Uses of AI for both the identification of extremist and terrorist content (including its interplay with human moderation) and for P/CVE.

  • Combatting the evasion of content moderation and platform regulation, including measures to address borderline content.

  • Campaigns to promote resilience and digital literacy, and benign influence operations (including crisis response).

  • Tackling extremist and terrorist content online while maintaining a secure and open internet and respecting human rights, including freedom of speech and user privacy, transparency and accountability.

  • How the online realm can be used to enhance offline P/CVE efforts.

We are particularly keen to receive proposals that:

  • Consider the issues above from an empirical basis.

  • Utilise innovative methodologies, including computational techniques and mixed methods.

  • Address the challenges presented by researchers’ increasingly restricted access to social media data.

  • Consider forms of extremism besides jihadism and the far right, including male supremacism and violence fixation.

  • Consider issues related to gender, including LGBTQ+ and other issues beyond simply “women”.

  • Examine these issues in the Global South and other under-researched regions.

  • Examine non-English language materials and draw cross-language comparisons.

To submit your proposal, please send: (1) the title of your presentation; (2) an abstract of no more than 200 words; and, (3) your CV (no longer than two pages) to TASMConf@swansea.ac.uk no later than Friday 17 October 2025.

Following the conference, selected papers will be published in a journal special issue. To be considered for inclusion, authors should submit the full text of their article to TASMConf@swansea.ac.uk no later than Friday 12 June 2026. Previous TASM special issues are:

Proposals for Breakout Sessions

Breakout sessions at #TASMConf are 75 minutes in duration. The standard format is four presentations (12 minutes each), followed by Q&A (~25 minutes).

We will be pleased to receive proposals for panels or other breakout sessions that employ a different format. Examples include:

  • Panels with a greater number of shorter presentations, with a central unifying theme.

  • Roundtable and workshop-style sessions, particularly ones led by non-academic stakeholders.

  • Training sessions, particularly ones aimed at early career researchers.

To submit a proposal for a breakout session, please send: (1) a description of the session (no longer than one page); and, (2) the CVs of those delivering the session to TASMConf@swansea.ac.uk no later than Friday 28 November 2025.