FRAN’s Fellowship Review subcommittee oversees the biannual application process for fellowships. Information about applying to be a fellow will be posted soon.
Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero
Lecturer at the Department of English and German Philology. University of Granada (Spain)
Research focus(es): Cyberhate speech, Extremism, Counternarratives, Radicalization, Linguistics, Social semiotics
Dominic Alessio
Professor of History and Vice President of International Programmes
Research focus(es): Proto-fascism, occult/Heathenry
Jasmeet Bahia
PhD Candidate in Sociology, Carleton University.
Research focus(es): hite supremacy; alt-right groups; Trumpian age; ideology; state power; aggrieved whiteness; online communities.
Valerio Alfonso Bruno
Research Fellow at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy) and fellow of the Center for the European Futures – CEF (Italy)
Research focus(es): Far-right, Populism, Italian politics, Party politics, European politics
Vinicius Bivar
Doctoral Candidate at the Freie Universität Berlin
Research focus(es): Far-Right, History, Narratives, Diplomacy, Latin America, Western Europe
Beatriz Buarque
PhD researcher University of Manchester
Research focus(es): Politics of truth, Alt-right, Conspiracy theories, Internet research
Jean-Yves Camus
Director, Observatoire des radicalités politiques, Fondation Jean Jaurès, Paris
Research focus(es): Extreme-Right/Radical right, Extreme-Right Terrorism/Radicalization, Russia and Eastern Europe, Antisemitism
Roland Clark
Reader in Modern European History
Research focus(es): Antisemitism, history of fascism, violence, religion, East-Central Europe
Andreas Dafnos
Research Associate in Comparative Digital Dynamics of Riots and Multi-Method Integration at the Institute of Political Science, Bundeswehr University Munich
Research focus(es): Political violence, Social media, Far right
Amir Darwish
PhD candidate at the University Of Northampton
Research focus(es): Islamism, Fascism, The Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al-Banna.
Louie Dean Valencia
Associate Professor of Digital History, Texas State University
Research focus(es): Europe, far-right revisionism, fascism, youth, Identitarianism, queer hate and transphobia, technology, antifascism, pluralism, popular and digital culture
James Downes
Assistant Professor I (Senior) in Comparative Politics & International Relations, Department of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Research focus(es): Populism, Radical Right, EU Governance, EU-China Relations (BRI)
Chelsea Ebin
Assistant Professor of Politics at Centre College
Research focus(es): U.S. Right-wing movements and ideologies, Christian right, Christian supremacism, male supremacism
Valery Engel
Director of the European Center for Democracy Development (Latvia)
Research focus(es): Extreme-Right/Radical Right, Minority Rights, Xenophobia and Radicalization in OSCE Area, Former Soviet Union.
Nino Gozalishvili
PhD Candidate in the Nationalism Studies and Comparative History at Central European University
Research focus(es): National-Populism, Discourse analysis, Eastern Europe, European integration, Democratisation
Tobias Hof
Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair at the University of Toronto and Privatdozent of Modern and Contemporary History at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich
Research focus(es): fascism, terrorism, far-right, history, Italy, Germany, counterterrorism
Paul Jackson
Professor in the History of Radicalism and Extremism, Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology (FAST) at the University of Northampton
Research focus(es): Searchlight Archive, neo-Nazism, history of fascism, lone actor terrorism, emotions
Greta Jasser
Research Fellow (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) in the Department of Social Sciences at the University Hildesheim and PhD Candidate at Leuphana University Lüneburg
Research focus(es): Far right, Online networks, Networked movements, Gender, Misogyny, Male supremacy, Technology
Daniel Jones
Researcher in Far Right Studies Post 1945 and Searchlight Archivist at University of Northampton
Research focus(es): Searchlight Archive, neo-Nazism, environmentalism, ethics, antifascism, history of fascism, history of antifascism
Justyna Kajta
Postdoc in the Institute of Social Sciences at SWPS University
Research focus(es): Far right, Gender, Youth studies, Political socialization, Biographical method
Katherine Kondor
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo
Research focus(es): Far-right social movements, Enrolment, Recruitment, Hungary, Culture production
Maximilian Kreter
Maximilian Kreter, Research Fellow at Hannah-Arendt-Institute for Totalitarianism Studies in Dresden & Part-Time Lecturer at the Hessian University for Public Management and Security in Kassel
Research focus(es): White power music, Parties, Far Right, Elections
Eviane Leidig
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Culture Studies, Tilburg University
Research focus(es): Far-right digital cultures, Gender, Online radicalization, Content moderation
Chamila Liyanage
Member, Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Research focus(es): Terrorism and political violence, Radical right, Deep web, Virtual activism, Narratives, Ideology, Symbolism, Conspiracy theories
Gionathan Lo Mascolo
Independent Researcher and Project Coordinator
Research focus(es): Religious Nationalism, Anti-gender movements, democratic erosion
Balša Lubarda
Head of Research, DAMAR Institute (Montenegro)
Research focus(es): environment, energy, ideology, ethnography, Eastern Europe
Jason Luger
Assistant Professor of Human Geography, Northumbria University, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences
Research focus(es): Urban and cultural geographies, Urban politics, Illiberalism, Authoritarianism, Far-right, Masculinity
Ico Maly
Associate professor Digital Culture Studies (Tilburg University). Editor-in-chief of Diggit Magazine.
Research focus(es): New Right, Metapolitics, far-right influencers, algorithmic activism, Far-right digital cultures.
Haley McEwen
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg
Research focus(es): Gender and sexuality, Anti-gender movement, Pro-family movement, Politics of difference, Coloniality
Bàrbara Molas
Researcher of Current and Emerging Threats at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
Research focus(es): Far right, transnational movements, conspiracy theories
Pierre Mourier
Doctoral student in the Triangle UMR 5206 Research Unit at Lyon University
Research focus(es): Far-right, Alt-right, Race, Racial issues, Trump, Bannon, USA, Right-wing movements
Mario Peucker
Associate Professor, Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC) at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Research focus(es): Far right, Dissent, Recruitment, Online mobilisation, Mainstreaming, Australia, Community vulnerability
Mark Potok
Director at Far Right Analysis Network, independent researcher
Research focus(es): American radical right, terrorism, neo-Nazism, Klan, militias, radicalization/deradicalization, neo-Confederate, racist skinheads, incels, radical traditional Catholicism, countering the radical right, international extremist connections
Fabian Schäfer
Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Research focus(es): Comparative studies of the Far-Right in Japan and Germany, Critical Corpus-based Discourse Analysis, Digital Transformation of Politics, Online Hate Speech, Computational Propaganda & Political Bots
Sophie Schmalenberger
PhD Candidate in the Department of Global Studies at Aarhus University
Research focus(es): Far right, Germany, Affect, Memory, Antisemitism, Social media, Populism
Jessica Sciarone
PhD Student at the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington
Research focus(es): Far-right, Radicalization processes, Gender, White supremacy, Conspiratorial thinking and narratives
Alessio Scopelliti
PhD and Graduate Teacher in Politics in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol
Research focus(es): Right-Wing Parties, European Politics, Populism, Text and data analytics
Catherine Tebaldi
Postdoctoral researcher at the culture and computation lab, University of Luxembourg
Research focus(es): Far-right media, Language, Gender and sexuality
Vera Tika
Research Associate at the Centre for Political Studies at Panteion University in Athens, Greece
Research focus(es): Right -wing extremism, Greek and Balkan politics, Eastern and Central Europe, Far right, populism, online radicalisation, gender.
Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni
Senior Assistant Professor in Political Science at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University
Research focus(es): Far-right, Political discourse, Crisis, Radicalisation, Populism
Matthew Valasik
PhD Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at The University of Alabama
Research focus(es): Gangs, Alt-right, White power movement, Policing, Community context of crime, Spatial analysis, Social networks
Jessica Valisa
Research trainee at the Joint Research Center of the EU Commission
Research focus(es): extremism, far-right narratives, propaganda, computational methods.
Sabine Volk
University of Passau
Research focus(es): Ethnography, Far right, Memory studies, Populism, Social movements
Krystel von Kumberg
Research Analyst and Georgetown University graduate student
Research focus(es): Violent Extremism and Radicalization, Far-Right and Islamist Terrorism, Counterinsurgency and Russia, History of terror and intelligence
Andrew Woods
Instructor at the School for Language and Liberal Studies at Fanshawe College
Research focus(es): Conspiracy Theories, United States, Brazil, intellectual history, the New Right
Polina Zavershinskaia
Doctoral Student at the Institute for Political Science of Leipzig University
Research focus(es): Political Narratives, Populist Right, Far-Right, Authoritarianism, Political Violence, Civil Sphere Theory, Memory Studies