Sub-Continent Religious Traditions, Disability (Non-normative Bodies)

This Sub-Continent Religious Traditions, Disability (Non-normative Bodies) at University of Dundee aims to examine how different types of narratives might energise the supporters of the far-right movement and drive them to engage in political violence. 

The Sub-Continent Religious Traditions, Disability (Non-normative Bodies) Sub-Continent Religious Traditions, Disability (Non-normative Bodies) at University of Dundee University of Dundee  will focus on analysing the language produced by far-right groups and their supporters online with the aim of building an evidence-driven typology of the far-right narratives.

In a second stage, the project will use the typology developed in the first stage to test the relationships between type of narratives and different forms of behaviours of group members, sympathisers and allies, including support for political violence. 

Educational Opportunity

Overall, the project will identify some of the strategies used by far-right groups to mobilise support for their causes and built an evidence-driven platform for predicting such support and its materialisation as political violence against minorities and other target groups.

The psychologists work on world-leading research across five key areas 

• Clinical

• Cognitive

• Cognitive neuroscience

• Developmental

• Social