Alex Newhouse
Political Science PhD student, University of Colorado Boulder
Biography
Alex Newhouse is a computational social scientist currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. He specialises in the study of political violence, extremism, and fascism, and his work focuses on the evolution of online far-right movements throughout the world.Â
He previously worked as a consultant for the House of Representatives' January 6th Investigative Committee, and as a researcher and director for the Middlebury Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism.
This project investigates the transnational, gendered community formation that occurs alongside gameplay and considers whether it has the potential to provide a socialising environment that is conducive to radicalisation to violent extremism.