Dr Linda Schlegel
Research Fellow at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and at Modus
Biography
Linda Schlegel is a Research Fellow at both the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and modus - Centre for Applied Research on Deradicalisation. She is also a founding member of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). Her research interests include gaming and (counter-) extremism as well as digital prevention work.
Examining Radicalisation in Gaming Spaces Through a Gender Lens
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.