Events & Webinars

A week-long series of panel discussions marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, presented by the AVERT Research Network with partner organisations including ANU, Moonshot, Macquarie University, and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Each session is separately hosted and requires its own registration.

This webinar will explore how women in far-right movements across Germany and Europe use social media, particularly Instagram, to shape and promote far-right ideas and identities. It will examine how female influencers and networks from a range of far-right communities - including New Right groups, ethnonationalist movements, political parties, music scenes, and football supporter networks - use images to spread common messages and connect with one another across national borders.

The webinar will look at how these women combine themes of threat, protection, rebellion, and strength to portray themselves as defenders of the nation and Europe. It will also examine how these visual narratives are shared between countries, helping to increase the visibility and influence of far-right women across Europe. Rather than arguing that these images directly encourage violence, the webinar will explore how they reinforce ideas about conflict, sacrifice, enemies, and the need to defend society. It argues that while women have long played roles in far-right movements, social media has given them a much more prominent and influential public role in shaping the movement's identity and messaging.

AVERT is calling for proposals for its 2026 National Research Symposium, Youth and Extremism: Thresholds, Interventions, Connections, taking place 26–27 November 2026 at Macquarie University's City Campus, Sydney. Submissions are open for papers, panels, roundtables, and workshops addressing youth radicalisation and violent extremism.