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Going to ExtremesAuthor: UNOCT International Hub on Behavioural Insights to Counter Terrorism
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Episode 1: Attraction with Sophia Moskalenko
Episode 1
Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
This episode features Dr. Sophia Moskalenko, a social and clinical psychologist and a research fellow at the Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Group with Georgia State University, who speaks on how and why people are attracted to join extremist groups and become radicalized to commit acts of terrorism. She discusses the role of ideology and the importance of accounting for non-ideological factors, such as emotional triggers and cognitive dissonance.
