Director of Strategy, Partnerships, and Intelligence (SPI), Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism
Matt Kriner is the Managing Director of the Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC), as well as the Director of Strategy, Partnerships and Intelligence at Middlebury University’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC). In these capacities Matt specializes in researching and analyzing militant accelerationism, US domestic violent extremism, transnational far-right extremism, extremist exploitation of digital and social media technologies, threat assessment and radicalization. Matt is a consultant for the US Department of State, and regularly briefs US, Canadian, New Zealand, and UK law enforcement and intelligence agencies on emerging terrorist threats and militant accelerationism. Matt’s research has been featured in several academic and media publications, including the CTC Sentinel, Perspectives on Terrorism, RAND Blog, GNET, and Slate.
| by Sierra Abukins
Researchers at our Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism (CTEC) have published key insights into the dynamics at play in the elections, including the weaponization of conspiracy theories, the mainstreaming of hate speech and extremism perpetuated by governments.
| by Andrew Cassel
Following a change of ownership at Twitter, Matt Kriner and other Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) researchers are concerned that the platform could become a haven where a toxic and dangerous culture will thrive.
| by Stephen Diehl
With funding from Logically, the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) will create a major new social media data resource to better understand how extremists organize, form narratives, and advance disinformation in the radicalization process.
