Jon Collins
PhD candidate / self funded
- Name
- J.E. Collins
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- j.e.collins@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3176-7285
Jonathan Collins is a PhD candidate at Charles and Leiden University.
Jonathan Collins is a PhD candidate at Charles and Leiden University, concentrating on the rise of the far right as both a social movement and threat for violent mobilisation. His other areas of interest include more broadly radicalisation, terrorism, conspiracies, and online extremism.
PhD candidate / self funded
- Social & Behavioural Sciences
- Political Science
- Collins J. (2021), A new wave of terrorism?: A comparative analysis of the rise of far-right terrorism, Perspectives on Terrorism 15(6): 2-22.
- Collins J. (30 September 2025), A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Far-Right Alt-Tech Social Media Movement (Dissertatie. Instituut Politieke Wetenschap, Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Holsteijn J. van, Tsagkroni V. & Rezaeedaryakenari S.
- Collins J.E. (2024), The gift of gab: a netnographic examination of the community building mechanisms in far-right online space, Terrorism and Political Violence 37(3): 349-368.
- Collins J.E. (2024), More than meets the reply: examining emotional belonging in far-right social media space, Social Media + Society 10(3): .
- Collins Jonathan (2023), Mobilising Extremism in Times of Change: Analysing the UK’s Far-Right Online Content During the Pandemic, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 29: 355-377.