Jacob Aasland Ravndal

Jacob Aasland Ravndal is an Associate Professor at the Police University College and a Research Associate at the Centre for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at the University of Oslo. His academic work focuses on terrorism, political violence, and extremism, with a particular emphasis on right-wing and left-wing militancy, international security, and set-theoretic methods in social sciences.

• Specializes in terrorism and political violence
• Created the Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) dataset
• Author of C-REX's annual RTV Trend Reports
• Member of editorial board for Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
• Steering group member for ECPR’s Standing Group on Political Violence

Research Interests span methodological challenges in terrorism research, comparative analysis of left/right-wing militancy, set-theoretic methods in social sciences, and intelligence applications for counter-terrorism. His work also addresses security dynamics in the High North and international cybersecurity.

Publications include analyses of far-right violence trends, online radicalization mechanisms, and transnational extremist networks. Recent articles examine reciprocal radicalization processes and violence restraint strategies within extremist groups.

Affiliations include the Norwegian Police University College, University of Oslo's C-REX, and editorial roles in terrorism research journals.