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Briar Dickey is a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, affiliated with the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and Solvay Business School and the Communication Sciences department. They are active in the ECHO: Media, Culture & Politics Research Group and the Centre for the study of Democracy, Signification and Resistance.
Their research focuses on gender politics, far-right discourses, and digital media, particularly analyzing transphobic narratives in online movements and the intersection of homonationalism with religious and LGBTQ+ identities. They employ critical theory and discourse analysis frameworks.
Recent publications (2022–2023) explore trans-hostile discourses in British and U.S. far-right groups, Judith Butler’s theoretical relevance, and homonationalist identity construction. Their work has been presented at international conferences, including the 2024 discussions on video games and far-right gender politics.
They participated in a 2023 Text-Mining with 'R' Workshop and are involved in the 2024–2028 project Gender Politics in Digital Far-Right Engagement with Narrative-Driven Video Games. Their research has garnered an h-index of 5, with citations primarily in market and discourse analysis domains.
