Last week, NCITE - A DHS Center of Excellence hosted the director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and five Midwestern secretaries of state to discuss the challenges of the 2024 election and priorities for keeping it secure. heyor.ca/lelNHT

It appears that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas & mastermind behind the October 7 terrorist attacks, was killed in Gaza. This has not been officially confirmed by IDF or Hamas leaders yet. Some initial thoughts as the situation develops and more information becomes available.

Thread on today's news from NCITE Head of Counterterrorism Research Initiatives Austin C. Doctor.

💻WEBINAR: The Psychology of Violent Extremism 🗓️Wednesday, Oct. 30 🕚11 a.m. CT/Noon ET Join NCITE for a webinar with @ProfJohnHorgan on his latest book, "Terrorist Minds." Register now.⤵️ events.unomaha.edu/event/ncite-sp…

Earlier this month, NCITE - A DHS Center of Excellence hosted one of the nation's top election officials at University of Nebraska at Omaha to help educate and ease voters' concerns. Read more about Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly’s visit to Nebraska: ketv.com/article/more-c…

Come find out about our program. I will be taking a student next year - so if you are interested in cognitive process of creativity, team creativity and innovation, or malevolent creativity - join us.

Do you study creativity? Do you have data that includes products (such as DT, problems, short stories, poems, etc.) and ratings? We would love to be able to include your data in our study. Questions? Reach out to me, Roger Beaty or Simone Luchini

Check out our newest online first article "Shared leadership – vertical leadership dynamics in teams": journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

New open access paper out looking at specific terrorist roles & behaviours within violent vs nonviolent involvement, among referrals to a Prevent mental health hub: doi.org/10.1111/1556-4…

💡NCITE Explains: New Orleans Terrorist Attack The attack on New Year's Day cast a shadow over the first week of 2025. NCITE researchers help explain how and why it happened – and what can be done to prevent attacks like this in the future. unomaha.edu/ncite/news/202…

More on this to come, but sharing a recent article that feels particularly relevant today on terrorist use of emerging technology (e.g., metaverse, mixed, and XR devices). Early indications are that this type of tech was used in NOLA attack planning. pt.icct.nl/sites/default/…

With some indication that the Cybertruck attack suspect used AI in planning his attack, our work in this space over the last several years feels timely. New work in press and soon to be out, with a sample (led by Alexis d'Amato) here: digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/ncitereportsre…

Had a chance to sit down with the team and draft up some thoughts on the overlap with our work and recent events in New Orleans & Las Vegas. Always informative to collaborate with Austin C. Doctor and Joel Elson on the use of tech in extremism.

Erin and I chat about tech, terrorism, and violence. Always appreciate my time with the enigmatic Erin Grace.

Dear algorithms. I would like to officially state the Detroit Lions lost and therefore I would request zero content from your so called "NFL". I am uninterested in you presenting me with other team content nor do I want to rehash this fun but disappointing season. Thank you.

Discussions around masculinity and violence are difficult. Yet they are necessary. It's tempting to cast men as either villains or victims. We attempt to reconcile these views in a new American Psychologist paper. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-98…

🎙️NCITE Insights No. 30 – Student Spotlight: I-O Psychology Conference🎧 Hear from NCITE's Alexis d'Amato and Emma Theobald, I-O psych graduate students in UNO College of Arts and Sciences, about their recent trip to the SIOP conference in Denver. unomaha.edu/ncite/news/202…

Happy to report that our paper on masculinity and extremism has been selected to appear on the American Psychological Association (APA) Showcase. link.growkudos.com/1esxwbd258g

Last week, we were thrilled to welcome the University of Nebraska System Board of Regents to NCITE, where they heard from some of our students and faculty about their innovative work solving some of the most complex challenges of our time.

Had a chance to chat with Newsweek earlier in the week to talk malign use of AI by terrorists. Story just landed and features some great insights from a range of experts. newsweek.com/isis-ai-terror…