International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute
Dr William Allchorn is an Senior Research Fellow at the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI). He is an expert on radical-right extremist social movements in the UK, Western Europe and globally.
He has most recently advised the UK, US and Australian governments on their approaches to radical-right extremism. His first book, Anti-Islamic Protest in the UK: Policy Responses to the Far Right was published by Routledge in 2018.
Recently, William’s research has shifted to studying of the violent far right threat landscape. In August 2020, for example, he started a new research project, testing violent far-right extremist counter-narratives in the UK, US and Australia. His book based on the project, Moving beyond Islamist Extremism - Assessing Counter Narrative Responses to the Global Far Right, was published by Ibidem (an imprint of Columbia University Press) in early 2022.
William is available to supervise students conducting research in his areas of expertise.
William has previously conducted research projects investigating radical right-extremist narratives and testing counter-narratives for the EU Commission, UK Home Office, the Australian Department for Foreign Affairs and Big Tech.
Allchorn, W., Orofino, E., 2023 (forthcoming). Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism: Groups, Perspectives and New Debates (London: Routledge).
Allchorn, W., 2022. Moving beyond Islamist Extremism: Assessing Counter Narrative Responses to the Global Far Right (Stuttgart/Hannover and New York: Ibidem and Columbia University Press).
Allchorn, W. (Ed.), 2019. Tracking the Rise of the Radical Right Globally: CARR Yearbook 2018/2019 (New York: Columbia University Press).
Allchorn, W., 2018. Anti-Islamic Protest in the UK: Policy Responses to the Far Right (London: Routledge).
Allchorn, W., 2019. Cumulative Extremism and the Online Space: Reciprocal Radicalisation Effects on the Extreme Right and Radical Islamists in the UK. In: Littler, M., Lee, B. (Eds.), 2019. The New Extremism: Readings in Violence, Radicalisation and Extremism in the Digital Space (London: Palgrave).
Allchorn, W., 2020. Free Speech Defenses and the Far Right: The Cases of Tommy Robinson, Geert Wilders and Milo Yiannopoulos. EuropeNow.
Allchorn, W., 2019. Political Responses to Anti-Islamic Protest: Responses, Rationales, and Role Evaluations. British Politics.
Allchorn, W., 2018. Beyond Islamophobia? Englishness and English National Identity in the discourse and politics of the English Defence League. National Identities. doi: 10.1080/14608944.2018.1531840
Allchorn, W., 2013. From national "clean hands" to a local "engagement" approach? UK Members of Parliament experiences in countering the British National Party in their constituencies. Journal of Politics and International Studies, 8.
Allchorn, W., June 2022. From the Margins to the Mainstream: The UK Populist Radical Right at a Time of Transition. Mapping European Populism: Panel IV —Populist radical right in Europe’s heartland (Germany, Austria, France) and the UK, European Center for Populism Studies, online.
Allchorn, W., January 2022. Barriers to Violence Activism on the Contemporary UK Far Right: The Case of the (Democratic) Football Lads Alliance. Annual Colloquium, European Society of Criminology, Working Group on Radicalization, Extremism, and Terrorism.
Allchorn, W., Belanger, J., May 2022. Do Counter-Narratives Reduce Support for the Violent Radical Right? Testing Radical Right Counter-Narratives among Right-Wing Audiences in Australia and the United States. Hedayah International CVE Conference, Granada, Spain.
Allchorn, W., November 2021. Teaching about Radicalism & Hate: The Importance of Contextualisation, Critical Engagement and Trigger Warnings. Teaching and Researching the Extreme Webinar, Gale, online.
Allchorn, W., February 2021. Tackling Hate in the Homeland’: US Radical Right Extremism at a Time of Renewed Anti-Government Extremism. Richmond State, Power and Globalisation Research Centre, online research webinar.
Allchorn, W., April 2020. Tackling New Far-Right Extremist Narratives Globally. Tech Against Terrorism Online VXRW Event.
Allchorn, W., January 2020. Tackling New Far-Right Extremist Narratives Globally: Threats & Realities in UK, Australia and New Zealand. Non-State Actor Governance Conference, Kings College, London.
Allchorn, W., December 2019. Tackling Violent Far Right Extremist Narratives Globally: A Preliminary Threat Assessment. GIFCT-Tech Against Terrorism, London, UK.
Allchorn, W., October 2019. Tackling Far Right Counter Narratives Globally: A Preliminary Report. Hedayah International CVE Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Allchorn, W., October 2019. Beyond Islamist Extremism: Assessing Far Right Counter Narratives. Research Seminar Presentation at Richmond, the International American University, London.
Allchorn, W., May 2019. Anti-Islamic Protest in the UK: Policy Responses to the Far Right. Research Seminar Presentation at Centre for Right-Wing Extremism (CREX), University of Oslo.
Allchorn, W., April 2019. Countering Extremism Online. Roundtable event at M&C Saatchi, London.
Allchorn, W., March 2019. Global Education Forum on the Radical Right in the Global Context. School of Education, American University, Washington D.C.
Over the past several years, William has given expert commentary on events pertaining the radical-right extremism in local, national and international newspapers and broadcasters, including the BBC, The Independent, Vox, and The Washington Post.