Director of research and policy on far-right and hate movements, Institute for Strategic Dialogue - ISD (UK)

Jacob Davey is director of research and policy on far-right and hate movements at ISD - Institute for Strategic Dialogue. He has worked on projects focusing on online hate speech, the international far right and political violence. He has led a number of pilot projects for new models for identifying online extremist and hate speech, including tracking analyses of hate groups in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. He is currently leading a major program to mitigate hate threats in the USA. He has advised national and local policymakers on right-wing extremism, including the Home Affairs Select Committee and Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee. Jacob has directed and co-authored numerous ISD reports, including Between Conspiracy and Extremism: A Long COVID Threat?, ISD's Gaming and Extremism Series, and A Safe Space to Hate: White Supremacist Mobilisation on Telegram.