Bettina Rottweiler

Dr Bettina Rottweiler is Associate Research Professor at NCITE (National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and Education). Her research analyses risk and protective factors for violent extremist intentions using general population surveys.

CREST outputs

Projects

Identifying Paths of Engagement with The Com: A Mixed Methods Study

COM Networks

NABS+ Project

2025

Conspiracy Theories and Extremism

This project makes significant advances in understanding the relationship between beliefs in conspiracy theories and extremist causes, by demonstrating whether certain types of conspiracy theories are more closely aligned with violent intentions (e.g. belief in QAnon vs. flat-earth) as well as articulating the relevance of conspiracy and extremist beliefs to one another.

Project

2021 – 2022

Articles

Caitlin Clemmow, Bettina Rottweiler, Sandy Schumann

Identifying Pathways to Engagement with The Com: A Study of Open-source Data

This brief summarises the results of an exploratory analysis of open-source data examining whether particular combinations of (risk) factors are consistently associated with four different harmful behaviours linked to engagement with The Com.

Guide | NABS+ |

1 min read

Paul Gill, Bettina Rottweiler, Caitlin Clemmow

The Personality Types that Amplify or Diminish the Relationship Between COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and Support for Anti-Government Violence

Guide |

3 min read

Bettina Rottweiler, Paul Gill

Conspiracy Theories and Extremism: Meta-Analysis of Psychological, Cognitive and Personality Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs

Guide |

2 min read

Bettina Rottweiler, Paul Gill

Conspiratorial thinking and far-right extremist attitudes

Article |

5 min read

Bettina Rottweiler, Paul Gill

Risk Factors for Violent Extremist Beliefs and Parallel Problem Areas

Article |

3 min read

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