In a 6 December 2025 feature, The New World  highlights new findings from the Smidge Project in an in-depth interview with Dr. Sara Wilford, the project’s scientific coordinator. In the piece, Wilford points to a rising yet largely overlooked concern: the radicalisation of middle-aged people. The New World  piece draws attention to people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, who are increasingly drawn into online extremism. This shift is supported by emerging data, including the 2024 England and...

The Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS) , partner of the SMIDGE Project , convened a roundtable in Prishtina on November 11, bringing together security practitioners, researchers, and institutional representatives to address the growing challenges of disinformation, extremist narratives, and hybrid threats in Kosovo and in the Western Balkans. The discussion focused on new research findings revealing how citizens aged 45–65 - an often-overlooked demographic - are increasingly targeted...

Our colleague Ramadan Ilazi, Head of Research at the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS), participated in the 4th EU Accession Exchange Forum held in Kyiv. The event was organised by the New Europe Center in partnership with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine. The EU Accession Exchange Forum is a key expert platform bringing together practitioners, policymakers, and experts from EU candidate and aspirant countries to exchange...