Thomas Hegghammer
Senior research fellow and scholar of militant Islamism and signaling in conflict; co-editor and contributor to the volume Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2024).
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Mar 28, 2026 • 1h 5min
Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta eds., "Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Thomas Hegghammer, a senior research fellow and scholar of militant Islamism, discusses deceptive identity mimicry in conflict. He explores time and costly signals versus words online. Conversations cover jihadi forums, reputation systems, limits of online research, state advantage over militants, and how AI undermines time-based trust signals.
Mar 28, 2026 • 1h 5min
Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta eds., "Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Thomas Hegghammer, Senior Research Fellow and scholar of militant Islamism, discusses identity mimicry in conflict. He explores deceptive mimicry, how time and longevity signal commitment online, and the limits of low-bandwidth interaction. The conversation also covers tradeoffs of observation, linking online and offline behavior, and how AI may change signaling and countermeasures.
Mar 28, 2026 • 1h 5min
Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta eds., "Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity Mimicry in Conflict" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Thomas Hegghammer, senior research fellow and scholar of militant Islamist movements, discusses deceptive identity mimicry in conflict. He highlights signaling like time spent versus talk, how online forums change trust cues, and why profile longevity and activity matter. He also explores tradeoffs of lurking versus participation, links between online and offline behavior, and how AI shifts the dynamics.
