Expert alert: Insight into the incel community

A new Netflix series, Adolescence, about a teenager accused of the murder of a classmate, is attracting a great deal of attention. It is not a true story but draws inspiration from news reports about misogynistic incels and about boys in the United Kingdom who are involved in knife crimes.

Dr. Cécile Rousseau, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Canada Research Chair in Preventing Violent Radicalization. She has research expertise in all forms of extremist and nihilist violence. 
Cecile.rousseau [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

Professor Eran Shor, William Dawson Scholar, Department of Sociology has recently published a paper that analyzed over 1,000 comments found on an incel online forum. He can speak to how those who identify as incels (involuntary celibates) perceive work, education and broader societal structures.

eran.shor [at] mcgill.ca (English)