Incels Research Project

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Project Objectives 

This project aims to: 

  1. Explore the characteristics of individuals who identify as Incels. 
  1. Examine the distress, hatred, and violence in their discourse, whether directed towards themselves (e.g., suicide) or towards others (e.g., generally women). 
  1. Test the existence of Incel subgroups by developing a preliminary typology and conducting linguistic analysis of the different profiles that emerge from the corpus. 

Project Evolution 

A preliminary exploratory phase has been completed, and the inductive analysis has begun. 

Principal Researcher: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D. 
Co-researchers: David Lafortune, Ph.D., Mélanie Millette, Ph.D., Brian Mishara, Ph.D., Frederick Philippe, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Allyn Smith, Ph.D. 
Collaborator: Luc Dargis 
Coordination: Sabrina Laplante, Ph.D. (candidate) 
Research Assistance: Léa-May Burns, B.Sc. (candidate) 
Funding: This research project received financial support from the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). 

For More Information 

Coordinator: Sabrina Laplante 
Email: projet.incels@uqam.ca 

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