David Hofmann

David Hofmann, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick, who presented his paper at the last Gregg Centre Annual Conference

David Hofmann is an assistant professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick. He is a research fellow with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society, the Canadian Institute of Cyber Security, and the Muriel McQueen-Ferguson Centre for the Study of Family Violence. He has published in top scholarly journals on topics such as terrorist leadership, right-wing extremism in Canada, lone-actor terrorism, terrorist radicalization, terrorist networks, and transnational criminal networks. He has been consulted for his subject expertise by media, security, military, and policing organizations, particularly those in Atlantic Canada. He is currently co-editing a book entitled 'The Toronto 18 Terrorism Trials' with Kent Roach and Michael Nesbitt (expected publication in early 2021), and is working on finalizing a study of the extent and breadth of right-wing extremism in Atlantic Canada, which is part of a larger Public Safety Canada funded project led by Dr. Barbara Perry.