Jordan McSwiney

Jordan McSwiney researches the far right, with a focus on the organisation of far-right parties and movements, their use of social media, and discourses of racism and white supremacy. His work also explores internet cultures, with a particular interest in memes and visual culture.

Jordan is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra.

His work has been published in Information, Communication & Society, New Media & Society, and Patterns of Prejudice, among others.

At the Centre, Jordan is working on the project ‘Democratic Resilience: The Public Sphere and Extremist Attacks’ (Discovery Project, funded by Australian Research Council, 2021-24)

Jordan completed his PhD at The University of Sydney in 2021.