Washington, D.C. (June 8, 2026) — The Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) and the Dangerous Speech Project (DSP) are pleased to announce that the two organizations have joined forces. DSP, previously housed at New Venture Fund, is now part of the CSOH.
The two organizations have collaborated closely over the past three years on a wide range of issues, including mapping hatred and extremism, and developing, testing, and advancing effective strategies to counter them. That partnership has revealed a deep and natural alignment in vision, mission, and objectives, making this merger a logical next step in a relationship that has already proven productive and complementary.
This alliance comes at a critical moment. We are witnessing the rise of organized, transnational extremist movements, escalating political violence, and the spread of dangerous speech that targets the most vulnerable members of our communities. At the same time, authoritarian pressures are intensifying, and the very groups and institutions that study these threats are increasingly themselves the targets of intimidation and attack.
CSOH and DSP aim to build a more coordinated, resilient, and effective response by pooling research, expertise, and capacity to meet the challenge at scale. DSP will continue its work as it always has, maintaining its research, programs, and commitments without interruption under the CSOH umbrella.
Raqib Naik, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH), said, “Bringing the Dangerous Speech Project into CSOH is formalizing a closer partnership that has already shaped both of our organizations. We are facing a moment in which hate and extremism are more organized, more transnational, and more emboldened than at any point in recent memory, and in which the people who study it are themselves under threat. This consolidation of our work is how we meet that moment with the seriousness it demands. I could not be more thrilled to welcome Susan and the entire DSP team into this next chapter, and I am energized by all that we will accomplish together.”
Susan Benesch, the DSP’s founding director, said, “We are delighted to join forces formally with CSOH, a great and growing organization with brilliant leadership. I can’t recall – and did not expect to see – a time when hate-fueled authoritarianism and polarization were growing so fast. It is urgent to work on and against hatred in the most constructive ways possible, as we will be able to do with CSOH. Together, we will be a uniquely effective anti-hate and anti-extremism group, with deep roots in diverse countries and communities, and expertise in multiple disciplines. This will allow us to make unique contributions in a field where many efforts focus on a particular flavor of hatred, or on one country. With our newly joined teams we will take a more expansive and comparative approach. We are already hard at work together and look forward to sharing new ideas and tools.”