Publications
In October 2021, Morten Bøås (NUPI) published the policy brief “Field Work and Violent Extremism” with the Atlantic Initiative (NGO), addressing some of the most serious challenges associated with conducting field work in environments characterized by violent extremism. There...
In November 2021, Erik Skare (Sciences Po, Paris) published the article “Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad” in the special issue of Religions “Islamist Movements in the Middle East”. As existing scholarship...
The shore of North Africa and Europe, the Sahel faces major challenges - demography, migration, climate change - exposing young people to violent extremism. In this article, PREVEX-researcher Abdoul Wahab Cisse describes the multifaceted Sahel region. It is a...
Jihadists in the Sahel have opportunistically sought resources - kidnapping, smuggling - but it remains to be seen whether gold mining is a game-changer. In this article, the principal investigator in the PREVEX-project, Morten Bøås, delves into the realm...
In June, Djallil Lounnas (Al Akhawayn University) published a book chapter, entitled “Moderate Islamist Parties in the MENA Region and Europe: Between the Democracy-Human Rights and the Stability-Security Nexus” and was published in the Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations edited...
PREVEX-researcher Erik Skare has recently published the book: A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Faith Awareness, and Revolution in the Middle East. Find the book HERE Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is one of the most important yet least understood...
