Webinar, 07 December 2020, 13:30 – 15:00 (CET) Although the EU is facing the second wave of the COVID19 pandemic, three terrorist attacks took place in Europe in less than three weeks. In tackling root causes of violent extremism it...
Newsletter #1 is out
The PREVEX-project is excited to launch its first newsletter and we hope that anyone with an interest in understanding and preventing violent extremism will subscribe to get updates on our work and results, including publications, news, events, fieldwork, and...
Training workshop on violent extremism in Mali
In October, 2020, the Alliance pour Refonder la Gouvernance (ARGA), a partner in the PREVEX-project, held a training workshop for parliamentary assistants on the prevention of violent extremism in Mali. Since 2012, the Malian state has been challenged...
Explaining the rise of jihadism in Africa
The crucial case of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. In this article, PREVEX-researcher Luca Raineri argues that while jihadism appears to be on the rise in Africa, the explanations of violent extremist groups’ capacity to foment jihadi...
COVID-19 and Preventing Violent Extremism: PREVEX Research Notes
The COVID-19 pandemic is directly and indirectly affecting governments’ ability to prevent violent extremism effectively and presents core challenges to the counter-terrorism community globally. According to renowned anti-terrorist expert Professor Magnus Ranstorp, ‘COVID-19 and extremism are the perfect storm’....
EU Prevention Strategies
D4.1 Working paper on EU’s policies and instruments for PVE Introduction This working paper maps and analyses the toolbox of the EU and a handful of European countries by providing a comprehensive overview of existing measures aimed at preventing...