Live event of H2020 Project DRIVE: Far right and Islamist extremism in North Western Europe, and the role of social inclusion: “The challenges of researching extremism today”. Please sign up via this form to join this online workshop. Thuesday 22 June 2021, 11:00-12:30 GMT+1.

H2020 project DRIVE

What are the main drivers of far-right and Islamist radicalisation? What is the role of social exclusion within radicalisation processes? How can we design better policies to safeguard young people from radicalising? The DRIVE project, led by Leiden University in The Hague seeks to address these questions, working with a consortium of eight partners from across North-Western Europe (two civil society organisations and six universities).

Original research carried out in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom over 36 months will help determine European-wide policy solutions that concentrate on social inclusion in deradicalisation initiatives by bringing together the expertise, skills and knowledge of researchers and practitioners involved in creating an understanding of radicalisation and building resilience against violent extremism and social polarisation.

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Programme

11.00-11.05	Tahir Abbas (Leiden University): Welcome and introduction to DRIVE project
11.05-11.15	Catherine Thorleifsson (University of Oslo): DRIVE’s approach to balancing the online and offline
11.15-11.30	Joel Busher (Coventry University): Key challenges, opportunities, and dilemmas in researching the far-right
11.30-11.45	Jennifer Philippa Eggert (University of Warwick): Intersectional approaches to gender-inclusive research on sensitive topics’
11.45-12.00	Chris Allen (University of Leicester):  The risks of participant observation and mitigating the problematisation of Muslim communities
12.00-12.30	Q&A chaired by Anouk de Koning (Leiden University)

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