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AVERT Webinar - Research on radicalisation and countering radicalisation: Where we have got to and ways forward

Professor Joel Busher Coventry University
Associate Professor Emily Corner Australian National University
Professor Michele Grossman AM Deakin University
Dr Kieran Hardy Griffith University
Dr Sarah Marsden University of St Andrews
Professor Paul Thomas University of Huddersfield

5.00 - 6.30pm Monday 29th April (AEST)
8.00 - 9.30am Monday 29th April (BST)

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Radicalisation has been one of the most influential new concepts in research and policy on terrorism and violent extremism over the last two decades. Sitting at the heart of globally prominent research and policy agendas on preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE), it has transformed the way researchers, policymakers, and societies more broadly think about terrorism and political violence and how to counter it. Studies on radicalisation have been perhaps the fastest growing area in terrorism studies and with more researchers being drawn to the field, it has also become increasingly multidisciplinary, with contributions from scholars rooted in a wide range of disciplinary and theoretical traditions. 

This explosion of interests has produced significant new insights and approaches, but has also brought its own challenges. This online event looks at where we are with radicalisation studies and how to move forward, expanding the scientific understanding of radicalisation and countering radicalisation as a social phenomena. The event is based on the brand-new Routledge Handbook of Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation, edited by Sarah Marsden, Leena Malkki and Joel Busher.

This session features discussion with some of the authors of the Routledge Handbook of Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation on the contributions that their chapters made to the debate. AVERT members Michele Grossman AM and Paul Thomas will discuss working with communities to counter radicalisation. AVERT member Emily Corner will examine radicalisation and psychopathology, and Kieran Hardy will consider the use of public health models in countering radicalisation.