Interdisciplinary approaches to radicalization, political violence and the relations between terrorism and crime to advance P/CVE

Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel

Abstract

Over the last two decades, radicalisation became a key concept for counter-terrorism and also a major concern and urgent priority for the EU and Member States. In the context of the terrorist attacks on European soil, radicalisation served to devote a huge amount of resources (public and private) to understand and prevent the process by which individuals allegedly become involved in violent extremism or terrorism related activities. Throughout these years, research on radicalisation has also received a strong push by donors and policy-makers, considering that this knowledge will be useful to design prevention measures and strategies. However, many authors point out that all these prevention efforts are not being effective and did not have the intended impact. It is worth recognizing that research on terrorism shares several important characteristics with more ordinary crime, including the multidisciplinary emphasis with contributions from a variety of disciplines. This panel, part of the INTERRAD research project, aims to contribute to the development of P/CVE by exploring the new trends in the study of radicalization and political violence as well as the relations with crime, including contributions from criminology, political science, social psychology, international relations and social science.

Subtopic

• Topic 2: Types of Offending / Terrorism and Terrorism Financing, Radicalization, Extremism (Radicalization, Extremism, Terrorism WG)

Chair

• Inmaculada Marrero, University of Granada. Dpt of International Public Law and International Relations

Individual Presentations

• Radicalisation and its influence on the securitisation of European prison systems. National security and jihadist terrorism. - Salvador Berdún, ACAIP Center of Studies of the Administration of penitentiary instittutions

• Updating P/CVE Strategic Communications: Conflict – competition dynamics and centrifugal effects of extremists narratives - Javier Ruipérez Canales, The Euro-Arab Foundation and University of Granada; Antonio Sanchez Ortega, The University of Granada and CEMIX Joint Centre University of Granada - Army Training and Doctrine Command

• Evolution of the Jihadist Salafist Threat: Scenarios and Trends. - Carlos Echeverria, National University of Education at Distance UNED. Dpt of Political ScienceCY

• The side effects of the violent extremism prevention program Fénix Andalucía - Roberto Muelas Lobato, University of Burgos. Dpt. of Health Sciences