Radicalisation, Extremism and Emerging Threats in a Changing World: Definitions, Methods and Future Trends

Aim

All participants, through teaching methodologies suitable for both the topics of study and the online context, will be able to achieve a

high-profile training level on radicalisation and extremism issues, increasing both their background and professional and cultural one.

Outgoing KNOWLEDGE

• Contemporary radicalization processes
• Forms of digital extremism
• Dynamics of prevention and countering radical phenomena

Outgoing SKILLS

• Analysis of contemporary and future contexts of radicalization processes
• Analysis and understanding of current digital extremisms
• Development of programs and activities to prevent and combat radical phenomena

Time and location

• The program consists of a 16 hour-training
• Classes will take place on 17, 18, 24 and 25 October, on Thursdays and Fridays, from 9 AM to 1 PM
• The course is based on live-streaming online learning, via Università Cattolica's Blackboard Collaborate Ultra platform

Programme

Module 1: Radicalization, counter-radicalization, and de-radicalization: theoretical framework (4h) 

• Overview of the notion of radicalization and the lack of a universal definition
• The main theoretical - and methodological - models on radicalization and their limits
• Fused extremism
• Counter-radicalization and de-radicalization: features and differences
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Module 2: Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) (4h)

• Counter-radicalization and de-radicalization: notions and differences
• Hard and soft counter-terrorism measures
• Counter-radicalization: micro, meso, and macro levels of intervention
• The theoretical pillars of PVE (Preventing Violent Extremism) and CVE (Countering Violent Extremism)
• The relation between de-radicalization and disengagement

Module 3: Counter-radicalization and de-radicalization: contemporary experiences (4h)

• Case study: Saudi Arabia
• Case study: Singapore
• Case study: Netherlands
• Case study: Denmark
• Case study: United Kingdom

Module 4: Radicalization and change (4h)

• Radicalization and gender
• Radicalization and accelerationism
• Radicalization and eco-Extremism
• Radicalization, extremism and conspiracy theories
• Radicalization and new technologies

Certificate of participation

A minimum attendance of 75% is required

How to apply

To register for the course, please proceed online from the website using the ISCRIVITI button at the top right of the current page.

Fees:

• Regular fee: Euro 300.00 + VAT;
• Special fee for UCSC Premium Alumni Community members: Euro 270.00 + VAT.

The payment can be made by:

• Credit card, directly from the online registration site;
• Bank transfer, notifying the name of the participant, the title of the course and the reason for the payment (the data relating to the transfer are mentioned in the e-mail confirming the registration, that the participant will receive at the end of the online registration procedure).

The registration fee is non-refundable except in the case of non-activation of the course and in any case within the following terms:

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