DC1: D.Rad Conference: Deradicalisation, Conflict and the Value of Social Inclusion Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany, March 21-23, 2024 |
| Conference website | https://dradproject.com/berlin-closing-conference/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dc10 |
| Poster | download |
| Abstract registration deadline | January 19, 2024 |
| Submission deadline | January 19, 2024 |
Submission guidelines
All abstracts must be submitted with the note of the number of the desired panel. Abstract submission deadline is the 15th of January 2024.
More information on panels are available at dradproject.com. For any queries please contact mihai.varga@fu-berlin.de or the convenors of your chosen panel.
General Call
D.Rad Project (DeRadicalisation in Europe and Beyond: Detect, Resolve, Reintegrate) traces the course of moving from a de-radicalised to a radicalised position for individuals through studying their micro-meso-macro factors that generate feelings of Injustice, Grievance, Alienation and finally Polarisation in societies. We call this I-GAP spectrum. To prevent the evolution of such factors and their progression to radicalisation, we promote a social-inclusion informed de-radicalisation strategy resting on arts and sports, public spaces and processes, and civic education. Originating from the D.Rad approach, this conference calls for papers from other colleagues interested in studying
- Intersection between societal processes and radicalisation stages,
- Interdependence of radicalisation involving groups, individuals and societies,
- Effectiveness of legal frameworks and the role of state as a possible actor of radicalisation,
- Engage citizens in weaving the social fabric of communities tightly through sporting and cultural strategies,
- Spatial dimension and public spaces and processes to understand the social glue of inclusion or precursors of exclusion,
- Participatory-methods-oriented civic education as a preventive measure of exclusion and a way to generate inclusion.
Overall, this conference calls for papers to respond to two general questions:
- How to recognise the micro-meso-macro factors that would make a deradicalised person radicalised?
- How to build socially inclusive societies, spaces, and education systems that would move radicalised individuals to deradicalised positions?
List of Panels
Panel 1
Radicalisation versus Representation – how radical actors seek to boost their support by normalising their community-level presence
Convenors: Mihai Varga and Volodymyr Ishchenko
Affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin
Contact: mihai.varga@fu-berlin.de | volodymyr.ishchenko@fu-berlin.de
Panel 2
Interdependencies in Processes of Radicalization
Convenors: Steven Sawyer and Roman Zinigrad
Affiliation: American University Paris
Contact: ssawyer@aup.edu, rzinigrad@aup.edu
Panel 3
Challenges in Countering Radicalization: Detecting Trends, Resolving Drivers and Reintegrating. Does the law matter?
Convenors: Maria Moulin-Stozek and Veronica Federico
Affiliation: Jan Dlugosza University, University of Florence
Contact: m.moulin-stozek@ujd.edu.pl | veronica.federico@unifi.it
Panel 4
Mainstreaming of radicalisation and counter-narratives to radicalisation on media platforms
Convenor: Ozge Ozduzen
Affiliation: University of Sheffield
Contact: o.ozduzen@sheffield.ac.uk
Panel 5
Understanding radicalisation and extremism as processes from relational and group perspectives
Convenors: Nelli Ferenczi and Mihai Varga
Affiliation: Brunel University London & Freie Universität Berlin
Contact: Nelli.Ferenczi@brunel.ac.uk | mihai.varga@fu-berlin.de
Panel 6
Challenging otherness through arts & sports
Conveners: Maggie Laidlaw, Doga Atalay
Affiliation: Glasgow Caledonian University
Contact: maggie.laidlaw@gcu.ac.uk | doga.atalay@gcu.ac.uk
Panel 7
The spatial aspects of inclusion, exclusion and (de)radicalisation
Convenors: Ursula Reeger, Emilia Palonen, Miriam Haselbacher and Kanerva Kuokkanen
Affiliation: Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Helsinki
Contact: ursula.reeger@oeaw.ac.at | emilia.palonen@helsinki.fi | miriam.haselbacher@oeaw.ac.at | kanerva.kuokkanen@helsinki.fi
Panel 8
Civic Education as a Preventive Measure against Radicalisation
Convenors: Roberta Medda, Mattia Zeba
Affiliation: EURAC Research Institute
Contact: Roberta.Medda@eurac.edu | Mattia.Zeba@eurac.edu