In response to the storming of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, the Chair’s experts gave various interviews on media platforms to analyze the situation.
Author Archives: Sylvana
New Special Issue of Perspectives on Terrorism co-edited by one of the Chair’s experts
A new special issue of the peer-reviewed online journal Perspectives on Terrorism (PT) is co-edited by Joel Busher, one of our experts in PVE.
New Study on Ethno-Cultural Disparities in Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A group of Canadian researchers, including CSLP members and Project Someone collaborators, recently published a Canadian study that explores the association between pandemic-specific risk factors and the mental health of minority populations.
Interviews and Insights from Journées Euro-Méditerranéennes
The following interviews were conducted in 2019 at the Journées Euro-Méditerranéennes by Project Someone’s team. The event aimed to engage women and youth in the conversations and workshops about violence and radicalization.
Experts from the Chair in a panel about conspiracy theories in the community
Professor Ghayda Hassan, co-holder, gave her analysis during a panel discussion on conspiracy movements, conspiracy theories and their impacts.
Vivek Venkatesh Discusses Social Pedagogy on Le Réverbère Podcast
In collaboration with the Conseil supérieur de l’éducation du Québec, Malorie Flon, Director of Development at the Institut du Nouveau Monde, spoke with the co-holder Vivek Venkatesh.
“Get a Better Understanding of Violent Radicalisation and Extremism” a conversation with the experts of the Chair
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Actions interculturelles and the UNESCO-PREV Chair invite you to the event “Get a better understanding of Violent Radicalization and Extremism” with David Morin and Sylvana Al Baba Douaihy
The CPN-PREV and the UNESCO-PREV Chair invite you to the launch of CPN-PREV’s interactive map and mapping report
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The CPN-PREV and UNESCO-PREV Chair invite you to the launch of CPN-PREV’s interactive map and mapping report.
New article about the analysis of ultraviolent terror propaganda in videos produced by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2015 and 2016
This paper examines aspects of violent, traumatic terrorist video propaganda produced by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) within the theoretical confines of abjection and the use of utopian/dystopian themes.
New article: “How to characterise the discourse of the far-right in digital media? Interdisciplinary approach to preventing terrorism”
The fight against extremist discourse on the Internet and on social media is paramount in countering terrorism and radical recruitment. However, radical, terrorist discourse is a very complex linguistic and sociolinguistic phenomenon. In this article, the authors tried to characterise pieces of discourse using an interdisciplinary approach.