The main mission of the Chair is to act as a centre of excellence in order to develop, share and promote research and actions in the context of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of violent radicalization and extremism.

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The UNESCO-PREV Chair promotes the networking of centres of expertise and communities of practice in order to facilitate exchanges and collaboration, at the national and international levels, in the context of prevention of violent radicalization and extremism.

The UNESCO-PREV Chair stimulates the development of evidence-based research and knowledge in order to improve strategies and tools available to prevent violent radicalization and extremism.

The UNESCO-PREV Chair supports programs and training, based on best practices and adapted to local contexts, to strengthen the capacities of key stakeholders.

The UNESCO-PREV Chair raises awareness and transfers knowledge to decision makers, practitioners, public and media.

SPOTLIGHT

Guidelines for the Prevention of Violent Extremism Online and Offline: Findings from the Expert Conference and the Delphi Consensus Process

Guidelines for the Prevention of Violent Extremism Online and Offline: Findings from the Expert Conference and the Delphi Consensus Process

The Canadian Consensus Guidelines Committee (CCGC) aims to bring together 30 experts from different fields in order to ensure diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. The

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Project Someone is relaunching our massive open online course (MOOC)

ProjectSomeone’s online course “From Hate to Hope: Cultivating Understanding and Resilience Skills” from January 9 to February 17, 2023

Project Someone is relaunching our massive open online course (MOOC) “From Hate to Hope: Building Understanding and Resilience This free, non-credit online course aims to prevent hate and radicalization

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Our co-holder Pre Marie-Eve Carignan a conference on November 30 and December 1 entitled:

Symposium organized by our co-holder, Pre Marie-Eve Carignan, entitled: “Journalisme, information et risques démocratiques : cyberconflits et risques informationnels”.

Our co-holder Pre Marie-Eve Carignan a conference on November 30 and December 1 entitled: “Journalism, Information and Democratic Risks: Cyber Conflicts and Information Risks”.

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The Associate Professor of the Chair, Adib Bencherif, attended a workshop held in Dakar from October 10 to 14, 2022, which focused on security sector governance, prevention of radicalization and violent extremism

Participation of Prof. Adib Bencherif in a workshop in Dakar on the governance of the security sector, the prevention of radicalization and violent extremism

The Associate Professor of the Chair, Adib Bencherif, attended a workshop held in Dakar from October 10 to 14, 2022, which focused on security sector governance, prevention of radicalization and violent extremism

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LATEST NEWS

28 November

Study day on conspiratorial discourses, organized in collaboration with the SoDRUS, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022

In the framework of a study day organized by the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Extremism (UNESCO-PREV) and the Centre de recherche Société, droit et religion de l’Université de Sherbrooke (SoDRUS), researchers and students

29 September

Participation of Ghayda Hassan in the “Christchurch Call for Action” 2022 Leaders’ Summit in New York

Our co-holder Ghayda Hassan participated in the third edition of the Christchurch Call for Action’s Leaders’ Summit 2022 held on September 20, 2022 in New York City

16 September

Conference by researcher Sylvain Delouvée entitled: “Politique(s) du complotisme et désordre(s) de l’information” : September 23

Organized by the media pole of the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism, this conference will highlight the active, strategic, oppositional, opportunistic, narrative, social and ideological components of this worldview.

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