OUR LATEST NEWS
Find the latest news related to the activities led by the UNESCO Chair in Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Extremism and its network, including notable interventions of our experts in the media, in this section.
Member Cécile Rousseau receives Royal College humanitarian award
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UNESCO-PREV Chair member Dr. Cécile Rousseau, MD, MSc, is the recipient of the 2021 Royal College Teasdale-Corti Humanitarian Award in recognition for her service and activism in the interests of refugees and victims of torture.
First annual review of the prevention of violent extremism in the literature is released
- September 23, 2021
- Sylvana
- Literature Chair, News
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We are pleased to present the first annual review of the prevention of violent extremism in literature produced in partnership with the CPRMV.
Our experts on the program “Nos années 20”
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Our experts Marie-Ève Carignan and David Morin participated to a new public affairs magazine hosted by Patrick Lagacé. They discussed how to deal with the opposition movement to the health measures
Fall of Kabul: the analysis of the director of the scientific committee Sami Aoun
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Sami Aoun, director of the scientific committee and Middle East expert, spoke in various media following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on August 15th, 2021.
New Adib Bencherif article on violent extremism
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Our fellow Adib Bencherif is the author of a recent article named “Unpacking ‘glocal’ jihad: from the birth to the ‘sahelisation’ of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” in the journal Critical Studies on Terrorism.
From online hate to offline violence : Vivek Venkatesh will moderate a panel for the UN Counter-Terrorism Week
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In his role as UNESCO-PREV co-chair, Vivek Venkatesh recently moderated a panel discussion as part of the United Nations 2021 Counter-Terrorism Week.