Projects

From the local to the international level, in both educational and professional circles, the UNESCO-PREV Chair carries out and participates in a variety of activities related to its field of expertise. Civic engagement, intercultural exchanges and multimedia tools are some of the means by which the Chair’s team promotes the prevention of radicalization.

INFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION

The UNESCO-PREV Chair is developing a specific area of work on disinformation, its effects, its dissemination, its links with violent extremism, and its consequences for the population, through various projects.

RADICAL AND EXTREMIST ECOSYSTEMS

The UNESCO-PREV Chair observes, analyzes, and collects data within extremist and radical ecosystems. The ecosystems under study are as follows:

• Radical Islam and jihadism;
• The Canada-United States nexus, in terms of cross-border radicalism and security issues relating to the border between the two countries;
• The radical right and anti-authority movements;
• The radical left in Canada.

The UNESCO-PREV Chair is involved in projects to generate evidence-based data to prevent violent extremism and strengthen democratic resilience, particularly with regard to social polarization and disinformation.