Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism and Polarisation

Exploring resilience as a response
Europe has grown increasingly polarised in recent years. One of the first steps to building more resilient communities is learning from the policies and programmes implemented so far to counter violent extremism. The EU-funded BRaVE project will systematise existing knowledge and assess the impact of policies and practices in preventing extreme ideologies and polarisation in European societies. Drawing on the findings, the consortium of experts from universities and civil society organisations from across Europe will design a set of polarisation Indicators. Their focus will be on the factors that provide fertile ground for extremism and polarisation to grow: historical and cultural factors, real and perceived socioeconomic inequalities, and media discourses.