Episode 16: Online Radicalisation and Deradicalisation

Our 16th episode is a very special one, focussing on online radicalisation and deradicalisation. This episode was recorded at the 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “CIVIC ACTORS IN CONFLICT" hosted by PDCS on November 9th in Bratislava, Slovakia. 

Our friend Marie Heřmanová hosted a very interesting panel discussion, looking into the world of online radicalisation and de-radicalisation, discussing trends, threats and solutions to explore the current developments of online mobilisation and radicalisation, also related to the war in Ukraine.

She was joined by Julia Ebner, a Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Strategic Dialogue, specialising in far-right extremism, radicalisation, viral disinformation, conspiracy myths and terrorism prevention. 

You might know her from her books The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism, or her second book Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists.

She was also joined by Olivier Cauberghs, a researcher at Textgain, a member of the Expert Pool of the RAN (Radicalisation Awareness Network) and CEPOL (The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training).