The RAN papers consolidate RAN’s expertise and knowledge on radicalisation and violent extremism into an accessible format, providing up-to-date information.
They introduce the latest research findings – collected by RAN – and include input from first-line practitioners. All are reviewed by relevant stakeholders within the RAN Editorial Board prior to publication.
- Manual for Responses to returning foreign terrorist fighters and their families 2nd Edition, 2022
- Countering the misuse of gaming-related content & spaces: Inspiring practices and opportunities for cooperation with tech companies, November 2022
- Gender-specificity in practical P/CVE: Reviewing RAN Practitioners’ activities in 2021, September 2022
- Dealing with returned women in the Western Balkans: challenges and opportunities from a practitioner’s perspective, August 2022
- Violent Right-Wing Extremism in the Western Balkans, July 2022
- The role of civil society organisations in exit work, May 2022
- Developing resilience as an approach to dealing with the influences of problematic informal and non-formal education in schools, A practical guide for first-line practitioners, May 2022
- Manual for Designing Secondary Level Interventions for At-Risk Youths in an Open Setting, April 2022
- Lessons Learned from Alternative Narrative Campaigns, March 2022
- Extremists’ Targeting of Young Women on Social Media and Lessons for P/CVE, February 2022
- An inventory of P/CVE hotlines/helplines in the EU, February 2022
- Hybrid youth and social work, February 2022
- Manifesto for Education 2nd Edition, 2021
- Quality management of P/CVE interventions in secondary and tertiary prevention, December 2021
- Gender-sensitive responses to returnees from foreign terrorist organisations: insights for practitioners, December 2021
- Islamist extremist converts ‒ Challenges and recommendations for rehabilitation work, December 2021
- Consequences of Extremist Digital Heritage on the Rehabilitation Process, December 2021
- Focus on Children – The challenge to reflect on values with imprisoned extremist parents, November 2021
- The role of psychotherapy in rehabilitation and exit work, November 2021
- Substance use and violent extremism, November 2021
- National hubs supporting local actors in P/CVE – practitioners’ insights, November 2021
- Contemporary Violent Leftwing and Anarchist Extremism (VLWAE) in the EU: Analysing Threats and Potential for P/CVE, November 2021
- Incels: A First Scan of the Phenomenon (in the EU) and its Relevance and Challenges for P/CVE, October 2021
- Returning to Extremism: An Overview on Terrorist Reoffending and Current Challenges, October 2021
- Lone Actors in Digital Environments, October 2021
- Extremists’ use of gaming (adjacent) platforms ‒ Insights regarding primary and secondary prevention measures, August 2021
- Capitalising on Crises How VRWEs Exploit the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for P/CVE, August 2021
- Reporting about Violent Extremism and P/CVE Challenges for Journalists – Recommendations from Practitioners, August 2021
- Between extremism and freedom of expression: Dealing with non-violent right-wing extremist actors, August 2021
- Lone Actors as a Challenge for P/CVE, July 2021
- Memorials for victims of terrorism and their possible value for P/CVE – Different approaches within the EU, June 2021
- Repatriated foreign terrorist fighters and their families: European experiences & lessons for P/CVE, June 2021
- Contemporary manifestations of violent right-wing extremism in the EU: An overview of P/CVE practices, 2021
- Conspiracy theories and right-wing extremism – Insights and recommendations for P/CVE, 2021
- Ethical Guidelines for Working on P/CVE in Mental Health Care, 2021
- The role of sports in violent right-wing extremist radicalisation and P/CVE, 2021
- Risk Assessment in Prison, 2021
- Rehabilitation work with convicted offenders outside of prison, 2021
- The gamification of violent extremism & lessons for P/CVE, 2021
- The potential of social diagnostics for P/CVE, 2021
- Far-right extremists’ use of humour, 2021
- The potential of restorative justice in cases of violent extremism and terrorism, 2021
- Short Handbook conclusions paper COVID-19 Narratives that Polarise
- RAN VoT Teachers’ Guide Workshop Material: Understanding Radicalisation and Terrorism
- RAN VoT Design competition European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism
- Rehabilitation Manual ‒ Rehabilitation of radicalised and terrorist offenders for first line practitioners, June 2020
- Violent right-wing extremism in focus, May 2020
- Peer and Self Review Manual for Exit Work, January 2020
- Lessons from crime prevention in preventing violent extremism by police, January 2020
Overview papers
- RAN Activities on Rehabilitation, January 2022
- RAN Activities in Communication & Narratives, July 2021
- RAN activities on local coordination and the local approach to P/CVE, June 2021
- RAN Activities on Families, Communities and Social Care, June 2021
- RAN Activities on Youth Work and Education, May 2021
- RAN activities on Mental Health, May 2021
- RAN Activities on Victims/Survivors of Terrorism 2011-2021
Conclusions papers
Papers highlighting the conclusions, lessons learned, insights and all related initiatives are published following all RAN activities and Working Group meetings.
- RAN Y&E Artistic methods in prevention work, Stockholm 22-23 November 2022
- RAN LOCAL Pulse Taking: What Are Local Effects of Recent Developments on P/CVE? Helsinki 15-16 November 2022
- RAN POL Police role and contribution in the holistic, multi-agency case diagnosis of at-risk individuals, groups and neighbourhoods, Rome 31 October and 1 November 2022
- RAN Practitioners Plenary 2022: Reflection and looking ahead, Brussels 13-14 October 2022
- RAN FC&S Preventing Polarisation on a Local Level: Bringing Communities Together, Stockholm 04-05 October 2022
- RAN HEALTH Violent individuals with personalised ideologies and mental health issues, Rome 26-27 September 2022
- RAN cross-cutting event, The Online Dimension of Extremism and Improving Online P/CVE Efforts, Berlin 27 September 2022
- RAN Thematic event: Current challenges and solutions related to working with youth on P/CVE, Vienna 22 September 2022
- RAN HEALTH Personality disorders and mental illnesses with implications in preventing violent extremism, Helsinki 20-21 July 2022
- RAN Practitioners Study Visit Cooperation between NGOs, non-security and security stakeholders in Germany, Nuremberg 30 June-01 July 2022
- RAN in the Western Balkans – Preventing and countering VRWE in the Western Balkans, Skopje 28-29 June 2022
- RAN POL The challenges of anti-authorities extremism for police, Copenhagen 23-24 June 2022
- RAN C&N Digital frontrunners: Key challenges and recommendations for online P/CVE work, Riga 16-17 June 2022
- RAN LOCAL How to deal with the local impact of online (extremist) activities, Barcelona 16-17 June 2022
- RAN small-scale expert session: Conspiracy narratives: developing a tool to support families, Madrid 14 June 2022
- RAN Y&E Gender-specific approaches in PVE, Lisbon 31 May – 01 June 2022
- RAN YOUNG Engaging and Empowering Young People in P/CVE, Athens 24-25 May 2022
- RAN VoT The perception of victims/survivors of terrorism in media, Milan 23-24 May 2022
- RAN Small-scale expert meeting – The underlying iceberg of Islamist extremism, Berlin 03 May 2022
- Cross-cutting event Conspiracy narratives and anti-government sentiments in relation to (V)RWE and other forms of extremism, online meeting 26 April 2022
- RAN PRISONS The role of multi-agency cooperation in dealing with female returnees in prison and protecting the rights of children with imprisoned parents, online meeting 5-6 April 2022
- RAN in the Western Balkans, Working with violent extremist or terrorist offenders along the prison-exit continuum, online meeting 30 March 2022
- Small-scale expert meeting Dealing with (potential) dissemination of extremist ideology and radicalisation within unofficial prayer rooms, online meeting 30 March 2022
- RAN C&N Antisemitism as a part of almost all extremist ideologies and narratives, online meeting 29-30 March 2022
- RAN REHAB Exploring hybrid and digital rehab work, online meeting 24-25 March 2022
- RAN in the Western Balkans, CSOs engaging in the prevention and countering of ethno-nationalism and violent right-wing extremism Belgrade, 24-25 March 2022
- RAN LOCAL Preventing possible violence based on anti-government extremism on the local level, online meeting 24-25 March 2022
- RAN POL Preventing and countering radicalisation of police, military and prison staff, online meeting 23-24 March 2022
- RAN YOUNG: Youth Review Panel, online meeting 22-23 March 2022
- RAN FC&S Hybrid social work and digital awareness for family support, online meeting 16-17 March 2022
- Thematic event on Conspiracy narratives and anti-government sentiments in relation to (V)RWE and other forms of extremism, online meeting 16 March 2022
- RAN Y&E Integrating the online dimension into offline pedagogical practices, online meeting 08-09 March 2022
- RAN POL Workshop for in-depth case diagnosis, online meeting 16-17 December 2021
- RAN Cross-cutting Thematic Event, Management of returning FTFs and their family members with a focus on returning women and children, online meeting 14-15 December 2021
- RAN small-scale expert meeting Lone Actors: Making use of needs and risk assessment tools in P/CVE, online meeting 10 December 2021
- RAN Study Visit to Paris on ‘Effective management of the prison-exit continuum’, online event 07-08 December 2021
- Study Visit to Helsinki: the management of child returnees, online meeting 01 December 2021
- RAN Practitioners small-scale expert meeting, Effective Communications when Foreign Terrorist Fighters and their Families Return, online meeting 01 December 2021
- RAN Y&E Inclusion through sports, online meeting 30 November – 01 December 2021
- RAN LOCAL The changing landscape of polarisation, radicalisation and extremism, online meeting 25-26 November 2021
- RAN POL Local Training Programmes in P/CVE, online meeting 24-25 November 2021
- RAN VoT Incorporating memorial needs of victims and survivors in P/CVE efforts, online meeting 24-25 November 2021
- RAN FC&S multi-meeting Violent right-wing extremism in communities, online meeting 23-24 November 2021
- RAN REHABILITATION How to work with middle-aged target groups without socio-economic needs? Online meeting, 18-19 November 2021
- RAN Small-scale meeting P/CVE perspective on the vulnerabilities of asylum seekers and refugee communities, online meeting 18 November 2021
- RAN C&N Conspiracy Narratives: Current State and Future Expectations for P/CVE in the EU, online meeting 16-17 November 2021
- RAN Practitioners small-scale expert workshop ‒ Involving formers in exit work, online meeting 11 November 2021
- RAN PRISONS How to effectively train prison staff and partners for P/CVE, online meeting 04-05 November 2021
- RAN HEALTH Training for Mental Health Practitioners in P/CVE, online meeting 04-05 November 2021
- RAN in the Western Balkans, P/CVE Work with Religious Communities and Faith-based Organisations, Skopje 21-22 October 2021
- RAN Plenary, online meeting, 13 October 2021
- RAN High-Level Conference, online meeting, 12 October 2021
- RAN Cross-cutting Thematic Event Released violent extremist or terrorist offenders – Continuity between prison, probation and reintegration, online meeting 06 October 2021
- RAN Y&E Education and Youth Work: Working with Community Figures both Inside and Outside Schools, online meeting 05-06 October 2021
- Small-scale expert meeting on Training for practitioners on dealing with returning children, online meeting 30 September 2021
- RAN Study Visit Dortumund The long-term P/CVE strategy of a ‘radicalisation hotbed’, online meeting 28-29 September 2021
- RAN FC&S multi-meeting Supporting families in fostering resilience against (Covid-19-related) conspiracy narratives, online meeting 28-29 September 2021
- RAN HEALTH Mental health practices and interventions in P/CVE, online meeting 22-23 September 2021
- RAN REHABILITATION Returning FTFs and their families: Practitioners’ insights on improving the return process, online meeting 16 September 2021
- RAN POL Community police and the online dimension, online meeting 05 July 2021
- RAN VoT Supporting the voices of young victims/survivors of terrorism, online meeting 18 June 2021
- RAN PRISONS Practitioners’ questions and needs for the future, based on experiences in dealing with Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Violent Extremist or Terrorist Offenders, online meeting 23-24 June 2021
- RAN C&N The Incel Phenomenon, online meeting 17-18 June 2021
- RAN REHABILITATION Crises in rehabilitation – safeguarding practitioners and approaches, online meeting 27-28 May 2021
- RAN LOCAL An online P/CVE approach for local authorities: challenges, tips & tricks, online meeting 27-28 May 2021
- Small Scale Expert Meeting P/CVE in Prison and Dynamic Security, online meeting 27 May 2021
- RAN Study Visit to Central Asia, online meeting 25-26 May 2021
- RAN FC&S multi-meeting Dealing with returning children and their mothers from Daesh: taking stock and going forward, online meeting 19-20 May 2021
- RAN Cross-cutting thematic event Lone actors – Jointly taking stock of recent developments and combining knowledge, online meeting 21-22 April 2021
- RAN Y&E Education and youth work: towards an effective collaboration, online meeting 08-09 April 2021
- RAN EU-USA study visit, online meeting 24-25 March 2021
- RAN Small-scale meeting New offender types & appropriate measures of Exit work, online meeting 24 March 2021
- RAN C&N Digital Grooming Tactics on Video Gaming & Video Gaming Adjacent Platforms: Threats and Opportunities, online meeting 15-16 March 2021
- RAN small-scale meeting Digital Exit Work, online meeting 15 March 2021
- RAN HEALTH Rehabilitation and reintegration of extremist offenders from a mental health perspective, online meeting 10-11 March 2021
- RAN Small-scale meeting Effective and Realistic Quality Management and Evaluation of P/CVE, online event 05 March 2021
- RAN study visit to South-East Asia, online meeting 03-04 March 2021
- RAN YOUNG Platform Youth Participation in P/CVE for Local Authorities, online meeting 02-03 March 2021
- RAN Small-scale meeting Violent Incels and Challenges for P/CVE, online meeting 25 February 2021
- RAN Small Scale Meeting Digital Terrorist and ‘Lone Actors’, online event 24 February 2021
- RAN Small Scale Meeting Radicalised and Terrorist Reoffenders, online meeting 27 January 2021
- RAN Small Scale Meeting Radicalised police, military and prison staff, online meeting 16 December 2020
- RAN PRISONS Risk and Needs Assessment Tools, online meeting 10 December 2020
- RAN YOUNG platform Galvanising youth in combatting online disinformation, online meeting 07-08 December 2020
- RAN Rehabilitation Peer- and self-review in Exit work: Tackling the challenges, online meeting 03 December 2020
- RAN LOCAL Local P/CVE strategy in times of COVID-19, online meeting, 30 November - 01 December 2020
- RAN Y&E Youth isolation – How to get them out of it? Online meeting, 26-27 November 2020
- RAN Small Scale Meeting The Role of Hotbeds of Radicalisation, online meeting, 25 November 2020
- RAN C&N The Impact of Conspiracy Narratives on Violent RWE and LWE Narratives, online meeting, 24-25 November 2020
- RAN VoT Conducting direct interactions between victims of terrorism and detainees: a guideline, online meeting, 24 November 2020
- RAN Small Scale Meeting (Young) Women’s Usage of Social Media and Lessons for Preventing Violent Extremism, online meeting, 24 November 2020
- RAN event Digital Study Visit to Canada, 23-24 November 2020
- RAN event P/CVE and mental health support online, online meeting 18-19 November 2020
- RAN FC&S Preventing Polarisation and Building Resilience by Creating a Shared Identity Dos and Don’ts, online meeting, 10-13 November 2020
- RAN Y&E and RAN LOCAL Dealing with the Co-existence of Formal and Non-formal Education, online meeting, 04-05 November 2020
- RAN Plenary Resilience and Adaptation, online meeting, 21-22 October 2020
- RAN PRISONS Religious counselling, training and interfaith dialogue in prison, online meeting 06-07 October 2020
- RAN YOUNG platform Guidelines for local authorities: how to organise a youth review panel, online meeting 01-02 October 2020
- RAN POL Lone Actors, Police and P/CVE, online meeting 29-30 September 2020
- RAN VoT Organising direct interactions between victims of terrorism and terrorist detainees: guidelines, online meeting, 29 September 2020
- RAN LOCAL Violent Right-wing Extremism in the Local Strategy, online event 28-29 September 2020
- RAN small-scale expert meeting Conclusion Harmful conspiracy myths and effective P/CVE countermeasures, online meeting 28 September 2020
- RAN event Mental Health in prison, online meeting 23-24 September 2020
- RAN Rehabilitation The Diversification of VRWE as Challenges for Rehabilitation, online meeting 16-17 September 2020
- RAN C&N Extremists’ Use of Video Gaming – Strategies and Narratives, online meeting 15-17 September 2020
- RAN FC&S event Conclusion Helplines and hotlines in preventing and countering violent extremism, online meeting 15-16 September 2020
- RAN FC&S Conclusions Challenges and solutions when working with families of foreign terrorist fighters, online meeting 29-30 June 2020
- RAN Digital Study visit Returnee coordinators in Germany, visit to Hesse and Berlin, 23-24 June 2020
- RAN HEALTH Conclusions Ethics for mental health professionals working in P/CVE, online meeting 16-17 June 2020
- RAN VoT and C&N Conclusions How to involve victims of terrorism in a prevention campaign, online meeting 11 June 2020
- RAN Y&E Conclusions Transgenerational Transmission of Extremist Ideologies, online meeting 04-05 June 2020
- RAN LOCAL Conclusions Local communications when FTFs and/or their family members are returning, 25-26 May 2020 online meeting
- RAN event Conclusions Day-to-day challenges of violent right-wing extremism for police and possible responses, online event 19-20 May 2020
- RAN event Conclusions Motivation in rehabilitation work: How to stimulate it? Online meeting 13-14 May 2020
- RAN H&SC-POL Conclusion Help the Helper ‒ Safeguarding the well-being of mental health and social care practitioners, online meeting 25-26 March 2020
- RAN YF&C & RAN C&N online meeting on ‘How to do digital youth work in a P/CVE context: Revising the current elements’, 19 March 2020
Archive
The RAN papers consolidate RAN’s expertise and knowledge on radicalisation and violent extremism into an accessible format, providing up-to-date information.
Roadmaps
Check out our insightful roadmaps designed to point practitioners to existing material produced by the RAN over recent years on the priority themes, including papers and publication.