Issue & Policy papers
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.
- Factbook ‒ Islamist extremism, December 2019
- Factbook ‒ Far-right extremism, December 2019
- Preventing the risk of radicalisation of asylum seekers and refugees, and far-right mobilisation against asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants, December 2019
- RAN H&SC Handbook Extremism, Radicalisation & Mental Health: handbook for practitioners, November 2019
- Multi-Agency Working and preventing violent extremism: Paper II, April 2019
- RAN P&P Practitioners’ Working Paper Approaches to countering radicalisation and dealing with violent extremist and terrorist offenders in prisons and probation, 2018
- A Nimble (NMBL) Approach to Youth Engagement in P/CVE, 2018
- Policy Paper Developing a local prevent framework and guiding principles – Part 2, November 2018 (also available in French and German)
- The role of non-formal education in P/CVE, Annex to RAN's Manifesto for Education, November 2018 (also available in French and German)
- Developing counter- and alternative narratives together with local communities, 15 October 2018 (also available in French and German)
- Transforming schools into labs for democracy, A companion to preventing violent radicalisation through education, 2018 (also available in French)
- Protective and promotive factors building resilience against violent radicalisation, April 2018
- Multi-agency working and preventing violent extremism: Paper I, April 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN YOUNG – Policy Recommendations, March 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN YF&C Discussing Taboos and Controversial Issues - Practical guidelines for youth workers (also available in French and German)
- Enhancing the resilience of victims after terrorist attacks, March 2018 (also available in French and German)
- Radicalisation research: gap analysis, December 2016
- The role of education in preventing radicalisation, 12 December 2016
- RAN HLC Discussion Paper, 09 November 2016
- Policy Paper Developing a local prevent framework and guiding, November 2016
- Issue Paper Tackling the challenges to prevention policies in an increasingly polarised society, November 2016
- Issue Paper Foreign fighter returnees & the reintegration challenge, November 2016 (also available in: French | German | Albanian | Macedonian | Slovenian | Serbian.)
- Issue Paper Child returnees from conflict zones, November 2016 (also available in: French | German | Albanian | Macedonian | Serbian.)
- Training programmes for Europe’s police officers, September 2016 (also available in: Albanian | Macedonian | Serbian.)
- Handbook: Voices of victims of terrorism (also available in: Albanian | Macedonian | Serbian.)
- Manifesto for Education – Empowering Educators and Schools (also available in: Bosnian | Serbian.)
- Dealing with radicalisation in a prison and probation context, March 2016
- The Root Causes of Violent Extremism, January 2016
Ex post papers
After RAN activities and Working Group meetings, an ex post paper highlights lessons learned, insights and follow-up initiatives.
- RAN Policy & Practice Preventing radicalisation of asylum seekers and refugees, Rome 11 December 2019
- Study Visit: Returned Women and Children – Studying an Ongoing Experience on the Ground, 10-11 December 2019
- RAN RVT & RAN EXIT The role of restorative justice in preventing and responding to violent extremism, Dublin 03-04 December 2019
- RAN YF&C Doing digital youth work in a P/CVE context, Copenhagen 29 November 2019
- RAN POL Legislation, training and other options for overcoming barriers to information sharing, Athens 28-29 November 2019
- RAN RVT VIIIth International Congress for Victims of Terrorism, Nice 21-23 November 2019
- RAN P&P Current Challenges of Sentenced Extremists for Prison Regimes, Lisbon 21-22 November 2019
- RAN C&N Effective Narratives: Updating the GAMMMA+ model, Brussels 14-15 November 2019
- RAN EDU meeting on dealing with religion-inspired extremist ideologies in school, Antwerp 14-15 November 2019
- RAN LOCAL Individual case management: When and how to intervene? Milan 13-14 November 2019
- RAN Policy & Practice Evaluating disengagement, deradicalisation and resocialisation efforts, 08 November 2019
- RAN High-Level Conference, Brussels 04 November 2019
- RAN Plenary, Brussels 30 October 2019
- RAN H&SC Alienation, Identity and Intercultural working, Helsinki 23-24 October 2019
- RAN EXIT Gender-specific approaches in exit work, 22-23 October 2019
- RAN YOUNG Guidelines for young activists: how to set up a P/CVE initiative Paper 4, 21-22 October 2019
- RAN EDU Safeguarding troubled refugee children in the classroom, Zagreb 03-04 October 2019
- RAN C&N Communications After an Attack, Lisbon 01-02 October 2019
- Policy and Practice Radicalised and terrorist offenders released from prison: involving and preparing communities and families, Helsinki 19 September 2019
- RAN Study visit Restorative justice in Croatia, Zagreb 12-13 September 2019
- RAN YOUNG Guidelines for young activists: how to set up a P/CVE initiative Paper 3, Madrid 10-11 September 2019
- RAN Policy & Practice Workshop – Narratives and Strategies of Far-Right and Islamist Extremists, Amsterdam 04 July 2019
- RAN Research Seminar 2019, Vienna 26-27 June 2019
- RAN RVT The role of victims in strengthening social cohesion after a period of violence, Bilbao 20-21 June 2019
- RAN EDU Academy Far-right extremism in the classroom, Berlin, 13-14 June 2019
- RAN P&P and RAN YF&C Radicalised and terrorist offenders released from prison: Community and family acceptance, Prague 06-07 June 2019
- RAN P&P and RAN EXIT Building Bridges, Prague 05-06 June 2019
- RAN Policy & Practice A mental health approach to understanding violent extremism, Paris 03 June 2019
- RAN LOCAL and RAN H&SC Taking mental health insights into account in local P/CVE, Paris 29 May 2019
- RAN Study visit, Strasbourg’s P/CVE approach and its multi-agency partners, 21-22 May 2019
- RAN POL What role do police play in the resocialisation & risk management of released former terrorist offenders? Marseille 08-09 May 2019
- RAN YOUNG Guidelines for young activists: how to set up a P/CVE initiative Paper 2, Bordeaux 07-08 May 2019
- RAN EDU Different ways governments can support schools and teachers in preventing/countering violent extremism, 06 May 2019
- RAN YF&C Academy ‘Children growing up in extremist families’, 24-25 April 2019
- RAN H&SC – Grooming for terror – Manipulation and control 25 April 2019
- RAN RVT Evaluating the impact of testimonies by victims of terrorism, Prague 10-11 April 2019
- RAN POL and RAN C&N Current and future narratives and strategies of far-right and Islamist extremism, Stockholm 04-05 April 2019
- RAN YOUNG Guidelines for young activists: how to set up a P/CVE initiative Paper 1, Amsterdam 25-27 March 2019
- RAN Study visit Crisis response: Lessons from the Manchester Arena bombing of 2017, Manchester 21-22 March 2019
- RAN LOCAL 7 Step Evaluation Guide for local authorities, Vienna 13-14 March 2019
- RAN H&SC Understanding the mental health disorders pathway leading to violent extremism, Turin 13 March 2019
- RAN YF&C The role of sports and leisure activities in preventing and countering violent extremism, Lisbon 06-07 March 2019
- RAN EDU Making a difference: the dissemination and implementation of RAN EDU lessons for PVE-E, Dublin 21-22 February 2019
- RAN C&N Monitoring & Evaluating counter- and alternative narrative campaigns Berlin 21-22 February 2019
- RAN POL Joining Forces: Dissemination, Implementation and Evaluation, Budapest 24-25 January 2019
- RAN LOCAL Local-level management of far-right extremism, Rotterdam 23-24 January 2019
- RAN EXIT Practical guideline - Management of Exit work, Frankfurt 17-18 January 2019
- RAN HSC Methods of evidence-based approaches, Amsterdam 21 December 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Policy & Practice Dealing with violent extremis and terrorist offenders, Paris December 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN YF&C The role of gender in extremism and P/CVE, Manchester 29-30 November 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN C&N How can online communications drive offline interventions? Amsterdam 22-23 November 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN YOUNG review panel – Collection practices, Riga 22-23 November 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN EDU The role of primary education in preventing radicalisation: a realistic and optimistic perspective, Lisbon 15-16 November 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL Tabletop exercises: Practicing multi-agency cooperation, Dublin 07-08 November 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN H&SC & RAN EXIT Multi-problem target group : the influence of mental health disorders and substance abuse on Exit work, Vienna 07 November 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Policy and Practice Dealing with radicalised individuals during and after imprisonment, Vienna 06 November 2018 (also available in French)
- RAN P&P meeting on 'Prisons as a breeding ground for radicalisation', Budapest 25-26 October 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Study visit Learning from adjacent fields: the relation between extremism and hooliganism, Warsaw 25-26 October 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Research Seminar, Amsterdam 17 October 2018
- High-Level Conference on child returnees and released prisoners, 11 October 2018 Luxembourg (also available in French and German)
- RAN Policy and Practice Engaging with communities in P/CVE, Berlin 28 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL How to get sustainable political support for your local P/CVE strategy, Berlin 27 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN C&N The role of Informal Actors in delivering effective counter- and alternative narratives, Helsinki 20-21 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN RVT Checklist Shaping your testimonial, Amsterdam 20-21 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN RVT Delivering Effective Testimonials, Amsterdam 20-21 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN POL and RAN P&P Triple P: Coordination and collaboration between police, prison and probation services in dealing with violent extremist and terrorist offenders, Prague 20-21 September 2018
- RAN Study visit on 'PVE and CVE in and around asylum centres and within refugee communities', Malmö 13-14 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN EXIT Adjacent fields : gangs, Prague 11-12 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN YOUNG Empowering young people to successfully participate in PCVE, Nice 10-11 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN P&P Developing, implementing and using risk assessment for violent extremist and terrorist offenders, Brussels 09-10 July 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Policy & Practice Event, Building resilience among young children raised in extremist environments – specifically child returnees, Warsaw 04 July 2018 (also available in French and German)
- MS Workshops Guidelines Evaluation of PCVE Programmes and Interventions, July 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN YF&C Vulnerable children who are brought up in an extremist environment, Stockholm 21-22 June (also available in French and German)
- RAN POL Lessons from crime prevention, Dresden 12-13 June 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Study visit Juvenile and young violent extremist offenders - Prison study visit, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt, 07-08 June 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN H&SC Embedding social and health care workers into institutional structures, Munich 06-07 June 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Study visit Youth participation in the city of Leicester, 05-06 June 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN RVT & RAN EDU Building resilience in the classroom using testimonials from victims and formers, Madrid 24-25 May 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL What can we learn from adjacent phenomena? Lisbon 15-16 May 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN EXIT Academy Communicating with radicalised individuals in an exit setting, 25-26 April 2018 Rotterdam (also available in French and German)
- RAN Policy & Practice Event, Involving young people in counter and alternative narratives – why involve peers?, Madrid 25 April 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN POL Police prevention and countering of far-right and far-left extremism, Rome 12-13 April 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN H&SC PTSD, trauma, stress and the risk of (re)turning to violence, Lisbon 10-11 April 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Policy & Practice Event, Common P/CVE challenges in the Western Balkans and European Union, Sofia 04 April 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN P&P The role of family and social networks in the rehabilitation of (violent) extremist and terrorist offenders, Utrecht 06-07 March 2018
- RAN YOUNG Holding difficult conversations, Stockholm 01-02 March 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN POL The role of police online in PVE and CVE, Oslo 01-02 March 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL and YF&C Collaboration between local authorities and communities in Preventing Violent Extremism, Prague 22-23 February 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN EDU Free speech, extremism and the prevention of radicalisation in higher education, Manchester 08-09 February 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN C&N Checklist of relevant mental biases and mechanisms for developing counter or alternative narratives, Vienna 07-08 February 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN P&P Right-wing extremism on the rise? Prague 12-13 December 2017
- RAN H&SC Risk assessment of lone actors, Mechelen 11-12 December 2017 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL The right training programme – preventing & countering radicalisation & violent extremism, Berlin 07-08 December 2017
- RAN YF&C The role of youth work in the prevention of radicalisation and violent extremism, Vienna 06-07 December 2017 (also available in: Albanian | Macedonian | Serbian.)
- RAN Handbook on CVE/PVE training programmes, Guidance for trainers and policy-makers, December 2017 (also available in: Albanian | Macedonian | Serbian.)
- RAN EDU Dealing with fake news, conspiracy theories and propaganda in the classroom, Budapest 29-30 November 2017 (also available in French and German)
- Trends in Prevent - As discussed by working groups at RAN Plenary, Brussels 15 November 2017
- RAN C&N Audiences of right- and left-wing violent extremists, Rome 02-03 November 2017
- RAN POL How to foster closer engagement with families and family workers, and why, Lisbon 12-13 October 2017 (also available in French and German)
- RAN EXIT and P&P The role of religion in exit programmes and religious counselling in prison and probation settings, Madrid 10-11 October 2017 (also available in: French | German | Albanian | Macedonian | Serbian.)
- RAN LOCAL Local Action Plan Academy, Barcelona 04-05 October 2017
- RAN EDU Drop-outs and going back to school, Paris 28-29 September 2017
- RAN RVT ‘The power of victims of terrorism: how to give support’, Berlin 12-13 September 2017
- RAN H&SC meeting on Multi- or cross-cultural approaches to preventing polarisation and radicalisation, Dublin 04-05 July 2017
- RAN YF&C Strengthening community resilience to polarisation and radicalisation, London 29-30 June 2017
- Lessons from adjacent fields: cults, Bordeaux 27-28 June 2017 (also available in French and German)
- Dos and don’ts of involving formers in PVE/CVE work, Bordeaux 27 June 2017
- A holistic local approach to preventing radicalisation, Helsinki 08-09 June 2017
- RAN P&P and Confederation of European Probation, Dublin 22-23 May 2017
- RAN EDU and RAN POL meeting on Polarisation Management, Stockholm 10-11 May 2017
- RAN C&N dissemination strategies and building online multi-platform networks, Budapest 03-04 May 2017 (also available in French and German)
- RAN study visit to Northern Ireland on community engagement and resilience, 25-26 April 2017
- RAN POL The role of police officers in dealing with jihadist returnees, Düsseldorf 30-31 March 2017 (also available in: Albanian | Macedonian | Serbian.)
- RAN POL Points of Contact, Düsseldorf 29 March 2017
- RAN YOUNG kick-off meeting, Madrid 28-29 March 2017
- RAN EDU Guide on training programmes ‘Effective and confident teachers and other school staff’, Helsinki 01-02 March 2017 (also available in: Albanian | Macedonian | Serbian.)
- RAN LOCAL Cooperation between local authorities and schools in multi-agency interventions and the prevention of radicalisation, The Hague 22-23 February 2017
- RAN C&N How to measure the impact of your online counter or alternative narrative campaign, Brussels 13-14 February 2017
- RAN EXIT Setting up an exit intervention, Berlin 13-14 February 2017
- RAN YF&C and RAN H&SC Working with families and safeguarding children from radicalisation, Nice 02-03 February 2017 (also available in: Albanian | Macedonian | Serbian.)
- RAN P&P Approaches to violent extremist offenders and countering radicalisation in prisons and probation (also available in: French | German | Albanian | Macedonian | Slovenian | Serbian.)
- RAN POL The role for police officers in multi-agency working and information sharing, Utrecht 21 December 2016
- RAN P&P Plenary meeting of the RAN Prison and Probation Working Group, Riga 14-15 December 2016
- RAN C&N One-to-one digital interventions, Berlin 14-15 December 2016
- RAN LOCAL How to cooperate with religious organisations and communities, Brussels 08 December 2016
- RAN EDU The school needs partners, Madrid 01 December 2016
- RAN Study Visit " Multi agency is key", Paris 22-23 November 2016
- RAN High Level Conference on radicalisation, Brussels 09 November 2016
- RAN EXIT EXIT Work in a multi-agency setting, Milan 01 November 2016
- Issue Paper Tackling the challenges to prevention policies in an increasingly polarised society, November 2016
- RAN P&P Study visit of the RAN Prison and Probation Working Group, Venice and Padua 26-27 October 2016
- Joint meeting RAN POL & RAN LOCAL Who is in charge?, Berlin 20-21 October 2016
- RAN C&N Workshop on jihadist propaganda and how to respond, Amsterdam 03-04 October 2016
- RAN YF&C Family support: what works? Manchester, 29-30 September 2016
- RAN H&SC Meeting on children and youth, The effects of violent extremism on children, Hamburg 14-15 September 2016
- RAN Study visit, UK Prevent Strategy, London 16-17 June 2016
- RAN EXIT Cooperation of researchers and practitioners on Exit Work, Barcelona 16-17 June 2016
- RAN Study visit, Prevention of radicalisation in Germany, Magdeburg 06-07 June 2016
- RAN Involving young people - Main lessons learned, Vienna, 01-02 June 2016
- RAN CoE Research Seminar “Research on radicalisation: From theory to practice”, Vienna, 30 June 2016
- Preparing RAN POL's Guide on Training Programmes for police officers in Europe, Athens, 14-15 June 2016
- RAN P&P Exit programmes and interventions in prison and probation, Berlin, 14-15 June 2016
- RAN LOCAL What projects and initiatives should be supported by local authorities? Athens, 23-24 May 2016
- RAN H&SC Handbook on How to set up a multi-agency structure that includes the health and social care sectors? Copenhagen, 18-19 May 2016 (also available in: Albanian | Macedonian | Slovenian | Serbian.)
- Ex-post paper The refugee and migrant crisis, 08 May 2016 (also available in: Slovenian | Serbian.)
- RAN EDU School leaders and prevention of radicalisation, Antwerp, 19-20 April 2016
- RAN POL Successful and effective engaging with communities, Oslo 06-07 April 2016
- RAN EXIT Outline for Interventions of Deradicalisation from Involvement of Violent Extremism, London 15-16 March 2016
- RAN EDU Empowering and supporting teachers, Gothenborg 24-25 February 2016
- RAN P&P Multiagency cooperation around radicalised offenders, Stockholm 24-25 February 2016
- RAN LOCAL 'How to create local networks?' kick-off meeting, Rotterdam 22-23 February 2016
- Think globally, act locally, Conference, Amsterdam 01-02 February 2016
- RAN YF&C First meeting, Munich 28 January 2016
- RAN H&SC Identifying and treating lone actors, Zagreb 27-28 January 2016
- RAN study visit in collaboration with Cultures Interactive, Berlin 16-17 December 2015
- RAN C&N Counter and alternative narratives, Berlin 10-11 December 2015
- RAN P&P Visit Penitentiary Institute, Vught 26 November 2015
- RAN Education kick-off meeting, 25-26 November 2015
- RAN POL kick-off meeting, November 2015