RAN Publications

The paper will provide an overview of online radicalisation trends and responses in the Western Balkans, including key narratives, actors, networks and online dissemination strategies, as well as relevant practices to address vulnerabilities and recommendations for practitioners.

The overall objective of this meeting was to establish an outline of the changes in the extremist landscape, identify the challenges and offer potential recommendations for adaptation.

This online RAN Communication and Narratives (C&N) Working Group meeting explored how the (online) street knowledge of first-line practitioners can be used to improve public communications to combat mis- or disinformation.

This toolkit is providing you with practical insights and suggestions on how to potentially work with a person who believes in conspiracy narratives. The aims of this toolkit are to explain what a conspiracy narrative exactly is, what a conspiracy narrative may offer to someone...

The goal of this RAN PRISONS Working Group meeting, which was attended by practitioners and researchers from different EU Member States, was to explore the various tools, methods and experiences related to information exchange between the 4 Ps: police, prosecution, prison and probation.

On 3 and 4 May, RAN YOUNG organised a kick-off meeting in Budapest, Hungary, for its newest cohort of young participants, specialising in different topics and approaches focused on P/CVE or related societal issues in Europe.

The RAN Practitioners Study Visit on VRWE to Stockholm, Sweden, which took place from 6 to 7 March 2023, gave the opportunity to 14 practitioners from all over Europe to gain first-hand insight into the workings of several organisations that are part of Sweden’s whole-of-society...

The goal of this RAN PRISONS Working Group meeting was to explore the various tools and programmes across the EU dealing with DDR in prison.

This conclusion paper provides an in-depth overview of the discussions around this topic and the recommendations formulated for practitioners to include in their daily work.

This report will consider aspects of the media that may contribute to polarisation, current dynamics of the news media consumption in Europe, trends affecting these dynamics, and approaches that practitioners could adopt to design effective responses.

Participants of this two-day study visit jointly took stock of established practices as well as continuing challenges across primary, secondary and tertiary prevention before specifically looking into P/CVE structures in the context of law enforcement, mental health, rehabilitation and...

This specialised paper is intended for P/CVE practitioners, who are defined as skilled professionals, and sometimes volunteers, who design and implement various P/CVE strategies, programmes and projects.

This small-scale expert workshop of RAN in the WB brought together prevention and countering of violent extremism (P/CVE) experts and practitioners from the WB and the EU who discussed challenges and lessons learned concerning understanding and addressing online radicalisation.

The goal of this RAN PRISONS Working Group meeting was to explore the scale and nature of false and non-compliance of violent and extremist terrorist offenders (VETOs) in prison, to determine the implications for their risk and needs management and identify available interventions and strategies...

The meeting brought together local and regional coordinators from 11 Member States to exchange perspectives on anti-government extremism and how it manifests in their respective cities or regions.

The meeting focused on three aspects: the role of (alternative) media in fostering polarisation in general, cases and challenges in dealing with this on the local level, and digital tools and solutions to address alternative media fostering polarisation.

This paper is focused on practitioners’ perspectives and specifically on their experience of the transition from prison to community. The paper will share the practitioner accounts both good and bad and highlight the issues that dominate the transition experiences of prison, probation...

This conclusion paper gathers the most important outcomes of the meeting, structured per discussion topic. Additionally, an ad hoc paper will be drafted based on these recommendations and additional research.

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and social media on youth radicalisation will also be discussed. The paper will provide recommendations and suggestions for school-wide initiatives to support P/CVE efforts, recognising that it not only the responsibility of individual teachers.