Publications

Thematic Panel 5 hosted its fourth meeting entitled “Evaluation: Experiences, cases and lessons learned” in an online format. It counted with the attendance of participants from EU Member States policy makers, mental health professionals, practitioners, researchers and law enforcement officers.

The ad-hoc expert meeting on “Bans of Associations: Legal Safeguards, Strategic Communication and Community Trust” brought together representatives from multiple Member States to examine the evolving role of dissolution measures within contemporary prevention and counter-extremism settings.

The fourth and final meeting of 2025 reaffirmed that preventing violent extremism is not only
a security challenge, but also a broader societal issue.

A conspiracy narrative is the belief that certain events or situations are secretly manipulated behind the scenes by powerful forces with negative intent. They often appear as a logical explanation for events or situations which are difficult to understand.

The increasing involvement of minors in radicalisation and violent extremism constitutes a pressing concern for European policymakers, as evidenced by recent data showing that nearly one-third of terrorism-related arrests in the EU in 2024 involved minors or young adults.

This edition is dedicated entirely to the driving force behind the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation (EUKH): the Thematic Panels.

The Policy Practice Joint Event on Victims of Terrorism which took place on 22 October in Brussels, was organised by the European Commission’s DG HOME with the support of the EU Knowledge Hub and with the participation of DG JUST.

On 20 October 2025, the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation organised in Brussels the first Policy and Practice Joint Event (PPJE) on the topic of “Preventing Radicalisation among Minors”.

The Policy Practice Joint Event on Conspiracy Narratives brought together policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and private-sector representatives to examine the evolving landscape of conspiracy narratives, their propagation through digital technologies, and growing influence on radicalisation.