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About DARE
The DARE (Dialogue about Radicalisation and Equality) project includes 17 partners in 13 countries - Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Malta, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey and the UK - and will run for four years. Funded under the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, it will investigate young people’s encounters with and agents of radicalisation, how they receive and respond to those calls, and how they make choices about the paths they take. |
The project aims to broaden understanding of radicalisation, demonstrate that it is not located in any one religion or community, and to explore the effects of radicalisation on society. DARE will focus on people aged between 12 and 30, as they are a key target of recruiters and existing research suggests they may be particularly receptive to radicalism. It will approach young people neither as victims nor perpetrators of radicalisation, but as engaged, reflexive, often passionate social actors who seek information they can trust, as they navigate a world in which calls to radicalisation are numerous. Read More Here.
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What's Going On with DARE?
9 January 2019 DARE Consortium Member ENAR's Director gave an interview to the European Eye on Radicalisation in which he discussed the relationship between radicalisation and racism. Critically he notes that 'most ongoing discussions at the EU level mainly focus on preventing and countering the radicalization of Muslims, especially the young, and their enrolment in jihadist organizations. Other forms of radicalization have slipped under the political and media radar, misleading the broader public into thinking that there are no other forms of violence today in European societies, although yearly Europol reports consistently show that the majority of terrorist plots and attacks in Europe are orchestrated by nationalist groups'. Read the full interview here.
22 October 2018 In the UK, debate and policy on countering extremism is shifting towards a societal focus and DARE’s team members have been actively involved in moving that debate forward. Hilary Pilkington’s role as an independent Commissioner on the Greater Manchester (GMCA) Commission on Preventing Hateful Extremism and Promoting Social Cohesion – established after the MEN Arena attack in Manchester on 22 May 2017 – culminated with the delivery of the Commission’s final report at the end of July. The report, entitled A Shared Future, called for a strategic commitment to ‘developing a community-led response to challenging hateful extremism’ as part of what Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, calls a ‘whole-society approach’ to tackling extremism. Hilary has now taken up a role on the Expert Group of the UK Government’s national Commission for Countering Extremism. Read more about the DARE UK Team's impact efforts here.
7th October 2018: After many colleagues slowed down a little on their DARE work over the summer months, the consortium re-energised for another year of the DARE Project. Colleagues have now started, or are about to start the fieldwork for the project, whilst all consortium members are working towards the project reporting to the European Commission. We are very much looking forward to the next meeting of some of the Work Packages that will take place in Brussels in November.
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