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For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization

In recent years, radicalisation resulting in violent extremism has increased considerably. In both East and West, it has become a social phenomenon that states have to deal with.

While it is difficult to understand the mechanisms of radicalisation and to act accordingly, the development of public policies aimed at curbing this phenomenon and the way in which the terrorist threat is managed demonstrate the extent to which Western states no longer consider radicalisation as an exceptional social phenomenon but rather as a long-term social phenomenon which must be curbed in view of the dangers it represents.

Acting on people undergoing radicalisation therefore implies understanding the problem and identifying its complexity. Through this comparative study, the group of researchers tries to understand what this notion of "radicalisation" encompasses and demonstrates how important it is to accept plural definitions while avoiding the trap of culturalism, which too often tends to associate the phenomenon exclusively with the Muslim world.

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Leaders

  • Jerome Ferret

    • Research field Political violence, terrorism
    • Institution Université de Toulouse
    • Position Co-director of MSH Toulouse
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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  • Farhad Khosrokhavar

    • Research field Islamism, radicalisation in Europe and in the Middle East, Islam in prison
    • Institution FMSH
    • Position Director of studies at EHESS
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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Group members

  • Benjamin Ducol

    • Research field radicalisation, violence
    • Institution Centre de prévention de la radicalisation menant à la violence (CPRMV), Montréal
    • Position head of research
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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  • Romain Huet

    • Research field suffering and social struggles
    • Institution Université Rennes 2
    • Position Lecturer in Communications
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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  • Adil Jazouli

    • Research field sociology of the margins
    • Institution Commissariat Général à l’Égalité des Territoires
    • Position representative
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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  • Marie Kortam

    • Research field violence, radicalisation
    • Institution Institut français du Proche-Orient, Beyrouth
    • Position associate researcher
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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  • Fadila Maaroufi

    • Research field radicalisation
    • Institution Université Catholique de Louvain
    • Position Anthropologist
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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  • Alfonso Perez Agote

    • Research field sociology
    • Institution Universidad Complutense, Madrid
    • Position professor of sociology
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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  • Rachel Sarg

    • Research field Radicalisation
    • Institution Centre d’études et de recherches sur l’intervention sociale (CERIS), Université de Strasbourg
    • Position research engineer at CERIS
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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  • Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh

    • Research field human security, peacebuilding, radicalisation in Central Asia and Afghanistan
    • Institution Sciences Po, Paris
    • Position Lecturer
    • Theme For a Comparative, Anthropological, and Contextualised Approach to Radicalization
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